Tag: booking

Retail Asia25/04/2022
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Online travel booking company Trivago has been ordered to pay $44.7 million in penalties by the Australian Federal Court for misleading consumers over hotel prices. The court found that in January 2020, the company deceived consumers through misleading misrepresentations of hotel room rates on its website and in television advertisements. Trivago had used an algorithm […]

Retail Asia26/06/2019
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Budget airline AirAsia was among the top five most downloaded airline apps worldwide in the first quarter of 2019, according to a new report from mobile app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. The most downloaded airline app worldwide for Q1 2019 was Irish low-cost airline Ryanair with more than 2.4 million installs, which represented a 10 percent increase from Q1 2018, said the report. American Airlines was the second most installed airline […]

Retail Asia19/06/2019
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Hyundai launched the Venue subcompact SUV in India last week and back then the company had said that it received 15,000 bookings for the car. A week later that number has gone up to more than 20,000. The customers certainly seem to have taken a liking to the subcompact SUV but we wait to see what […]

Retail Asia18/06/2019
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Luxstay has raised $4.5 million from South Korean retailer GS Shop and venture capitalist Bon Angels in its bridge round. A Luxstay representative said Wednesday that receiving funding from reputable international investors in this round is an important stepping stone for the enterprise to expand to other areas in the future. GS Shop is a […]

Retail Asia12/12/2018
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Indonesian unicorn startup Traveloka announced the resignation of its co-founder, Derianto Kusuma, from his position as chief technology officer on Tuesday. Derianto was one of three persons involved in the establishment in February 2012 of the online ticketing and hotel booking service, which has since become one of the leading tech companies in Southeast Asia. […]

Retail Asia27/11/2018
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Hotel booking sites Agoda and Booking.com have been ordered to revise their no-refund policies or potentially face legal action. Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Wednesday that it has ordered the two global travel platforms to revise the terms and conditions which allow them to unfairly deny refunds for products and services. Customers are […]

Retail Asia06/12/2017
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DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has introduced a new Online Freight Quotation & Booking service f or international air freight transportation. The new service rapidly creates competitive customer quotations based on door-to-door all-in rates and transit information. The quotation and booking service connects to DHL Interactive, DHL Global […]

Retail Asia19/10/2017
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Restaurant-booking app Chope has secured S$18 million from multiple investors. Led by venture capital firm Square Peg Capital, the investors in the funding round include Moelis Australia, NSI Ventures and SPH Ventures. Chope CEO Arrif Ziaudeen says the funds will be used to improve product, increase staff numbers and enhance customer support. The Singapore-based company […]

Retail Asia16/05/2016
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UberJek, an app-based transport service, has officially started operation on Sunday, May 15. Aris Wahyudi, UberJEK’s co-founder, claims cheaper tariffs compared to its competitors. “Our tariff is different from those of the competitors. Our tariff will continue to drop from the first kilometer,” Aris said after UberJEK launch at Euro Management Indonesia, Sunday, May 15, […]

Retail Asia13/04/2016
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Singapore-headquartered restaurant reservation startup Chope has acquired Indonesian counterpart MakanLuar, the company announced today. The value of the deal is undisclosed. The acquisition was made with a mix of cash and shares, although Chope co-founder and CEO Arrif Ziaudeen does not reveal the percentage of each. Through the deal, Chope adds Jakarta, Bandung, and Bali […]

Retail Asia08/07/2015
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Uber Technologies Inc. said Tuesday it is working to establish itself as a technology company in Indonesia, to avoid legal hurdles after police launched an investigation into the company’s operations last month. The move will also help underscore what Uber says is its role as a provider of smartphone applications, amid claims from traditional taxi […]


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