Ep 109: Checking the Travel & Hotel Booking Pulse in South East Asia, with Dan Lynn

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23 Nov 2021 • 37m00s

As the 2021 festive travel season draws near, the green shoots of recovery are emerging, even if South East Asia’s reopening landscape remains patchy.

On today’s show, Gary checks the region’s travel and hotel booking temperature with Dan Lynn, Co-founder of Singapore-based Zuzu Hospitality. Dan’s career also includes senior management roles with Expedia, the AirAsia-Expedia joint venture and eLong.

We discuss how Zuzu refocused its services to meet the shifting operational challenges of its hotel clients during the pandemic, and into the early days of recovery. We also talk about the way forward for online travel booking in South East Asia.

Plus, how will Singapore’s Vaccinated Travel Lane scheme further evolve, how can Thailand and Cambodia build on their recent restarts - and which ASEAN country is “on the cusp” of a scalable travel reopening?

The show finishes by assessing the outlook for 2022, and the prospects for the greater normalisation of travel for a new era.


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