Agoda
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Agoda, the Singapore-headquartered digital travel platform, has officially opened its new regional technology hub in Bangkok, Thailand, marking one of the most significant office expansions by a travel technology company in Southeast Asia in recent years. The new office, located at One Bangkok — an integrated development at the corner of Wireless and Rama 4…
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Travellers in Asia are showing greater interest in secondary destinations, with searches for lesser-known locations growing faster than traditional tourist hotspots, according to Agoda. The digital travel platform released new data ahead of World Tourism Day (Sep 27), highlighting a 15 per cent faster pace of searches for secondary destinations compared with top-tier destinations in…
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Digital travel platform Agoda has launched the Property AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) Bot, an AI-powered chatbot that provides real-time answers to travellers’ hotel-specific questions. The chatbot, developed using a connection between Agoda’s systems and ChatGPT enriched with live property data, is designed to cut through lengthy descriptions and reviews, offering quick responses to queries such…
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TL;DR: Global technology leader Mastercard and Singapore-based digital travel platform Agoda are joining forces to modernize B2B payments in the travel and tourism sector. Recognizing the inefficiencies of traditional payment methods, the collaboration aims to streamline transactions between digital travel platforms, hotels, airlines, suppliers, and vendors worldwide. This initiative comes at a pivotal time as…
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BillEase, a consumer finance app based in the Philippines, has teamed up with global digital travel platform Agoda to offer Filipino travelers the convenience of installment payments without the need for a credit card. This collaboration is made possible through the integration of Alipay+, a cross-border digital payments and marketing solution operated by Ant Group.…
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Travellers can now bundle their accommodation bookings for a hassle-free trip with the launch of a shopping cart feature on digital travel platform, Agoda. Agoda is one of the first online travel agencies to offer this functionality for its travel products with the aim of optimising trip planning and offering greater value to its customers.…
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Singapore – Agoda has announced it is introducing a new ‘Price Freeze’ feature on its desktop and mobile web platforms by the year’s end, following a collaboration agreement with Hopper Cloud. This feature is part of Agoda’s ongoing efforts to provide travellers with more choice, flexibility, and better pricing options, and will allow Agoda users…
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Agoda has partnered with WWF-Singapore (World Wide Fund for Nature (Singapore) Limited) to support marine habitat restoration efforts as part of the launch of its Eco Deals program. Through Eco Deals, Agoda will work in collaboration with its accommodation partners to offer deals that ‘give-back’ and highlight responsible tourism, environmental or community-led charities and organizations.…
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PRNewswire – Digital travel platform Agoda has launched a regional partnership with Asia’s leading buy now, pay later platform Atome to offer flexible instalment payment options for accommodation bookings first in Singapore and Malaysia, before rolling out to include eight additional markets in Southeast Asia and APAC in 2021. Under the partnership starting from 21 December, travellers in Singapore and Malaysia can pay for their accommodation in three, easy zero…
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