ITB Asia News 2019 Day 1 Edition
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18 SPECIAL FEATURE<br />
TRAVEL & HOTEL TECHNOLOGIES<br />
ADVERTORIAL<br />
OUR UNIQUELY<br />
DIVERSIFIED<br />
BUSINESS MODEL<br />
IS BETTER FOR<br />
DRIVERS,<br />
PASSENGERS AND<br />
ENTERPRISES<br />
Victor Ngo<br />
CEO & Co-Founder, QUp World<br />
Bringing together the<br />
largest travel tech<br />
showcase yet in <strong>Asia</strong><br />
Messe Berlin (Singapore) launches<br />
Travel Tech <strong>Asia</strong> 2020 to meet growing<br />
travel tech sector<br />
QUp World introduces<br />
a new era of sustainable<br />
ride-hailing for global<br />
travellers<br />
QUp World is at <strong>ITB</strong> <strong>Asia</strong><br />
presenting a powerful “all-inone”<br />
technology for groundtransportation<br />
fleets and their<br />
affiliated networks. Hundreds<br />
of fleet owners across 180<br />
cities have already chosen QUp<br />
World’s advanced platform and<br />
mobile apps for passengers,<br />
drivers, and partners enable<br />
total control in the management<br />
of the business. We asked<br />
company CEO and Co-founder<br />
Victor Ngo to tell us a little<br />
more.<br />
QUp technology brings a new era<br />
of sustainable ride-hailing to global<br />
travellers. QUp makes plug-andplay<br />
mobility technology accessible<br />
to local, legal and licensed ground<br />
transfer providers. With QUp’s full<br />
suite of fleet management, whitelabel<br />
web and mobile booking app,<br />
traditional ground transfer providers<br />
can deliver a seamless online booking<br />
and offline service experience to<br />
their passengers, while significantly<br />
streamlining their operational costs.<br />
What are the trends affecting the<br />
market of fleets and operators in the<br />
future?<br />
Ground transfer is an essential part<br />
of the travel ecosystem. The first and<br />
last miles of the traveller’s journey<br />
have always been duly serviced by<br />
traditional fleet operators and transfer<br />
providers. Frequent travellers were<br />
used to scheduling a transfer pickup<br />
in advance, through traditional<br />
channels such as emails and phone<br />
calls.<br />
So traveller demand is changing?<br />
Indeed. Frequent travellers no longer<br />
want to worry about the uncertainties<br />
of booking ground transfers in a<br />
foreign city. What if a pre-booked<br />
car doesn’t show up? Or they can’t<br />
find the driver? Or they need to<br />
make quick changes to their booking<br />
because of flight delay? Frequent<br />
travellers consequently want<br />
peace of mind when travelling, and<br />
traditional ground transfer providers<br />
unfortunately are not equipped to<br />
meet these demands.<br />
What makes your product and<br />
services different from other cloudbased<br />
solutions?<br />
It is not so much about being the next<br />
disruptive mobility technology that<br />
sets us apart from competition. What<br />
sets QUp apart is the execution at the<br />
local level, in collaboration with our<br />
legal and licensed fleet operators. Our<br />
uniquely diversified business model<br />
is better for drivers, passengers and<br />
enterprises. With over 45 million<br />
bookings processed, 3.1 million<br />
travelers in 72 countries, our model<br />
is proven. We are the 3.0 of Mobility<br />
Tech. We are QUp. Together, we can<br />
disrupt the disruptors<br />
STAND A38 - BASEMENT 2<br />
Stand of BeMyGuest at <strong>ITB</strong> <strong>Asia</strong> 2018<br />
Co-located with <strong>ITB</strong> <strong>Asia</strong> 2020 and MICE Show <strong>Asia</strong><br />
2020, Travel Tech <strong>Asia</strong> 2020 will take place from 21<br />
to 23 October 2020 at the Sands Expo & Convention<br />
Centre.<br />
Travel Tech <strong>Asia</strong> will bring together a fresh set of buyer<br />
participants, the Tech Buyers. These Tech Buyers are heads<br />
of Distribution, Sales and Marketing, E-Commerce and IT<br />
from Hotels, Travel Agencies, Airlines, Tours and Activities -<br />
the key decision makers in evaluating and selecting the best<br />
travel tech in the market that best fit the industry needs.<br />
“In recent years, we have seen a remarkable development<br />
in travel technology and the integral role it is playing for the<br />
travel industry. Travel Tech <strong>Asia</strong> 2020 aims to provide the<br />
community with a platform for in-depth discussions on how<br />
technology can disrupt and transform the travel landscape,”<br />
said Katrina Leung, Managing Director of Messe Berlin<br />
(Singapore), the organiser of Travel Tech <strong>Asia</strong> 2020.<br />
Conference speakers will share emerging technologies,<br />
trends, ideas and applicable case studies that will set the<br />
stage for new possibilities in travel. Innovations surrounding<br />
e-commerce, internet of things in hospitality, transportation,<br />
AI, VR and AR, big data and cloud, payment solutions and<br />
revenue management and optimisation, will also be featured<br />
at the show to showcase the possibilities in travel tech and<br />
how it is set to revolutionise the industry.<br />
Exhibitors at the show will include industries such as<br />
artificial intelligence, booking, reservations and metasearch,<br />
hotel tech, virtual reality and augmented reality, voice and<br />
biometrics, data, personalisation and mobile marketing,<br />
revenue management and optimisation and more. As<br />
technologies continue to fuel record growth in the travel<br />
industry, Travel Tech <strong>Asia</strong> 2020 will see new exhibitors<br />
specifically catered for the travel tech industry<br />
<strong>ITB</strong> ASIA NEWS • Wednesday 16 October <strong>2019</strong><br />
www.itb-asia-news.com