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Sesh Seshadri
Editor and Head of Partnerships
Subrahmanian Seshadri (Sesh) is a publishing and travel-content veteran with five decades of experience. As the former Director and General Manager of Lonely Planet India, he played a pivotal role in its entry starting in 2012. His career spans Oxford University Press, Dorling Kindersley and digital content, bringing expertise across travel, publishing, and technology.
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YOTEL’s secret sauce: 5 moves behind its Hilton-backed Asia push
YOTEL kept its brand in its Hilton deal and opened Bangkok with 250 keys. Five moves behind a 24-hotel brand aiming to triple in size.
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HITEC Tokyo, 2-4 Dec: 5 reasons hotel tech leaders should go
HITEC Tokyo, the conference's first Japan edition, runs 2 to 4 December at Ariake GYM-EX, with 40-plus free sessions and about 100 exhibitors. Five reasons to go.
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SPUN, an Indonesia visa startup, sells 400+ visas on US$1.8M
SPUN, an Indonesia visa startup founded in January 2024 by Christa Sabathaly and Dilla Anindita, has raised US$1.8M and treats the visa as step one of the trip.
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Expedia Fall 2026 release: what APAC hotels and OTAs should watch
Expedia shipped 30-plus features as B2B bookings rose 19% in Q3. What the AI push means for APAC hotels, OTAs and agencies on Expedia and TAAP.
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Prism’s Sunday PropTech Buys Fletcher, Dutch Hotel Group of 170
OYO parent Prism is buying 100% of Fletcher Hotels, 170 hotels across the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, days after it halved its IPO size.
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IndiGo’s secret sauce: 5 moves behind its Q2 revenue jump of 25.9%
IndiGo Q2 results: 4.7% fewer passengers, 25.9% more revenue. Five moves explain it, and what each means for hotels, airlines and OTAs.
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Far East Hospitality joins GHA DISCOVERY with 26 hotels, bets on AI
Far East Hospitality's 26 hotels join GHA DISCOVERY from April 2027 as the group rewrites web content for AI assistants and targets direct bookings.
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Weekly Digest: Muse books Klook, Sydney opens 24 hours, APAC at 96.3%
The week to 25 October in five stories: ITB Asia wraps, Klook joins Meta's Muse in Japan, Western Sydney opens, PATA tracks recovery, Far East joins GHA.
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ITB Asia 2026: 5 reasons travel-tech leaders cannot ignore it
ITB Asia 2026 in Singapore runs to 23 October. Five moves: a Jakarta show, a Sunrate deal, Visit Vietnam and a travel-tech buyer programme.
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