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Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at AirAsia’s superapp dreams, Turkey’s Russian angle, and employee mental health at hotels.
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Southeast Asia’s largest budget carrier AirAsia no longer aims to launch a lifestyle superapp. But Tony Fernandes, CEO of its parent company Capital A, is shifting his focus to developing a superapp solely devoted to travel, reports Asia Editor Peden Doma Bhutia.
Fernandes said in an exclusive interview with Skift that AirAsia would focus on selling travel solely through its superapp, having declared Covid was over for the airline. Superapps, popular in Asia, enable users to accomplish a myriad of tasks on one platform instead of…
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