Official launch of BornToBunk.com accommodation reservation site

SINGAPORE – BornToBunk.com is an online travel reservation portal, with specialty in properties within the Asia Pacific, for the budget, independent and youth travel (BIYT) market. 

 

The portal offers the convenience of planning multiple accommodations on travelers’ Asian trail within one seamless transaction. In addition, BornToBunk.com fosters a sense of camaraderie and community with the provision of a public blogging platform. This platform allows public contributors, from novices to seasoned travel bloggers, to share personal travel stories and anecdotes and in exchange, be rewarded with ‘Gold’ travel credits, which may be redeemed against online transactions on BornToBunk.com, with no minimum spend.
 

Asia – World’s Top Travel Destination
 

World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) reported that demand for international tourism was strongest for destinations in Asia and the Pacific in 2013, where the number of international tourists grew by 6% to reach 248 million. 
 

Long-term prospects continue to be the strongest for this region, where arrivals are forecast to increase by 4.9% yearly, to reach 535 million in 2030.
 

“We would like to see visitors and travelers to and within Asia Pacific, discovering multiple cities within a single leg of their journey. Its rich cultural fabric makes it an excellent destination for exploration, and somewhere just an hour away is a whole new world begging to be explored,” said founder and avid backpacker, Magdalene Wan. “It only takes an hour from Angkor (Siem Reap), one of the most important archaeological sites of Southeast Asia, to Ho Chi Minh’s (Vietnam) Cu Chi tunnels, location of several military campaigns during the Vietnam War.”
 

To celebrate the launch of the site, BornToBunk.com has also kickstarted a social media contest, “Travel Treasures”, inviting the public to share their fondest travel memories for a chance to win travel prizes including a Pentax DSLR K-50, Ricoh CX6 cameras, free accommodation in Asia, and other attractive prizes. Contest ends 26 August 2014.