Trip.com Group opens its Asia Live Streaming Centre in Bangkok, enhancing tourism marketing through daily livestream content in Thailand.
BANGKOK, THAILAND – Trip.com Group unveiled its Asia Live Streaming Centre in the company’s Bangkok office. The opening event was hosted with the participation of representatives from the Tourism Authority of Thailand and business partners. The new live streaming centre will facilitate daily content to showcase Thailand’s tourism offerings.
The launch of the Asia Live Streaming Centre marks a significant expansion of the Group’s content marketing strategies. It aims to bring the best travel inspiration and deals to adventurers via live streaming, revolutionising the way partners and consumers connect to boost the tourism industry.
“We are pleased to have the Tourism Authority of Thailand and business partners witness this milestone with us today, as we collaborate closely to showcase and offer the best travel experiences for our users,” said Bo Sun, Chief Marketing Officer, Trip.com Group. “The new livestreaming centre aims to capitalise on Thailand’s active social media user base and status as a top travel destination in the region. The move has the potential to elevate travel in the Asia region to new heights, as we leverage the power of live streaming to engage with passionate travellers.”
The Asia Live Streaming Centre will serve as the Group’s regional hub, broadcasting daily content in Thai on the social media channels of Trip.com Thailand in the first phase, and subsequently in English for international audiences. The Group plans to partner with hotels, local attractions and businesses in Thailand to showcase various travel products and deals. The livestream will focus on high-quality products, including the offerings listed on Trip.Best, a ranking list on Trip.com that enables global travellers to select the best experiences a destination has to offer.
The live streaming content will also increase exposure and provide additional sales channels for our business partners, complementing the Group’s existing marketing initiatives such as mega sales, exclusive collaborations with social influencers in Thailand, food tourism campaigns – all as part of a comprehensive, one-stop marketing solution.
Exciting promotions for Trip.com’s double-digit mega sale campaigns on 9 September, 11 November, and so on will be featured in the live stream. The Group intends to bring the livestream content to its Trip.com sites in the Southeast Asia region, with rollouts targeted for Q1 2025. The long-term goal is to expand this live streaming initiative to other markets where the format continues to gain traction.
The strategic launch of the new live streaming hub in Thailand taps into the country’s mature live streaming ecosystem and abundant travel offerings for content creation, reinforcing Trip.com Group’s position at the forefront of tourism-focused live streaming. In 2023, the “Super World Trip” livestream series debuted in Thailand and sold over 20,000 hotel room nights. Subsequent livestreams in Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul and Hong Kong also drove significant inbound travel demand. This is part of the Group’s BOSS Live Series, an initiative led by Trip.com Group co-founder and Executive Chairman James Liang to bolster the travel industry in 2020, which emerged not only as a marketing trailblazer in the tourism industry, but also as a source of renewed confidence and hope for an eventual rebound in travel after the pandemic.
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