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In every dream home: Trying out 9flats & Airbnb [Web In Travel]

Posted on 27 Jan 2012 at 13:54 pm by Jonathan Lowther

When your budget does not quite permit the Ritz-Carlton, you can always opt for other options and there are plenty of altematives around these days for budget-strapped travellers, even if you find yourself living in someone else's home.

BCD Travel tackles talent crunch in Asia [Web In Travel]

Posted on 27 Jan 2012 at 11:43 am by Syazanah Haniff

A recent whitepaper commissioned by BCD Travel Asia Pacific’s headquarters in Singapore confirms that Asia is facing a huge talent crunch in the corporate travel industry.

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How to tame the black water dragon [Web In Travel]

Posted on 20 Jan 2012 at 10:56 am by Yeoh Siew Hoon

On Sunday midnight, the Dragon will leap into our circle and as with any good Chinese girl, I’ve been reading up the predictions for the year.

'Tighter budgets but expect more to go social' [Web In Travel]

Posted on 20 Jan 2012 at 09:57 am by Yeoh Siew Hoon

The first thing you should know about Graeme Beardsell is that he was born in Penang. His father was in the Royal Australian Air Force stationed in Butterworth at the time. At the age of one, he left the Malaysian island.

AirAsia "resolves" fare issue with Australia consumer watchdog [The Transit Cafe]

Posted on 26 Jan 2012 at 21:38 pm

The Malaysia-based low cost carrier has taken corrective action following a suit filed against it by an Australian regulator for failing to disclose the full price of fares on its website.

Travelport partners Satguru, gains access to 14 new African countries [Web In Travel]

Posted on 25 Jan 2012 at 15:58 pm

Largest distributor agreement ever signed by Travelport sees it significantly increase its footprint in Africa

Declaring 'year of the brand', Worldhotels steams ahead with growth [Web In Travel]

Posted on 20 Jan 2012 at 10:27 am by Yeoh Siew Hoon

The Euro zone may be on the brink of crisis – how many brinks are there before one blink brings it down – but Worldhotels remains bullish for the year ahead and in fact, is anticipating its best year.

AirAsia improves efficiency with new airline operational management system [Web In Travel]

Posted on 20 Jan 2012 at 21:01 pm

Guests of the low cost carrier can now expect even better customer service as it deploys merlot.aero, a state-of-the-art tool, to further improve its on-time performance and minimize costs

Priceline.com implements Travelport 360 Fares [Web In Travel]

Posted on 19 Jan 2012 at 20:34 pm

The global fares and pricing system powers all fares and pricing transactions for Travelport's global distribution systems.

A journey back in time - tracing England's Olympic history [The Transit Cafe]

Posted on 18 Jan 2012 at 17:36 pm

With less than 200 days to go until the London2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, VisitEngland looks back over the history of the Games – from humble beginnings in a rural Shropshire market town to the award-winning architecture of 2012.

Give us free wifi or we won't book, say travellers [Web In Travel]

Posted on 16 Jan 2012 at 16:32 pm

A hotels.com® survey of hotel amenities shows that free wifi is a must when choosing a room and that this amenity overwhelmingly factored into the decision on which hotel to book.

Stiff upper lip maybe but Olympic excitement is palpable [The Transit Cafe]

Posted on 16 Jan 2012 at 16:33 pm by Yeoh Siew Hoon

Waking up every morning at the Royal Garden Hotel to the sun rising over Kensington Gardens is glorious. At first, a pale glow tinges the dawn sky and then like one of those slow switches, it turns orange, throwing the blueness of the sky into stark relief.

So who's sleeping with you tonight? [Web In Travel]

Posted on 13 Jan 2012 at 16:57 pm by Yeoh Siew Hoon

Other than the fact that not much worked upon my arrival in Heathrow – mix-up with transfer and room – it’s been a good first day in London.

Suspension of four routes a business decision, says Fernandes [The Transit Cafe]

Posted on 16 Jan 2012 at 12:49 pm

AirAsia group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes has defended AirAsia X’s move to scrap four of its loss-making international routes as "purely business”, and must be viewed positively by Malaysians.

"Spot the Lumia" and get to party in the sky [The Transit Cafe]

Posted on 16 Jan 2012 at 15:12 pm

India’s Jet Airways and Nokia Lumia are hosting the Sky Party on January 20 to celebrate their partnership in transforming the airline’s B737-800 aircraft into a flying virtual billboard with a new, innovative wrap.

AirAsia X axes India and Europe routes, launches KL-Sydney service (UPDATED) [The Transit Cafe]

Posted on 12 Jan 2012 at 19:10 pm by Corinne Wan

The Malaysia-based long haul low cost affiliate of AirAsia suspends services to four cities - Mumbai, New Delhi, Paris, London - due to global economic uncertainty, soaring taxes and higher jet fuel prices. It, however, has added the much-prized Sydney to its network (read Update).

Regulations and taxes on top of airlines' woes, says Sabre [Web In Travel]

Posted on 13 Jan 2012 at 13:55 pm

The 2011 Sabre Airline Solutions survey shows regulations on airport security, emissions and taxes are the top issues negatively impacting global airlines’ revenues over the next 18 months.

Star Cruises searching for its "first friends" [The Transit Cafe]

Posted on 11 Jan 2012 at 14:44 pm

SuperStar Virgo, which is currently undergoing a US$25 million refurbishment, is launching a reunion campaign that aims to get together her first passengers on her inaugural sail 12 years ago.

Forget about the endings, live in the present [Web In Travel]

Posted on 11 Jan 2012 at 13:19 pm by Yeoh Siew Hoon

So the big question before us is, what’s this year going to be like for the Asian travel market given the Greek Tragedy, Arab Spring which is becoming a four-season affair, ongoing economic woes in the US and possibilities of bubbles in China and India (this comes up every year of course as it did for Dubai until it finally happened).

Ancillaries. Anchovies. We asked for choice and we got it [The Transit Cafe]

Posted on 10 Jan 2012 at 21:46 pm by Yeoh Siew Hoon

I was having champagne pork ribs at Por Kee Restaurant, Tiong Bahru, with friends one cool, balmy evening in Singapore when a friend started venting his anger at AirAsia.

Indonesian startup Valadoo focuses on tours & activities [Web In Travel]

Posted on 09 Jan 2012 at 18:52 pm by Yeoh Siew Hoon

When planning long holidays, the Indonesian online customer places more importance in knowing what to do than where to stay, and budget travel and activities appear to dominate the market.

Boris bikes in with some mobile app pointers [Web In Travel]

Posted on 03 Jan 2012 at 14:19 pm by Carl Griffith (Founder, Cloud View)

What this meant in commuting terms was that using the Barclays Bike Scheme – or Boris’ Bikes as they are known – was a no-brainer. The number of docking stations around both where I was staying and working was almost overwhelming. Within a 3 or 4 minute walk of the office space were, maybe, 5 or 6 docks. It’s an enormous scheme and dwarves those in other cities.

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