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| My iPhone, my boarding pass |
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| I had read of some airlines doing away with the physical boarding pass, using instead the handphone in its place. I love the idea of just showing the flight attendant my iPhone and board the aircraft. That would be so cool. |
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The world of social media is turning into a decidedly hostile and well, anti-social, place.
Well, looks like I can now join the cool crowd with Malaysia Airlines' newly launched MHmobile...MORE |
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| Can Google end 170 years of frustration between western companies and China? |
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| Well, the threat by Google that it may cease operations in China has certainly set tongues wagging in the east. |
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Google announced that it would cease censoring results of its Google.cn search engine, after what it says was a series of hacking attacks aimed at human rights activists.
These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered, combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web, have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China," wrote David Drummond, chief legal officer at Google...MORE |
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| Infor sees Asia as new "fairytale" land of growth |
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| Yeoh Siew Hoon catches up with Infor's Deborah Hawkins who spent a tropical Christmas in Asia and found herself dazzled not only by the lights but by the pace of change. |
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When Deborah Hawkins, vice president-global sales of Infor Hospitality Solutions Group, made her two-week trip round Asia last December, she didn't quite know what to expect....MORE |
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| Shangri-La launches mobile website |
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| Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has launched the industry's first multilingual user-friendly mobile website at www.shangri-la.com. |
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The mobile website allows guests to reserve, modify or cancel a booking with real-time availability. Members of Shangri-La's guest recognition programme, Golden Circle, can use their profiles for quicker reservations....MORE |
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| Travelsky changes fee model |
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| Chinese GDS starts charging agents based on transaction volume, major players like Ctrip face major cost hike |
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Chinese GDS, Travelsky, is changing its travel agents' fee model from fixed-terminal charges to one that's based on transaction volumes.
Industry observers say this will have serious implications for companies such as Ctrip which, according to PhoCusWright estimates, sells every tenth air ticket in China, aggregating air bookings of about $2.5 billion. In 2008, Ctrip booked over 14 million air tickets, more than a 350% increase from its 2005 air bookings...MORE |
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