4 March 2010 iPhone clones, tigers paws, penises and Titanic – all for a price Yeoh Siew Hoon goes shopping in Haikou and has her eyes opened to the new world of clones and the Dark Ages of animal parts. It is said that in China, you can buy anything. That would seem to be the case in Haikou, capital of Hainan island. I popped into the local electronics store which turned out to be a massive, five-storey place that would send any gadget hound into orgiastic heaven. It makes Sim Lim Centre in Singapore look like a kindergarten...MORE For love of the game, not place Yeoh Siew Hoon meets a traveller who chooses where he goes by the game, not by the place. Last week, I wrote a piece on "Destination branding: Legacy thinking still prevailing?" with Brett Henry, vice president of marketing, Abacus International arguing that travellers of today do not decide based on destination, but by interests...MORE WIT 2010 to re-connect with the Customer, WIT*ovation launched Eager preparations have begun for WIT-Web In Travel 2010, which will be held on Oct 19-20, 2010, in partnership with ITB Asia. The conference, now in its sixth year, will be themed around "The C-Spot" and will put the Customer at the Centre of its Conversations...MORE Get started on the Web for the price of a lunch For the price of a lunch, travel agents can now get started online with the newest version of Abacus WebStart, its white label internet booking engine, which comes with new fare search and payment capabilities. Brett Henry, vice president-marketing, Abacus International, said the new WebStart, which integrates with Abacus FareX, its net fares solution, is now available in seven countries in Asia and would be rolled out to 11 shortly....MORE Other News 4 Mar 2010 Explosions in Thailand cause travel concern 4 Mar 2010 Virgin Atlantic to fly to Accra 4 Mar 2010 Berlin Convention Market: Strong despite the crisis. 4 Mar 2010 Air China opens Guangzhou premium lounge

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