The sorrows and pleasures of being in the longtail
Posted on 10 Jun 2010 at 11:14am by Yeoh Siew Hoon
Everytime I attend events such as the Mekong Tourism Forum, I leave with two main thoughts. I wish I had more time to travel to experience all the wonderful things I learnt about and how does one, as a traveller, find all these products in the crowded, cluttered, confusing web?
Road test: NileGuide makes for "simple and intuitive" travel planning
Posted on 9 Jun 2010 at 10:57pm by Carl Griffith
Nileguide's tagline is "All You Need to Plan your Perfect Trip". That's quite a claim so it was with high expectations that I made my first visit to the website to see what was what.
Critical that hotels transform for the new normal
Posted on 10 Jun 2010 at 10:52am
A new report launched today, titled “Invent the future: the new normal for hotels in 2010 and beyond”, argues that changes in the last decade are creating a new environment in which hotels need to do more with less if they are to secure growth...
Visitation to travel sites in India surges in past year
Posted on 10 Jun 2010 at 10:45am
Top travel brands witness double and triple-digit growth as consumers take to the web in search of deals, says latest comScore report.
Tough for independents to crack down on errant tour operators
Posted on 9 Jun 2010 at 11:24pm by Yeoh Siew Hoon
With up to 60% of its business coming from tour operators, The Rembrandt Hotel in Bangkok is mindful that even as it works on its online distribution strategy to drive more direct business, it must continue to support “the genuine tour operators”.
Jetstar to “shake up market” with flights to Melbourne, Auckland
Posted on 9 Jun 2010 at 11:44am by Yeoh Siew Hoon
It's the first time the low cost airline is competing head-on with its parent, Qantas, on two routes. Time will tell whether there will be cannibalisation but these two sectors were picked for a reason.
Child sex tourism - what you can do about it
Posted on 8 Jun 2010 at 11:04am by Yeoh Siew Hoon
Giorgio Berardi, Programme Officer for Combating Child Sex Tourism at ECPAT International talks about how the travel industry can get behind the cause. Companies who wish to give banner space to ECPAT, please contact WIT.
Child sex tourism - the hidden danger of a free, fast-growing Web
Posted on 8 Jun 2010 at 11:01am by Yeoh Siew Hoon
As today's modern day travellers, we jump for joy when our mobile phones work in a destination - it's the first thing we check when we land - and there's Internet access everywhere. Plus, there's an Internet café around every corner.
10 Jun 2010
Where international exhibitors of all sectors of the travel-value chain, Asia Pacific's leading companies and emerging small and medium sized enterprises meet with top buyers from the MICE, Leisure and Corporate Travel markets.
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