AXUS adds destination content to digital itinerary platform in partnership with travel4
AXUS, the leading provider of itinerary management solutions for travel advisors and tour operators, has partnered with travel42 to integrate in-depth destination content into the itinerary planning app.
The collaboration makes available more than 6,000 detailed city and country guides through a [...]
Amadeus’ Smart Cities initiative rolls out with Asia as test bed
Amadeus is taking its technological capabilities and expertise beyond travel to tackle the challenges posed to societies by rapid urbanisation and the growth of mega cities, and Asia will be the test bed.
Its Smart Cities initiative, launched last week, is aimed at building a stronger understandi [...]
Raymond Blanc on how travel makes chefs greater and how old ways must change for new flavours to emerge
Raymond Blanc OBE may be French in his roots but it is his open-mindedness and curiosity that has made him the phenomenon he is today in the world of celebrity chefs.
Today one of Britain’s most respected chefs and chef-owner of Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Blanc, who was in Singapore [...]
The Wrap: Qantas’ redesigned booking platform aims to convert lookers to bookers
In the news: Qantas has a new redesigned booking platform; Frasers Hospitality partners with Duetto in managing revenue; Travelport and Sabre ink more agreements with airlines
Aviation: Qantas’ redesigned booking platform aims to convert lookers to bookers
Travellers searching for flight [...]
AccorHotels expands luxury portfolio with purchase of Mövenpick Hotels for US$567 million
In late 2016, AccorHotels increased its collection of luxury properties by buying Fairmont Raffles Hotels International (FRHI), owner of the luxury Raffles, Fairmont and Swissotel brands, for US$2.9 billion.
The French hotel giant is now expanding this luxury segment with the announcement on Apri [...]
Small in size, big in dreams: Three hoteliers carving a niche in the boutique space
They are small and they are unique. And they are finding their niche in an overcrowded space that sees new and perhaps more unique properties coming up every other month.
However, what makes the Ambong-Ambong Rainforest Retreat and Ambong Pool Villas in Langkawi, and Ren i Tang and SINKEH in Pena [...]
Fighting back with technology: 10 tips for independent hotels to compete
How can small independent hotels, with limited resources, survive in the world of hospitality where the big are getting bigger and the small are being eaten up?
“Technology is the answer,” says Jack Tan of IdeaWeaver Consulting, who shared 10 tips at the recent WIT Indie in Penang on how inde [...]
Record turnout at WIT Seoul 2018 shows interest in digital travel at all-time high
If there was one thing WIT Seoul 2018 proved, it’s that interest, and hunger for knowledge, in the digital travel space is at an all-time high in a market where rapid technological change and changing consumer behaviour are forcing travel incumbents to wake up and smell the web, as it were.
A r [...]
SITA tackles data challenges and studies blockchain, promises to build “informed passenger journeys”
The aviation industry has been flying high in recent years, as more technological innovation is introduced, creating blueprints for promised futures of autonomous aeroplanes, high speed inflight wi-fi and the highly coveted painless airport experience.
At the SITA APAC Air Transport IT Summit tha [...]
Bokun joins TripAdvisor with its purchase by the reviews giant
TripAdvisor last week announced it has bought Bokun, an Iceland-based provider of business management technology for the tours, attractions and experiences industry.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
With this acquisition, TripAdvisor expands its offerings by providing suppliers with [...]
