26% Of Australians Would Accept A Lower Paying Job If It Meant Traveling More For Work
26% of Australians would accept a lower paying job if it meant traveling more for work, reveals Booking.com for Business. Businesses must brace themselves for a new breed of business travellers that favour new experiences over traditional workplace benefits.
New research reveals that a staggering [...]
The Millennial Traveller: Be familiar, but never the same
Setting up an entire operation like St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival bears surprisingly many similarities to the travel industry, as I discovered after a brief chat with the festival’s operations director, Matthew Lazarus-Hall (managing director, Uncommon Cord).
It involves the conversion of a s [...]
The Wrap: Where travellers are going to spend the Lunar New Year
In the news: Sojern's data on travel trends for the festive season, Marriott’s first pop-up innovation lab, Emirates' fares on Sabre Travel Marketplace
MARKET INTELLIGENCE: WHERE TRAVELLERS ARE GOING TO SPEND THE LUNAR NEW YEAR
The forecast of a global economic slowdown and geopolitical [...]
No to compromise, yes to control – the paradoxes of today’s traveller
Human behaviour may be predictable but it would be a mistake to assume it is consistent. Our needs and preferences are in a perpetual state of flux. We often even confuse the two, resulting in far too much of what we thought we wanted and too little of what we truly need.
The same goes for the on [...]
The Wrap: Air travel “remains extraordinarily safe”, says AAPA in report
In the news: Reviews for 2016 in the travel and hospitality industry are still coming in - AAPA with its aviation safety performance report, Booking.com presenting Guest Reviews Award, HRS and its Hotel Price Radar
AVIATION: AIR TRAVEL "REMAINS EXTRAORDINARILY SAFE", SAYS AAPA IN REPORT
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AirAsia to host its first hackathon in March
Last year when the AirAsia group posted a healthy 3Q2016 (financial year ending September 30) with revenue of RM2.97 billion (US$665.7 million) its chief executive officer, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, said the 2017 would promise to be more exciting as ‘it marks the emergence of AirAsia group as a digi [...]
The Warehouse Hotel opens, marking Lo & Behold Group’s first step into hotel space
Lo & Behold Group’s latest venture into hospitality manifested itself with the opening of The Warehouse Hotel on Robertson Quay on January 1, 2017.
The hotel is the group’s first hotel, adding to their collection of popular bars and restaurants across Singapore, including Loof, OverEasy, [...]
Reflections on 2016 and Predictions for 2017 (Part III)
It’s that time of the year when we ask industry leaders for their thoughts on what happened in 2016 and what they forsee will happen in the new year. Here’s Part 3.
Guillaume De Marcillac, Co-CEO, FASTBOOKING
3 Top Things That Happened and That Mattered in 2016
1. Is bigger [...]
VoiceMap: Immersive audio tours giving voice to stories untold
We travel to experience places, hear stories and uncover perspectives from people that grew up in a world different to our own. Stumbling upon these stories isn’t easy and it’s easy to transition from traveller to a simple tourist, gawking at different landmarks for days on end.
Fortunately, [...]
The Wrap: Stay home to celebrate the Lunar New Year, urges Jetstar
In the news: With Chinese New Year just round the corner travel companies, Jetstar and Wego, are focusing their services around this auspicious event, while Fuji Xerox introduces an audio tour guide for travellers in Singapore,
TRAVEL: STAY HOME TO CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, URGES JETSTAR
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