10 things you didn’t know about cart abandonment
For the past five years SaleCycle has been tracking online cart abandonments – more than one billion. The company shares with WIT the data behind this rising trend, and the 10 things behind these abandonments. (see infographic below)According to SaleCycle, the problem for most online e-commerce st [...]
Winners at Phocuswright’s Travel Innovation Summit
Travel industry research authority, Phocuswright, has announced the award winners of The Travel Innovation Summit, held on November 17 and 18, during The Phocuswright Conference in Hollywood/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.Phocuswright said that each year, innovative companies were selected to demonstrate g [...]
My Take on Phocuswright’s Battleground
This is a guest article by Douglas Quinby, Vice President, Research at Phocuswright.For eight years Phocuswright's Travel Innovation Summit has assembled travel startups and more established companies to present their innovations to the industry and compete on stage at The Phocuswright Conference. T [...]
The Wrap: China, Thailand, Hong Kong most favoured destinations for Singapore travellers
In the news: GfK Travelscan report on Singapore travellers, lower booking costs for agents with VANs, AirAsia’s new mobile appChina, Thailand, Hong Kong most favoured destinations for Singapore travellers Travellers in Singapore have chalked up more outbound trips by air in the first three quarter [...]
The Wrap: Souvenirs and memories – APAC tourists are the world’s top travel spenders
In the news: Visa’s Global Travel Intentions Study 2015 on travel spend, and new NokScoot/Sabre and Eva Air/Travelport partnerships.Souvenirs and memories: APAC tourists are the world’s top travel spenders Travellers from Asia Pacific trumped their counterparts from the rest of the world in inte [...]
The Millennial Traveller: Third Culture Colonialism
As a ‘third culture kid’ (TCK), I never quite felt at home anywhere. Patriotism remained a foreign concept and while it was easy to state, “I am half English and half Singaporean (or Indonesian, technically speaking)” whenever people asked, I never felt like I fitted in with either ‘cultur [...]
Direct is the future – FlyZilla excludes OTAs in new flight metasearch product
Last month travel portal TripZilla sent out a press release to announce the launch of its new flight metasearch, FlyZilla, with a rather bold headline “FlyZilla, the Flight Metasearch that says No to OTAs”.Current flight metasearch engines are dominated by airfares from online travel agencies (O [...]
Ancillary revenue projected to reach US$59bil worldwide in 2015
The bottom lines of airlines worldwide will see an upward push this year from ancillary sales, as their revenue is forecast to increase 18.8% above 2014 to US$59.2 billion worldwide in 2015.The projection from the CarTrawler Worldwide Estimate of Ancillary Revenue states that US$36.7 billion is from [...]
A helping hand for start-ups in APAC and Japan from Akamai
Akamai Technologies has launched the Akamai One start-up programme designed to empower start-ups in Asia Pacific and Japan.The programme is designed to empower start-ups to focus on growing their businesses without worrying about the complexity of delivering fast, reliable and secure online experien [...]
The Wrap: Smarter data care can improve travel companies’ revenue, finds Amadeus white paper
In the news: Amadeus white paper on safeguarding data, a ”Canvas” for independent hotels, Ascott’s expansion in ChinaSmarter data care can improve travel companies’ revenue, finds Amadeus white paperAmadeus has launched the white paper, Safeguarding information systems: A lever for revenue g [...]
