It’s goodbye Abacus, hello Sabre
Abacus is now officially known as Sabre with the announcement by Sabre Corporation that is has rebranded all its acquired Abacus assets in Asia Pacific effective today (November 2).In a media release, the company said that with this rebrand over 100 wholly owned and affiliated offices across the reg [...]
OTAs in Asia, Think Borderless
This is a guest blog by Ming Foong, director of Online Travel Agencies – APAC, TravelportThe OTA segment is developing into an exciting and dynamic growth driver in the Asia Pacific region. It can get a lot more exciting if all players and aspirants in this space discard the old mindset that still [...]
The Wrap: New hospitality standard for hotels to make Muslim travellers feel at home
In the news: A new hotel reference tool for Muslim travellers, 7-day booking calendar for HotelQuickly, Etihad and Adobe team up New hospitality standard for hotels to make Muslim travellers feel at home A research by Thomson Reuters revealed that Muslim travellers are big spenders on tourism pr [...]
A modest proposal: travel technology dominance
This is a guest blog by Arnie Weissmann, editor in chief, Travel Weekly.The question that Singapore’s minister of foreign affairs put to attendees at the Web in Travel conference last week seemed a little silly: “How many of you are in the travel industry?”Every hand went up.And the followup s [...]
From cables to tables
She was in the telco business for 20 years. Then she entered a reality television cooking competition – Masterchef Australia Season 4, emerged a finalist, and that changed her life forever.Audra Morrice decided then that she wanted to follow her passion, which is food, left the corporate world, an [...]
Rimoto wins the WIT Start-Up Pitch
Three starts-ups made it to the finals at the WIT Start-Up Pitch during the annual WIT 2015 Conference in Singapore on October 21, and just one took home the "crown".The winner is Rimoto, a disruptive service that enables international travellers to book a taxi, buy show tickets, or make reservation [...]
Travelport reboots for success
Travelport went through a reboot last September when it listed on the New York Stock Exchange last year, expanding its role from being just a GDS to become a global commerce platform.Martin Herbert, Travelport’s general manager for Asia, said it brought in airlines to sell products, started offeri [...]
A tale of funding and branding from four start-ups
One of the critical issues facing a new start-up and vital for its growth is funding. And it is no easy task getting investors. Four start-ups which provide P2P services took to the stage at the WIT Bootcamp to share their experiences in getting funding.Karl Loo, CEO & founder Malaysia-based Ser [...]
42 Race, rimoto, Wellobox are finalists for WIT Start-Up Pitch
Six start-ups took to the stage at the WIT Start-Up Pitch at the WIT Bootcamp and three emerged victorious to fight it out at Grand Finals of the annual start-up competition during the WIT Conference on October 21.The three shortlisted candidates are 42 Race, rimoto, and Wellobox. 42 Race is a web/m [...]
An airport start-up and incubator: YVR’s scaling BorderXPress
Ever heard of an airport that’s acting like a start-up and incubator? Well, meet Vancouver International Airport (YVR), which invented BorderXpress, described by its CEO Craig Richmond as “the iPad of the airport world”.BorderXPress is the world’s first self-service border control solution t [...]
