The Wrap: Ascott turns residences into smart homes with the Internet of Things
In the news: This week we focus on two hospitality companies – Ascott rolls out smart home technologies, and Starwood launches 10th brand - a portfolio of independent hotels and resorts
Ascott turns residences into smart homes with the Internet of Things
The Ascott Limited (Ascott) is [...]
The Millennial Traveller: The Global Gastronome
These days, the world comes to us on a plate. But there’s nothing like eating the real thing in real places.
Some of us march on our stomachs (myself included). The idea of travelling to some of the world’s top ranking foodie destinations is enough to get me on Google, searching up how long w [...]
Postcard & Tag aims to revolutionise the online travel space
Postcard & Tag, a new visual social travel directory that allows users to discover and share photos of travel destinations around the world, will have its global launch in Jakarta, Indonesia tomorrow (21 April).
Using digital postcards, which are geo-mapped and categorised into a variety of [...]
Tourism Minister Arief Yahya to open WIT Indonesia, Bali
Indonesia’s Minister of Tourism, Arief Yahya, formerly the CEO of state-owned telecommunication company Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), will open the third WIT Indonesia conference scheduled for Bali on April 30.
Arief was appointed minister late last year when Indonesia’s new president Joko [...]
Accor takes over FASTBOOKING, accelerating digital strategy
Accor has announced its take-over of FASTBOOKING, a digital services provider for the hotel industry.
A French company founded in 2000, FASTBOOKING provides daily support to nearly 4,000 global hotels. Hotel website development, distribution channel management solutions, digital marketing campai [...]
The online travel habits of Middle East Millennials
The rising wave of millennial travellers will change the face of travel in MENA and companies that fail to figure out a strategy risk getting left behind, said Google’s Head of Tourism & Hotels, Middle East and North Africa, Ali Hashmi (pictured left).
He defined them as those aged between [...]
The Wrap: Asia Pacific is the place to holiday in with drop in room prices
In the news: Drop in room rates in APAC cities, AirAsia’s new self service options, HRS’ properties on Travelport platform, Apple Watch app from TripAdvisor
APAC is the place to holiday in with drop in room prices
Holidaymakers looking to get more bang for their travel buck might wis [...]
IHG launches innovative online development tool for the Holiday Inn brand
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has unveiled “Build for Success”, which it describes “as an innovative online platform, created to enable faster, more efficient development of Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express hotels across the Asia, Middle East and Africa region (AMEA).”
The pl [...]
Tune Labs, a new venture to help aspiring Asean entrepreneurs realise their visions
Three Malaysian entrepreneurs and business partners – Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, and Lim Kian Onn – have teamed up to form Tune Labs, a Kuala Lumpur-based start-up incubator and accelerator programme to identify, mentor and fund entrepreneurs across the Asean region.
The [...]
The Millennial Traveller: PwC Reports “The Female Millennial – A New Era of Talent”
A recent study conducted by PwC has found that female “millennials” (considered to be women born between 1980 and 1995) are the most confident and ambitious, in comparison to past generations, particularly in the UK.
The study included 8,756 women from 75 countries, who were surveyed in Janua [...]
