The Wrap: Book flights at the right time to get the best fares: Skyscanner
In the news: This week we feature Skyscanner's findings on flight booking, Gfk's collaboration with Abacus, Travelport’s partnership with Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Jet Asia Airways
Book flights at the right time to get the best fares: Skyscanner
Global travel search company, Skyscann [...]
AirAsia makes Langkawi international hub, launches new aircraft livery
Langkawi in northern Malaysia is AirAsia’s new international hub, with the low cost carrier committing to deploy more crew and pilots to the resort island within the next four months.
AirAsia group chief executive officer, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, announcing this at the ongoing Langkawi Inte [...]
TripAdvisor study reveals travellers are spending more on vacations this year
Travellers are increasing their travel budget rather than decreasing it this year, according to the results of TripAdvisor’s biannual TripBarometer study.
The study shows that two in five travellers both globally (41%) and in APAC (42%) plan to up their travel budgets in 2015, while 23% globall [...]
Solo travel on the rise among females in Southeast Asia
Female solo travel is on the rise in Southeast Asia, according to the Women’s Travel Survey by TripAdvisor that was launched ahead of before International Women’s Day (March 8).The survey of 9,181 female travellers globally and 431 in Southeast Asia. reveals that 48% of women in Southeast Asia s [...]
The Wrap: Innovative apps from airlines and hotels to keep time with Apple Watch
In the news: Apps for Apple Watch, Travelport’s solution for airport express services, SITA new solution to track airlines’ baggageInnovative apps from airlines and hotels to keep time with Apple Watch At the launch of the much anticipated Apple Watch at the March 9 Apple "Spring Forward" event [...]
It’s travel over shopping for the young, wild and free
The majority of young travellers are ready to forgo a year of travelling to go shopping, according to the latest ZUJI-dex travel report.According to the OTA, the report “ goes inside the minds of Singapore-based grad and post-grad travellers, uncovering their likes, dislikes, similarities and tabo [...]
The Wrap: Malaysia and Singapore top destinations in the world for Muslim travel
In the news: Focus on MasterCard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index, Golfasian Indonesia, and Hotels.com Hotel Price Index Malaysia and Singapore top destinations in the world for Muslim travel Malaysia is the number one destination across the globe in the Muslim travel market according to th [...]
GfK brings NATAS into Travelscan, signs partnership with ForwardKeys
GfK and the National Association of Travel Agents (NATAS) Singapore have agreed to collaborate on the provision of dynamic travel-related insights for the Singapore tourism sector.Under the agreement, participating NATAS travel agent members will provide GfK with weekly consolidated, live booking da [...]
Mystifly’s B2B meta play pays off big in 2015
Mystifly, which was launched in 2009 as a global air consolidation services company and then changed course in 2011 to a platform play to deliver air content, has come a long way since its early days.CEO and co-founder, Rajeev Kumar, said that currently it is on the verge of going live with two top [...]
Amadeus maintains its growth with strong performance in 2014
Amadeus announced year-on-year financial and operating results for the full year of 2014 ended December 31, 2014 with adjusted profit for the period, including M&A activities, growing 9.9% to €681.1 million.This was backed by an increase in revenue of 10.1%, to €3,417.7 million, and EBITDA ( [...]
