The Wrap: Study reveals the influence of travel reviews on consumers’ booking process
In the news: Travel reviews' influence on the booking process, Beijing Tourism's partnership agreement with Travelport, 2014 a good year for APAC airlines Study reveals the influence of travel reviews on consumers’ booking processThe majority of travellers read travel reviews before making a booki [...]
What frustrates you most on “day of travel”? Study sheds light and guides new MTT app
Mobile Travel Technologies has conducted a study on “the day of travel” frustrations – what causes the most stress as travellers prepare for their flight, get to the airport, go through airport procedures and navigate airport terminals – and used the findings to develop a mobile product, Con [...]
BYOC, or how Bring Your Own Content will be bigger than BYOD
This is a guest blog by Filip Filipov, Director, B2B at SkyscannerIn the last five or so years, a lot of digital ink has been used to cover the trend to BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), mostly for the enterprise, but also for consumers directly – in-flight entertainment via your iPad or the security [...]
Azran Osman-Rani leaves AirAsia X, Kamarudin Meranun takes over as new group CEO
“AirAsia X would like to confirm Azran Osman-Rani’s cessation from the chief executive officer office with effect from 30 January 2015.”This sentence in the press statement on AirAsia X’s “leadership changes” did not come as a big surprise as speculation of Azran's departure has been goi [...]
The Wrap: Strong appetite for travel among Southeast Asian globetrotters
In the news: MasterCard survey on Southeast Asian travellers, Wego’s insight on attracting Chinese tourists, fifth London property for Tune Hotels, sales promise from WorldhotelsStrong appetite for travel among Southeast Asian globetrotters A recent MasterCard study reveals 80% of South East Asian [...]
Millennial Traveller: Light at the end of the tunnel
The standard of public transport in a country like Singapore is frankly superb. I can get from one side of the island to the other in under an hour on the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit), costing me a couple of dollars at the most. The bus routes make for a more leisurely journey, but so long as I have got [...]
Indonesia Online Travel: Arrived With a Bang, Brace for the Boom
A newly-released study by Phocuswright, three months before the third WIT Indonesia is set to kick off in Bali on April 30, sheds new light on a market that has captured the world’s attention as the next big land of opportunity.Its population of 250 million and consistent annual gross domestic pro [...]
AirAsia removes fuel surcharge across the group
When global oil prices started declining many airlines were asked if they would reduce or remove the fuel surcharges, and consequently the prices of air tickets. Almost all replied in the negative at that time. However, now a number of airlines have done so.Virgin Australia incorporated fuel cost [...]
Expedia purchases Travelocity for US$280 million in cash
Expedia Inc. has purchased online travel agency Travelocity from technology company, Sabre, for US$280 million in cash.Expedia and Sabre announced in a joint statement that the acquisition follows a 2013 marketing agreement between Expedia, Inc. and Travelocity under which Expedia powered the techno [...]
Calling start-ups from North Asia as WIT rolls out its fourth edition in Tokyo
This year’s WIT Japan & North Asia Start-Up Pitch is open to any entrepreneur looking to leverage on and disrupt the largest and fastest growing travel market in Asia.Said Yeoh Siew Hoon, founder and editor of WIT, “China’s outbound travel is at inflexion point, Taiwan was the fastest grow [...]
