The Wrap: LagiSatu goes mobile with new app for booking hotels on the go
In the news: New mobile app for LagiSatu, TripAdvisor’s content integrated with CNN, Dorsett's online presence enhanced with Lenardo Technology LagiSatu goes mobile with new app for booking hotels on the goKuala Lumpur-based hotel metasearch website LagiSatu.com, which will mark its second birthda [...]
Innovation meets the future at Phocuswright@ITB
Global travel market research company, Phocuswright, will host Phocuswright@ITB themed "Disruption’s Curve” on 4 March in conjunction with ITB Berlin. The event will feature discussions on how new business models are changing tourism, as well as latest studies on the prospects for future investm [...]
Tripbooka matches travellers with agents for customised itineraries
Customised itinerary planning remains one of the hardest problems to solve with technology but one Australia-based start-up is having a go at it. Tripbooka is an online platform connecting travel agents with travellers who want the ease of technology but still want the human touch when it comes to p [...]
Travel index points to stark generational divide in travel preferences
Findings from the survey conducted for the 2014 Zuji Travel Index suggest your age has a lot to do with your holiday travel preferences; Depending on whether you were born in the seventies (aged 35-44), eighties (aged 25-34) or nineties (aged 24 or under), your idea of what makes for a holiday very [...]
All things green and techie – Hotels.com’s view of 2015
Katherine Cole, regional director at Hotels.com, shares her views on what were the defining changes last year and what’s in store for the year ahead.1. Tell us the thing you personally will remember most about 2014.One of the most prominent events of 2014 was certainly the shift in booking behavio [...]
The Wrap: India has the most public holidays, Mexico the least, reveals Wego
In the news: Public holidays in the world, Ctrip and Amadeus collaborate, Vistara inks deal with Travelport.India has the most public holidays, Mexico the least, reveals Wego If you live in India then you should be very happy as the country has the most number of public holidays at 21 each year, and [...]
Travelstart buys Satisfly
Travelstart, an OTA headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, has acquired Satisfly, a Hong Kong based social intelligence company, for an undisclosed sum.With the acquisition Sergio Mello, who founded Satisfly with Edoardo Serra, joined Travelstart as head of innovation while remaining as Satisfly [...]
SIA picks MTT as mobile partner; 2015 the year of mobile payments, tips Samuels
With mobile driving change in travel at every level, Singapore Airlines has appointed Mobile Travel Technologies Ltd. (MTT) as its strategic mobile partner to re-launch the airline’s mobile apps.The goal is to “bring fresh, cutting edge mobile services to its customers and to collaborate on a dy [...]
Check out this smart hotel room controlled entirely by WeChat
This article is reproduced courtesy of Tech in Asia.On the sidelines of CES in Las Vegas, Ceasars Entertainment partnered up with WeChat to give tours of new smart hotel rooms at The LINQ, a local hotel and casino. Visitors could use an app inside WeChat to control lighting, thermostats, and curtain [...]
Why people abandon their travel bookings online (Infographic)
This is a blog by Joanne Liu, marketing manager APJ at SaleCycleThe travel industry spends billions of dollars every year driving traffic to their websites, yet 81% of visitors leave before completing their booking. SaleCycle decided to find out why.As consumers, we’re all familiar with the idea o [...]
