GetFlight is different ‘because we focus on sale airfares’
Is there room for another flight search site? Well, Ian Cumming obviously thinks so - he recently launched GetFlight.com.au. The site received massive traffic on launch day and then things went a bit sour when a joke backfired. It used the image of a plane crash to explain why its server went down. [...]
GHS develops “disruptive” Facebook booking engine for independents
Singapore-based Global Hospitality Solutions has developed a Facebook booking engine for hotels that will allow the booking to be transacted within the social network’s environment.CEO Bernard Quek said, “Most booking engines embedded within a hotel’s Facebook page now take the customer to the [...]
Groove Condensed: Lessons from WIT Live
Up in the hills of North Thailand, as our longtail boat cut through the deep, full and flowing Mekong River, I had a chance to reflect on the journey that was WIT Live last month.Starting with THack@WIT, it showed the possibilities of innovation in an open travel world as about 40 developers got tog [...]
Hotels fail in responsiveness to MICE enquiries, IFH survey reveals
There is no doubt that the global conference and event business has experienced an upswing since 2010 with more events and more participants.And hoteliers and MICE organisers are increasingly bullish about the high-yielding sector. (Pictured: Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore)However, the 2011 IF [...]
Atlantis, The Palm takes waterparks mobile
Atlantis, The Palm has launched a mobile website, developed by Dublin-based mobile travel specialist Mobile Travel Technologies Ltd. (MTT), designed to serve the local market as well as travellers and resort guests.Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai, posiitoned as the first truly integrated entertainment [...]
Sabre’s merchandising solution brings airlines’ products/services to the marketplace
Air New Zealand is the first airline to adopt the seamless solution, using Sabre’s Electronic Miscellaneous Document (EMD) so travel agents can shop, book and sell the airline’s ancillaries in Sabre global distribution system (GDS).The first ancillary fare the carrier will make available to S [...]
Be an early bird and win an iPhone Travel App at WIT
Early bird delegates to the WIT Bootcamp and Conference stand a chance to win an iPhone Travel App. (Sorry, non-iPhone users)WIT is teaming up with Abacus and GuideGecko, publisher of iPhone Travel Apps, in this initiative which will see GuideGeckodevelop two apps on the fly during the eve [...]
Business Angel Network SEA to hear pitches at WIT Bootcamp
BANSEA (The Business Angel Network South East Asia) is supporting the WIT Bootcamp: Entrepreneurship & Innovation and will be on the panel listening to pitches in the WIT Start-Up Gallery. The WIT Bootcamp, to be held Oct 17, the day before the main WIT Conference in Singapore, is the meet-an [...]
Business as usual, says Wolf, after acquisition by Northstar
Following news of the acquisition by Northstar Travel Media this morning, CEO Philip Wolf says it will be business as usual and that PhoCusWright will remain an independent company with a “larger research, media and event powerhouse”.No terms were disclosed about the acquisition of PhoCusWright [...]
Business travel on the rise, but cost cutting continues
GetThere Corporate Travel Benchmark Survey shows corporations are still heavily focused on reducing travel expenses even as business travel is increasing.The 11th edition of GetThere's annual survey, revealed that while 2010 saw signs of recovery for corporate travel programmes, in 2011 the indust [...]
