Grooviest Start-Up to be recognised at WIT Bootcamp
Up to 10 entrepreneurs will pitch their business ideas to a panel of investors and mentors during the WIT Bootcamp: Entrepreneurship & Innovation held on Oct 17, as part of the annual Web In Travel conference. The WIT Start-Up Gallery, supported by BANSEA (Business Angel Network of Southeast As [...]
“Now Even Penguins Can Fly”
Azran Osman-Rani, an outdoor adrenaline junkie, has had many adventures in his life. Perhaps the one that really had his adrenaline rushing was his recent amazing venture in Antarctica where he visited the American and New Zealand research bases at McMurdo and the Scott Base.At these base stations h [...]
Trend Alert: Next game changer will come from China or India
David Brett, president and CEO of Amadeus Asia Pacific, sounded a trend alert at the Amadeus customer conference in Bangkok this week – with the economic shift taking place in the world, tomorrow’s leaders will be different and the next game changer will come from either India or China.Today, he [...]
Trust making strong inroads in Asia
Trust International is continuing its growth in the Asian markets with the announcement of a Chinese version of yourVoyager CRS and a new Hotel Internet Booking Engine (IBE) at the recently concluded ITB Asia and Web in Travel (WIT) in Singapore.In the Asian market, Trust reported an 8% increase in [...]
Tune hits the right notes with 1m guests, 100 hotels by 2015
Tune Hotels, the budget hotel chain established by AirAsia’s Dato’ Seri Tony Fernandes, recently welcomed its one millionth plus guests since opening its first hotel, Downtown Kuala Lumpur, in 2007.It's a huge achievement for a chain, which pioneered the “limited service concept" of providing [...]
Turning gee-whiz into something sticky
A long long time ago in a place far far away I used to work for a software company. It was a time when the company I worked for could afford offices in Leicester Square and there was an air of compelling optimism and energy. At least to start with. As with so many companies at the time, the end [...]
US travellers favouring Asian destinations, says Skyscanner
Asian cities prove popular with US travelers, as flight comparison site Skyscanner reveals the top 10 emerging destinations for overseas travel. Search data from flight comparison site Skyscanner.com shows US travelers are increasingly interested in travel to Asia; with eight of the top ten biggest [...]
US, UK and Japan tops with travellers
The United States, United Kingdom and Japan have been voted the top global travel destinations, according to the Visa Global Travel Intentions Survey 2011.The survey, conducted among 11,620 respondents from 23 countries and territories around the world, showed that one in five (20%) said they are li [...]
We want more mobile tech, say business travellers
New research findings, recently released by Travelport, indicate a rapid increase in the use of mobile technology in the business travel sector.The survey, which polled over 600 corporate travel buyers, agents, hospitality and travel professionals globally, explored hotel experiences and expectatio [...]
When Dolphins Attack (or rather, when people unhappy about their treatment attack)
In the last couple of weeks there has been much activity on one particular Facebook wall here in Singapore – that of Resorts World Sentosa. RWS is an integrated ‘resort’ – home to Universal Studios, several hotels and one of Singapore’s two casinos.Plans are well advanced for the openin [...]
