Learn about good travel management at ITB Berlin
ITB Berlin is inviting all travel managers, business travel bookers and event planners to find out first hand from experts on good travel management at ITB Business Travel Days 2011.All the experts agree that good travel management has the potential to save vast amounts of money for the economy. Bu [...]
Lessons in revenue management and an OTA experiment
I was catching up with a Singapore hotelier the other day. I say this because this is a very rare occurrence these days. They are very busy because their occupancy’s going through the roof, as are their average rates because they’ve been spending a lot of time yielding them.As I understand it, t [...]
Luxury’s back and SLH to pump more into web and mobile
At the lunch of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World recently in Singapore, I asked Paul Kerr, CEO, how many of his 527 hotels in 24 countries still charge for Internet access on top of the room rate.He couldn’t give an answer straight away but he did a random poll around the table we were at. O [...]
ITB Asia 2011’s sold out
All available booth space for ITB Asia 2011 has been sold out four months ahead of the event scheduled for October 19-21, 2011 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre.Nino Gruettke (pictured left), ITB Asia’s executive director, said close to 800 exhibiting comp [...]
The Wrap: UnionPay, world’s largest payment card scheme, integrates with Amadeus Payment Platform
In the news this week: China’s UnionPay’s on Amadeus Payment Platform, Abacus BSP air ticketing in China, top overseas destination for Singaporean travellers according to Hotels.com UnionPay, world’s largest payment card scheme, integrates with Amadeus Payment Platform UnionPay International, [...]
Multi-mode play GoEuro secures $27m in new funding
A sign that the next hot thing in search is in multi-modal – GoEuro, a multi-mode travel platform, has raised $27 million in Series A funding, led by New Enterprise Associates, a global venture capital firm with approximately US$13 billion in committed capital. All three existing inves [...]
What women and men want from hotels
It’s friendly service, stiff drinks and a sweet pool for the women when they visit a hotel, while their male counterparts go for the Internet and look at the pricing of room and services.Therein lie the differences on what the male and female travellers care about most during their hotel visits, a [...]
More Chinese online shoppers than there are people living in the USA
Some 52.5% of Chinese Internet users now shop online, that’s about 332 million in total – and that’s more than the population of the US (313.9 million).That datapoint was shared by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Shang Bing, at Beijing’s annual China Interne [...]
Firefly wings down south
Firefly, Malaysia’s community airline, has been in the news lately due to its aggressive push in adding hubs and destinations, as well as increasing its aircraft fleet.The airline’s latest move is to designate Johor as its southern hub with the delivery its new fleet of Boeing 737-400 aircraft o [...]
Groupon debate continues: The view from Japan
Let me give you a quick snapshot of this super fast growing coupon business based on what I heard here in the Japanese market.• We currently estimate more than 200 Groupon-like sites/services available in Japan (including Groupon Japan). Yes, Japanese consumers love the deals!• It was told that [...]
