AirAsia’s Q2 net profit surges to RM362mil on forex gains
AirAsia Bhd posted a net profit of RM367.16 million (US$116 million) for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014 (2Q14) from RM58.35 million a year ago, representing a 529% increase mainly due to foreign exchange gain on borrowings.This was achieved on the back of a higher revenue of RM1.31 billion, [...]
Get a Uber ride with the TripAdvisor app
Uber, in a move to stay ahead of competitors such as Lyft, has opened its API to all developers enabling other companies to integrate its service into third party apps.This development enables apps to pass a destination address to the Uber app, display pickup times, provide fare estimates, and acces [...]
All Text and FB, all the time: Today’s Teens, Tomorrow’s Travellers.
At ITB Berlin this week there is a Roundtable: Blogging, Tweeting and Pinging for Business. One of the subtext topics of the session from moderated by PhocusWright's Bruce Rosard is examining "What will be the most impactful communication channels for travel distribution in 2011 for suppliers, in [...]
Amadeus enhances Extreme Search
Amadeus is enhancing its Extreme Search solution which allows travellers to ask open questions in real-time such as “where can I go on a beach holiday in Europe for less than €600 per person?”Extreme Search was first launched in 2009 and won the Top Innovation Award at the PhocusWright confere [...]
Amazon sites attract largest number of Internet visitors
A report by comScore Media Metrix service revealed that Amazon had the largest global audience among the retail and auction sites analysed in June, with 282 million visitors or 20.4% of the worldwide Internet population aged 15 and above accessing the Internet from a home or work location.Other to [...]
APAC airlines see positive passenger growth
Preliminary traffic figures for August, released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines(AAPA), showed continued growth in international air passenger market, but air freight demand remained weak.Asia Pacific based airlines carried a combined total of 17 million international passengers in Augu [...]
Are you excited about the possibilities of tomorrow or burdened by the legacy of the past? (Part One)
The other day I presented at a Webinar. It was called Social Media Marketing @ your Desk with my presentation being:A Design Thinking Approach to Online Engagement - Create richer and more long-lasting engagementWith my ‘Design Thinking’ hat being firmly on for the last few years I have no [...]
Asia dominates APAC’s tourism boom
International visitor arrivals into Asia Pacific destinations grew by 6% year-on-year in June 2011, reveals a report by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).Southeast Asia: The region saw a growth of 15.5% growth during the month of June, maintaining the positive momentum of the previous [...]
Asia the place to be, says UNWTO boss
Shifting global travel patterns on the back of economic challenges in Europe are delivering new opportunities for Asia.Yet, at the same time, travellers from Asia – and in particular those from Singapore - are more than ever heading in the opposite direction to take advantage of the sickly UK po [...]
Australians love watching videos online
More than 10.7 million Australian Internet users watched nearly 1.2 billion online videos in May, reveals a report on the online video market in Australia by comScore from its Video Metrix service.YouTube is the most popular channel with more than 8.6 million viewers, or three out of every online [...]
