Wotif posts $25.4m in half-year profit, poised to grow in Asia
Wotif Holdings has announced a half-year after tax profit of A$25.4 million, results that are in line with what it flagged last year and “mirrors the performance we saw in the business in the six months to June 2010”, said group chief executive Robbie Cooke.Some highlights are:· Australian acco [...]
Worldhotels launches global Facebook contest
Worldhotels, one of the leading groups for independent hotels, has launched a global contest for fans of its Facebook page.Until September 30, 2011 the group’s Facebook friends are eligible to win 25,000 Frequent Flyer miles with one of the 19 Frequent Flyer partners of Worldhotels, and a two-nig [...]
Boatbay, the Airbnb of boats, launches in APAC & ME
Tapping into the new wave of sharing, the first boat rental marketplace has launched covering Asia Pacific and the Middle East, the two biggest emerging markets for sailing and yachting.Co-founder, Tim Gundry, of Boatbay says it is “the Airbnb for boating, yachting and people who want to experien [...]
Increases in airfares, hotel prices across APAC expected in 2015
The 2015 Global Travel Price Outlook jointly released by Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) and GBTA Foundation, the education and research arm of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), indicates an upward pressure on rates next year particularly in high-demand travel markets.According to the stu [...]
Pandabed.com declares multiple winners for #BestInternship contest
It was meant to be a simple experiment: find an intern to travel across Asia documenting PandaBed.com properties and their hosts. The applicants had to create a video of why they think they were the best for the internship. In a short span of two weeks, several thousand people shared the opportunity [...]
Valadoo and Burufly merge to form a new Valadoo.com
Valadoo’s curated travel packages and e-commerce expertise are to be combined with Burufly’s vibrant million-member social travel community to create an Indonesian online travel & lifestyle super site.Valadoo, the online expert in Indonesian travel and Burufly, the largest social travel comm [...]
Asians most attached to mobile devices while travelling
Travellers from Asia are mobile “addicts”, not willing to give up their devices while on vacation, according to the new Disconnect to Reconnect survey from Hotels.com.The study, which looks into digital holiday habits across 28 countries, found travellers from Thailand were the least prepared to [...]
The Wrap: Hotel guest reviews – the good, the bad and the unusual
In the news this week: Hotel guests reviews from Wego, PeerMatch from PandaBed, WiFi for the masses on AirAsiaHotel guest reviews - the good, the bad and the unusual We all have things to say about our stay in hotels - from praising the “great food at the buffet” to complaining about “no hand [...]
AirAsia entices business travellers with new flexible product
Low cost carrier AirAsia is looking to grow the business travel segment with its latest offering, Premium Flex, which gives business travellers numerous perks including the flexibility of changing their flight up to two times with no change fee.The new product, which was launched in Kuala Lumpur on [...]
AA fight with GDS about price and control – they will settle, says Terry Jones
Terry Jones, founder and former CEO of Travelocity and now consultant, investor, professional speaker and industry captain, believes a compromise will be reached in the dogfight between American Airlines and Travelport and Sabre.In the latest development, American Airlines said it had signed a new [...]
