Abacus conference highlights changing corporate travel landscape in Central Asia
Business leaders from around Central Asia met to exchange notes on travel industry developments, and to explore new business opportunities at the 1st Abacus Corporate Conference held on September 22 in Almaty.The 200-plus participants were updated on latest hot topics such as the evolution and predi [...]
Abacus, Transaero to jointly increase footprint in Central Asia
Abacus International and Transaero Airlines, Russia’s second largest air carrier, have inked a marketing agreement, which will enhance the airline’s growth across the region.The two companies will work closely together to increase the volume of bookings on Transaero Airlines’ flights via the [...]
Accor makes economy all about Ibis, and puts more money into Accor brand
Accor today unveiled a major new strategy that will see it put all its economy eggs into one Ibis basket and, at the same time, will put the Accor brand more in the face of the general consumer “to meet distribution challenges”.The changes, announced by chairman and CEO, Denis Hennequin, aim to [...]
Air China teams up with Abacus in expansion strategy
Air China has upgraded its reservation inventory participation system to Direct Connect Availability (DCA) by Abacus International, and embarked on a three-year marketing programme with Abacus as part of its expansion strategy.Abacus DCA connectivity is a highly evolved system interface, which ena [...]
Japan’s Solare sets sights on rate and inventory parity with new connectivity
Solare Hotels & Resorts has become the first hotel group in Japan to be able to manage and control its rate and inventory distribution with both domestic and international OTAs.The breakthrough comes after it and its technology partner, Trust International, implemented a direct interface with wi [...]
AirAsia’s profits drop, hit by fuel costs
Low cost carrier AirAsia posted a 47.6% decline in net profit to RM104.25 million (US35 million) for the second quarter ended June 30, compared to the same period a year ago on higher fuel costs.Revenue for the quarter under review increased 15.2% to RM1.08 billion compared to the quarter a year a [...]
Airline ancillary revenue soars
The "Amadeus Worldwide Estimate of Ancillary Revenue for 2011" reveals ancillary revenue increased to US$32.5 billion worldwide, lifting the airline industry from losses and provides an effective hedge against runaway fuel bills. Amadeus and IdeaWorks, which earlier this year reported on the ancil [...]
Airlines must prepare for the mobile consumer revolution
Mobile technology is set to transform both airline operations and the overall traveller experience, according to a new industry report published today by Amadeus. ‘The always-connected traveller: How mobile will transform the future of air travel’ is a global report that identifies changing tra [...]
2 in 3 Hong Kong travellers use multi-devices to book flights
A survey carried out among Hong Kong travellers by market research company, GfK, showed that two thirds of purchasers of flight tickets (over 65%) use all three devices - PCs, tablets, smartphones – during the entire purchase journey.The nine-week survey, between March to May 2014, polled more tha [...]
We’re off! WIT BootCamp – the many and varied opportunities that is Asia Pacific
Bootcamp this year was kicked off by Siew Hoon - of course! She reminded us that you can follow all the action this year on our hashtag - #WIT2011 on Twitter. We then heard from some regional experts working in some of the key locations in Asia Pacific - one region, but each with some speci [...]
