Wego.com puts power in hoteliers’ hands with new service
Travel comparison site Wego.com today launched a new editing tool as well as a Premium Hotel Listings product which it says will give hoteliers greater control of the appearance of their property’s listing on the site. With the specially designed editing tools, hotels are now able to manage and [...]
What would Don Draper do with Facebook?
It's the HSMAI Chapter's Asia Connect event - a full day event at Singapore's Pan Pacific Hotel and it was up to Dave Yang from Facebook to kick off the day's presentationsDave introduced his presentation with a key idea (one, incidentally, I think, many brands are still struggling with) 'You have y [...]
Why I Would Never Hire A Social Media Expert
WIT winning debater, and editor of Discovery Channel Magazine, Luke Clark argues that for most of us mortals, social media is best left for socialising. (This is the argument he shared at the WIT Conference.)• A social media expert is like a “casual Olympian”. Nothing as amorphous, random and [...]
Why part of me doesn’t want wireless, free or otherwise
I was reading a piece in the Straits Times’ ‘Digital Life’ yesterday about eReaders. One featured person liked the advent of eBooks because she already has ‘over 300 books on her shelves’. For her there was a very practical reason for adopting the electronic version of the paperbacks cl [...]
Win an internship and be mentored in TravelRave Talent Challenge
The Singapore Tourism Board, together with WITNext, this week launched the inaugural TravelRave Talent Challenge to engage youth on relevant trends and topics across the travel and tourism industry. The TravelRave Talent Challenge is a regional youth competition open to all 18-25 year olds. The [...]
Kaufer: Next big thing is restaurants and Google (not Facebook) keeps me awake
For someone who runs one of he world’s most global companies – it has websites in 27 countries worldwide (20 different languages) and 75% of its traffic now comes from outside the US – TripAdvisor’s founder Stephen Kaufer sheepishly admits he hasn’t been to Asia.“I travel a lot but I hav [...]
WIT, Trust team up for ‘awesome’ Japan drive
Web In Travel (WIT) and Trust International are spearheading a “Sugoi Japan” (Awesome Japan) campaign aimed at restoring confidence in travel to Japan during the coming months.The campaign also aims to raise funds for Living Dreams, a program created under parent non-profit organization I [...]
Tencent buys into eLong, Expedia increases stake
Tencent, one of the largest providers of Internet, mobile and telecommunication value-added services in China, has made its first investment into the travel market.Together with Expedia, eLong’s controlling shareholder, it has bought into the Chinese Online Travel Agency and now becomes its second [...]
The costliest leg shave in the world!
There is a bizarre twist to the ongoing story of "Here comes Lady Branson in red", which will see 60-year-old billionaire Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin Group serving as a flight attendant wearing the striking red AirAsia outfit for the day on the May 1 AirAsia X’s London-Kuala Lumpur flight,A [...]
Flight Centre launches Travelport Universal Desktop
Australia-based Flight Centre Limited (FLT) has launched Travelport Universal Desktop™ following successful pilot programmes in key markets around the world. A broader rollout will include the rest of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom, then extending to the remainder [...]
