Kuoni buys Travelport’s GTA
Travelport is to sell its ground content wholesale business, Gullivers Travel Associates (GTA), to Kuoni for US$720 million.The transaction is conditioned on the majority approval by Travelport’s bank lenders and a vote by the shareholders of Kuoni in favour of a capital increase by Kuoni to fina [...]
Top 10 social media marketing tips for hotels
Here are our Top 10 tips for hotel social media marketing. We have put these together from daily hands on experience performing internet marketing for our hotels. It is the best list of practical ideas that can be implemented right away.1. Have a Blog to post information on activities, attractions, [...]
Letter from Dubai, the day after
So it’s the day after (the news of the death of Osama bin Laden). Our intrepid Professor Sabena is at the Arab World’s biggest travel show, now one of the largest in the world. He reports from the show floor, the cafes, the hotels and the taxi cabs.The mood amongst people in Dubai on the street, [...]
Looking to start up in travel? Here are the 6 hot categories
Imagine there’s the WIT Venture Fund and you were one of the investors? Here are the categories you should be investing in.At the WIT*e event last Thursday, Brett Henry, Vice President Marketing and Vice President India of Abacus International singled out six categories for travel start-ups – ga [...]
Mobile is not a trend
At the recent PhoCusWright's online event, Truth, Myth and Pith: PhoCusWright's 2011 Travel Industry Trends, the company’s analysts revealed their picks for this year's top 10 travel trends.The 500+ attendees, representing travel companies and press, weighed in on which trends they thought wouldl [...]
New record in group buying set in Malaysia
Grand Millennium Kuala Lumpur and Everyday.com.my sold over 10,000 vouchers in just 25 hours, making this by far the largest group buying promotion that has been offered in Malaysia..This is a new record in group buying in Malaysia, which saw Grand Millennium Kuala Lumpur teaming up with Everyday. [...]
OTAs, VCs and Angels zero in on Indonesia
Everyone I know in the OTA corporate development space, VCs and travel-focused angels (and many people I don't) have been contacting me for information about the Indonesian online market.OTA GreenfieldFrom a travel perspective, it's really still a greenfield and could be anyone's game. My money is o [...]
Part Two: Bringing design thinking into social media
In part one of this post we talked about some of the basics of Design Thinking and how they are relevant to engaging consumers using Social Media.We talked about the sweet spot of Design Thinking being where three key considerations meet. They are:Human – is it desirable?Business – is it via [...]
The Wrap: Amadeus simplifies visa management for APAC travel agents
In the news this week: Visa management solution from Amadeus, holidays with loyalty points, AirAsia’s 2Q14 financial results, Japan's home to Asia’s best zoos and aquariums Amadeus simplifies visa management for APAC travel agentAmadeus has unveiled a new solution suite, which enables travel ag [...]
Location they say is everything. Welcome to magical Machu Picchu!
The lamas were grazing around the sacred Inca site all day, yet a couple of minutes before sun down, they positioned themselves at the edge of a terrace and gazed down at Machu Picchu as the light was dissipating and dusk was beginning to envelope us all. They didn't move.It was nearly as if they [...]
