Low cost airlines dominate flight searches in Singapore
Given all the deals and disruption in the travel market over recent months, what have Singaporeans been searching for online?Wego.com has taken a snapshot of 50,000 users’ flight choices, selected while searching its own and its partners’ websites across the Lion City. The results, compiled fro [...]
News Briefs: AA saves with iPads, Vueling launches iPhone app
American Airlines iPads to save US$1.2m paAmerican Airlines will switch from paper flight charts to iPad tablets, said to save USD1.2 million per year in fuel costs due to the elimination of weight onboard.Sabre and South African Airways sign new distribution agreement South African Airways and S [...]
New social media monitoring tool for hotels and restaurants
TrustYou of Munich and Dallas-based Review Analyst have formed a strategic partnership to launch TrustYou Review Analyst, touted as the world's largest and most international social media monitoring provider for hotels and restaurants.The new service has the largest and widest range of review sour [...]
Moving a colossal temple site in Egypt. It’s possible!
The flies are attacking me! The air is much cleaner than in Cairo, yet now we have pesky flies all around, all the time. Agh!Situated just 43 km from the Sudanese border, this small Nubian town of 7,000 people has two colossal temples as its claim to fame – the monumental temple of Ramses II and [...]
Momondo launches multi-stop, round-trip search
The travel search aggregator Momondo, which this month was picked one of the “best travel websites and apps” by Travel and Leisure Magazine is launching a new search engine for multi-stop round-trip travel.The initiative makes it possible to search flights with multiple destinations in just [...]
Mobile consumption spikes across the world
comScore today released The comScore 2010 Mobile Year in Review. This inaugural report recaps key trends in the mobile landscape in 2010 throughout the US, Europe (EU5) and Japan.The report highlights important components of the mobile market including device trends, smartphone adoption, browser/app [...]
Meetings industry faces up to social media challenges
Social media is changing the way people interact – face to face relationships are being replaced by virtual relationships – but overall people are connecting more than ever.And this has implications for the meetings industry, according to Paul Brown, Hilton Worldwide president of global brands a [...]
Mandala Airlines suspends all flights
Mandala Airlines today announced that it is planning to request a suspension of payment obligation to the Commercial Court allowing its management to restructure the business and to restore the airline to profitability."This is the best course of action to ensure the continued survival of the airlin [...]
Luxury lifestyle resort brand, akyra, launches at ITB
akyra Chura Samui on Koh Samui’s trendy Chaweng Beach is the first property under the akyra brand. It will open in June with 62 stylish suites and rooms, a lavish spa â�¨with his and hers meditation rooms, free Wi-Fi throughout the resort, a well-stocked library and stylish Galleria boutiqu [...]
Low cost airlines in APAC see robust online bookings
With their highly web-centric models the region's low cost carriers are experiencing strong growth in visitation as consumers search for the best travel deals online.The trend was revealed in the report , Low-Cost Airlines: The Changing Demographics of Travel – Global Travel Trends with a Focus o [...]
