trivago lands in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
Global hotel price search and comparison website, trivago, expands its foothold in Southeast Asia with the recent launch of new local platforms in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
trivago Indonesia, trivago Malaysia, and trivago Thailand are available in local languages and in English. Their laun [...]
Travelport acquires stake in Locomote, ups share in eNett in move to redefine travel commerce
As part of Travelport’s growing Beyond Air portfolio and its strategy to redefine travel commerce, the company has invested in Melbourne-based travel technology company, Locomote, with a 49% share.However, no other details of the the acquisition were disclosedLocomote was developed to change the c [...]
Organic growth and acquisitions fuel Amadeus’ strong H1 performance
The first half of 2014 was good for Amadeus as it reports an 8.5% increase in revenue to €1,731 million.The strong performance was supported by organic growth and the contribution of acquisitions, the company said in a media release.Adjusted profit for the period grew 8.9% to €381 million, while [...]
The Wrap: Boarding a flight the smartphone way
In the news this week: Your smartwatch as a boarding pass, Amadeus’ light ticketing solution for AirAsia, Air India's 50th airline on Travelport merchandising platform, Amadeus partners with Alipay Boarding a flight the smartphone way You may soon board a flight with just a mere flick of your wris [...]
Northstar Travel Media promotes Sullivan
New York-based Northstar Travel Media, parent of Travel Weekly, has promoted Bob Sullivan to president of the company’s Travel Group. He was most recenly executive vice president of the group.Sullivan is responsible for Northstar's Retail Group (Travel Weekly and TravelAge West), PhoCusWright, the [...]
Emerging markets grabbing bigger piece of online travel pie
Asia Pacific (APAC), Latin America (LATAM), Eastern Europe and the Middle East are eroding Europe’s and the US’ share in online travel transactions, according to Global Online Travel Overview Third Edition, a new report by travel industry research authority PhoCusWright.After years of controlli [...]
Inside the world of ‘ichige’ and its possible travel applications
If there is one market where location-based services have had a huge impact on customer behaviour, it’s Japan. And mobile gaming is one of the biggest and fastest growing sectors.The mobile content and gaming market is estimated to be worth over US$6 billion and growing at 15%. Profit margin tends [...]
Indians and Brazilians most eager to travel next year
Indians and Brazilians are planning more holiday trips, German travel plans remain stable in 2011, while Americans are exercising extreme caution. These travel trends for 2011 are revealed in a representative survey commissioned by ITB Berlin and compiled by the consultancy IPK International.With ec [...]
India, Malaysia, HK set to be S’pore’s top markets
India, Malaysia and Hong Kong will be the top source markets for tourists to Singapore in the next two years, according to the Asia Pacific Travel Intentions Survey 2010, conducted by PATA and Visa.The survey, which covered more than 6,700 respondents in 13 markets in Asia Pacific, found one in thre [...]
In 2011 we need Revolution not Evolution
In 2011 we need Revolution not Evolution As we move into 2011, the Internet is awash with articles from people looking back on 2010 forward to 2011. There are some great summaries of what happened last year and hundreds of predictions for the coming year. I just had a lo [...]
