ImpulseFlyer launches with WSJ Asia partnership
Most travel start-ups struggle with distribution but it appears thatImpulseFlyer, the private sale site for boutique and luxury hotels, which officially launches this morning, October 18, has managed to crack that nut at the starting gate.It launches with a full-scale distribution partnership with [...]
Imagine, travel as therapy and travel agents as therapists
So it feels kind of surreal. I have just flown 13 hours from Singapore to Frankfurt, fought my way through transfer – which by the way is good training for a marathon except you don’t get friendly people handing you water and cheering you on; here, you get surly officials trying to make you feel [...]
If you’re doing mobile, ‘do a little and do it bloody well’
Once upon a time, in the dark days before the iPhone changed everything, circa 2004, Gerry Samuels decided to set up a company specializing in mobile travel technologies.He called the company, yes, MTT, Mobile Travel Technologies Ltd, and he based it in Dublin. You don’t need to drink a lot of Gu [...]
ITB Asia to host session at Berlin Convention
It’s all set for the ITB Berlin Convention which will be held from March 9-11, so mark your dates.The conference, returning for the eighth year, will address key topics such as hospitality, destination marketing, CSR and futurology. On Friday, March 11, it will focus on the topical issue of eco-mo [...]
It’s really here and it’s not going away, so please, get used to it
I was meeting with a very large Singapore-based company a couple of months ago. I was talking with them about an upcoming multi-million dollar project and how using social media could generate some buzz, anticipation and expectation around what they were doing. Basically getting the consumer e [...]
It’s catching, this travel entrepreneurship thing
Is it just me or is there an outbreak of entrepreneurship fever spreading in the Asia Pacific travel space?At WIT*e last week, at least two young executives took me away from my beer and chicken wings to pitch their ideas to me. One had an idea that would use Facebook and social sharing and another [...]
Issenberg on change and game-changers
Michael Issenberg (pictured left), Chairman and COO of Accor Asia Pacific, sits down with Yeoh Siew Hoon, WIT Conference’s producer, at the WIT Ideas Lab at ITB Asia in Singapore to discuss a wide range of issues affecting the hotel and travel industry.With 400 hotels throughout Asia Pacific, th [...]
Is social media David or the Emperor? You decide
Recently there have been articles and things said at conferences about social media that question its use in travel. I think this is a healthy debate and I’m glad that there are skeptics because they keep things honest.So is social media the emperor with new clothes or is it David in David vs Goli [...]
Is Social Media David or the Emperor (Part II)
The following is a continuation of a post that discussed whether social media is the Emperor without clothes or David in David v. Goliath. This post focuses on brand engagement in social channels.One of the questions I often get asked is, “How can I use social networks like Facebook and Twitter [...]
iPad rules in tablet traffic, Singapore among top 3 places
The iPad is the most dominant tablet device across all geographies, contributing more than 89% of tablet traffic across all markets, according to a new comScore Device Essentials report. It is particularly high In Canada, Brazil and Singapore. The iPad’s contribution to total non-computer dev [...]
