Ample room for branded mid-scale hotels in Myanmar
Since Myanmar started on its journey to democracy in 2011, the country has seen huge increase in tourist arrivals, leading to the rapid development of hotels to meet demand with most in the upmarket and luxury categories, leaving a gap for hotels in the mid-range segment.
JLL’s Hotels and Hospita [...]
APAC leads globally for best hotel reviews
Looks like people in Asia Pacific (APAC) like to do hotel reviews as the region outperforms other countries worldwide in ranking accommodations, according to a comparative study conducted by metasearch engine, Wego, and its big data and travel review partner, TrustYou, which also included North [...]
The Wrap: Tokyo’s best city in the world for travel experiences
In the news: Tokyo's top travel experiences, Accor’s two new hotels in Singapore, new website for Melbourne Convention Bureau, VANs introduced to Singapore
Tokyo's best city in the world for travel experiences
Tokyo is very popular with foreign visitors - for its beauty, rich culture, [...]
Transforming the airport experience with the Cloud
Cloud technology is gaining momentum despite lingering concerns around resilience, privacy and risk, and airports are increasingly identifying the need to switch to next generation cloud systems to decrease costs, improve efficiency and transform the passenger experience, according to Amadeus in [...]
Fresh funding for CatchThatBus, plans to expand footprint in South-east Asia
Malaysian start-up CatchThatBus, a mobile and web based bus ticketing platform, will see its vision of being the "Expedia" of bus travel in the region becoming a reality soon with new funding from Singapore VC, Jungle Ventures, National Research Foundation Holdings (Singapore), and angel inves [...]
The Wrap: Hunnu Air drives more visitors to Mongolia with Abacus technology
In the news: Hunnu Air e-tickets Asian routes, special solar eclipse 2016 programme from Asia World Indonesia, gold award for Accor's leadership, healthy April for APAC airlines
Hunnu Air drives more visitors to Mongolia with Abacus technology
Mongolia’s second largest airline, Hunnu [...]
WIT Start-Up: SavvyMob – mobile hotel booking app for the Indian Millennial travellers
Bangalore-based start-up Cooolio, a digital portfolio company, recently launched SavvyMob described as a mobile only distribution product developed for the Indian Millennial travellers, both business and leisure, who are looking for the best deals specially at the last minute
As to why [...]
Test your website to increase conversions
Kelsey Slater (pictured left) of Sabre Hospitality Solutions shares some tips on how to optimize your hotel website traffic and increase your ROI.
Have you ever ask yourself this question? Should my hotel website use the verbiage Book Now, Search, Check Availability or Reserve on the [...]
A journey back in time – tracing England’s Olympic history
With less than 200 days to go until the London2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, VisitEngland looks back over the history of the Games - – from humble beginnings in a rural Shropshire market town to the award-winning architecture of 2012.
1850: Once upon a time in Shropshire …
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Give us free wifi or we won’t book, say travellers
Pictured: Shangri-La Hotel Edsa Manila – Shangri-La was the first hotel group to offer free wifi throughout its hotels
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