Travelport’s Agility comes at a price for agents – will they pay?
Travelport’s rollout of its Agility Product Suite, coupled with a revision of commercial terms that will essentially require travel agents to pay for terminals, is causing rumblings among agents in Asia.(See Travelport explains its Agility scheme)The move, made in a space where agents in Asia ar [...]
PhoCusWright@ITB features key European travel leaders.
PhoCusWright has unveiled a pioneering programme forPhoCusWright@ITB, which takes place on March 7 in conjunction with ITB Berlin.This conference-in-a-conference is designed to help executives capitalise on key trends impacting the travel, tourism and hospitality marketplace.This year’s theme, [...]
Thailand prepares for Miracle, Myanmar gets set for Gold Rush
It was good to be back in Bangkok again, feasting on my favourite eats and seeking out new places to satisfy my always-hungry senses.It was also good to see the smiles back on my travel friends’ faces and hearing them say, “It’s slowly coming back” although how many times they’ve said tha [...]
Top travel websites 2011 – Hong Kong and Singapore
A look at the top 10 travel websites for 2011, as of January 2012, from Experian HitwiseIn Hong Kong jipiao.trip.taobao.com took the lead with 10.7% share of visits compared to Ctrip's 8.2% and Qunar's 7.2% respectively [...]
Strong demand for ITB Berlin 2012
The countdown to the 46th ITB Berlin, which takes place from March 7-12, has begun. Many of the halls are already booked up. Messe Berlin expects participation from around 11,000 exhibiting companies and organisations from more than 180 countries.David Ruetz, head of ITB Berlin said bookings were o [...]
One Malaysian entrepreneur’s journey of lessons to discovery
It is said that seven in 10 start-ups fail but even that cold hard fact was not enough to stop Jiun Kiew (left) from pursuing her dream more than a year ago - and she's certainly learnt a few lessons since. This is her journey.
Fresh from her studies in Australia, Kiew joined family-owned M [...]
Amadeus creates world’s first interline EMD link
The application of Electronic Miscellaneous Document (EMD) to interline partnerships means that participating airlines can now facilitate payment for and delivery of ancillary services across their partnerships and alliances.Amadeus estimates that up to 20% of air bookings made through its system [...]
WIT’s new event features all-woman speaker cast
WIT will launch a new event called WITX: Women In Travel which will feature an all-woman speaker cast.To be held April 27 at Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok, the one-day conference will feature women leaders of different generations, cultures and backgrounds who will address issues and trends, share idea [...]
In every dream home: Trying out 9flats & Airbnb
I have to admit, my most recent trip to Singapore was a price-sensitive excursion. Which is to say I was looking at a stay of three weeks with a budget which would have comfortably offered me a nice suite for one night, at the Ritz-Carlton.Clearly there were going to be tensions between my vis [...]
BCD Travel tackles talent crunch in Asia
A recent whitepaper commissioned by BCD Travel's confirms that Asia is facing a huge talent crunch in the corporate travel industry.The survey by the world’s third largest travel management company found that organisations frequently face difficulties matching the right talent to the open positio [...]
