Abacus TripAlert warns travellers of imminent danger
Travel solutions provider Abacus has unveiled TripAlert, a new digital service to help travel management companies move travellers to safety in event of a life-threatening situation.
The service aligns early warning data on natural disasters, health pandemics or terrorist attacks with bookings [...]
The Wrap: Singaporeans first in Asia to use SmartGate for entry to Australia
In the news: SmartGate for Singaporeans, Hotels.com’s redesigned app, eRevMax’s metasearch channels management service, Transaero Airlines’ new agreement with Abacus
Singaporeans first in Asia to use SmartGate for entry to Australia
A self-service processing option for travellers entering [...]
Cash prize awaits winner of WIT Indonesia Challenge run with Wego, Kreavi
In the run-up to WIT Indonesia taking place April 23 in Jakarta, WIT is teaming up with Wego Indonesia and Kreavi to launch the WIT Challenge.
The competition, run in conjunction with Kreavi, the Indonesian designers crowd-sourcing platform, challenges students and young designers from ag [...]
Mobile flying high, with holiday booking as one of its top usage
Travel is in the top five categories that people access on their mobiles and the reach of mobile has now outstripped fixed use, reveals the new Mobile Insights Travel report from GfK Mobile Insights on the mobile behaviours of the UK travel market.
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iACCEPT, the first mobile point of sale solution for Myanmar
Myanmar gets a breakthrough in e-commerce and m-commerce with the recent launch of iACCEPT, an innovative payment solution that transforms both iOS and Android smartphones into a mobile point of sale (mPOS) system by acccepting MasterCard and Visa international payment cards.
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The Wrap: Blogging campaign to promote domestic tourism in the Philippines
In the news: Blogging campaign in the Philippines, Star Cruises' second mega ship, strong growth for CWT in 2013
Blogging campaign to promote domestic tourism in the Philippines
Wego Philippines, Cebu Pacific, Tourism Promotions Board Philippines andChoose Philippines have jo [...]
Most TripAdvisor users read at least 6-12 reviews before choosing a hotel
An independent study among 12,000 global travellers conducted by PhoCusWright in late 2013 on behalf of travel site,TripAdvisor, reveals that more than half of the respondents would not make a hotel booking until they read reviews about the property.
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Skyscanner kicks off first integrated marketing campaign in APAC
Global travel search site, Skyscanner, chose Singapore to launch its first integrated marketing campaign - Anywhere and Everywhere - in Asia Pacific with a call to action on 15 February for fans to send in a video of up to15-seconds of themselves, telling why they deserve to go on a trip around t [...]
The Wrap: Brand Karma expands in Europe, partners with HolidayCheck
In the news: Brand Karma partners with HolidayCheck, mega development for Melaka, business mobile app for BCD Travel, four more properties for Pan Pacific Hotels Group
Brand Karma expands in Europe, partners with HolidayCheck
Brand Karma, the digital marketing solution for hospitality and travel b [...]
Lagisatu stays focused on halal filter, launches Arabic version
A year after they won the WIT Indonesia Start-Up Pitch, the co-founders of Lagisatu have been hard at work building up their halal-filtered hotel meta-search business and this week, launched an Arabic version for Middle East travellers.
LagiSatu.com, a Malaysian-Austrian collaboration between F [...]
