Asian travellers fuel global tourism’s growth as more take time off for holidays
Travel will be a major focus for many Asians in 2014, with a forecasted increase of 17% in travel budgets and a rise in trips over last year’s, according to findings from Travelzoo Asia Pacific’s annual subscriber survey.
The results also highlighted transformations in the vacation spendi [...]
The Wrap: Wego unveils travel trends from Singapore, China, Hong Kong in the Year of the Horse
In the news: Travel trends in the Year of the Horse, ITB Berlin Summit on omni-channel marketing, Burufly’s iOS app, Abacus’ Chinese language fare feeds for EVA Air
Wego unveils travel trends from Singapore, China, Hong Kong in the Year of the Horse
Meta search engine, Wego, looks int [...]
Time for hotels to engage and act, Revinate sets up APAC base
While it’s all very good to know what their customers are saying about them on review sites, and most hotels now have tools that enable them to do that, the critical elements to act on this year are engagement and action.
Revinate's vice president for global business development Josh Stei [...]
Singapore’s BeMyGuest buys Indiescapes
BeMyGuest, Asia’s leading aggregator of local tours and activities, has bought its former competitor, Indiescapes, for an undisclosed sum that wil see it expanding its offerings in South East Asia..
Indiescapes, a curated marketplace that connects travellers seeking unique travel experiences [...]
TripZilla makes foray into Vietnam with new site
Singapore based travel portal, TripZilla, sets its eyes on Vietnam’s growing online travel market with the launch of TripZilla.vnon January 13.
This is the third travel portal for the company, the other two being inSingapore and Malaysia. As Tripzilla's founder, Winnie Tan, said, the “ph [...]
Hotel bookings through mobile devices set to rise in 2014
Travellers are increasingly turning to smarphones and tablets to book hotel rooms, acounting for 7% of all bookings in 2013 and this trend will grow by another 20% this year, reveals eRevMax in its recent study on "Online Hotel Distribution 2014" (see details in infographic below).
Hotel [...]
Five ways you can use Facebook’s new Insights platform
Megan Peterson from Sabre Hospitality Solutions shares some valuable tips on to get the most from Facebook’s new Insights platform.
Do your fans really Like you? As Facebook’s new Insights platform rolls out to all businesses, you will have access to more data that shows just how likeable y [...]
The Wrap: Tigerair scales down ops in the Philippines, sells Filipino unit to Cebu Pacific
In the news: Cebu Pacific buys Tigerair Philippines, Accorhotels.com's Arabic site, Amadeus accessible to international airlines in China, India’s Via.com adopts Abacus’ solutions
Tigerair scales down ops in the Philippines, sells Filipino unit to Cebu Pacific
Singapore’s Tigerair an [...]
The Big 10 Tech Predictions for 2014
Futurist Prof Adrian David Cheok, Chair Professor of Pervasive Computing at City University London and founder and director of the Mixed Reality Lab in Singapore, shares his top 10 tech predictions for 2014.
1: Drones in the sky becoming mainstream. Delivery of goods by Drones.
2: Virtu [...]
Make last minute booking with Warwick’s new “Tonight” app
Warwick International Hotels has launched its new app, Warwick Tonight, which offers same-day deals to travellers and local customers with last-minute accommodation requirements for the group‘s collection of 50 upscale and luxury hotels and resorts across five continents.
Each featured W [...]
