Tigerair is Travelport’s first APAC customer for aggregated shopping
Travelport and Tigerair have sealed a new distribution partnership that will see the Singapore-based no frills airline make its fares and ancillary content available to Travelport-connected travel agents globally, marking the first time it has ever distributed via the global distribution syste [...]
Modest airfare and hotel rate Increases for APAC next year
Country-specific, rather than global, economic trends are expected to contribute to a slight uptick in business travel prices within specific regions next year, according to the American Express Global Business Travel Forecast 2014.
Brazil’s preparation for global sporting events, Germany’ [...]
The Wrap: Focused, creative, close to home – trends driving meetings in 2014
Focused, creative, close to home - trends driving meetings in 2014
Next year will be an exciting time for the world of events with some the largest mass occasions taking place, including the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and the Winter Olympic and Paralympics Games i [...]
WIT Middle East to uncover the region’s potential
Web In Travel (WIT), which runs the largest and highest level online travel conference in Asia Pacific, will hold a Middle East edition in Dubai on March 26-27, 2014.
The first WIT Middle East will uncover the region’s travel story, unearth the opportunities and promise of one of the world’ [...]
APAC to see decline in meetings and events in 2014
After two years of modest budget and activity increases the Asia Pacific region appears to be slowing down, and is expected to experience a slight drop (-1.2%) in the number of meetings in the region next year, according to the American Express Meetings & Events 2014 Global Meetings Forecast.
[...]
Airport IT investments set to reach US$6bil, focus on passenger experience
Airports globally are increasing their IT investment to US$6 billion this year, according to data released by SITA in its IT Trends Survey 2013.
The report revealed that 90% of airports expect to either increase or maintain their IT spend in 2014, despite economic challenges, with a key focu [...]
The Wrap: A St Regis and world-class convention centre for Langkawi
In the news: Investments for Langkawi, Amadeus’ Consulting Services, Mr & Mrs Smith first hotel awards, Ibis pillow hunt
A St Regis and world-class convention centre for Langkawi
The idyllic Malaysian island of Langkawi gets a boost in its race to be a top class world tourist destinati [...]
Secrets of social media in APAC unravelled
Accor, in its inaugural Accor Hotels Asia Pacific Social Media Monitor, reveals that Thai and Chinese travellers are most active online, while Australians and New Zealanders are the least social media users.
Singaporeans are also very active in the social media space, with 84% interacting onlin [...]
Brand Karma partners IDeaS on new RMS
Brand Karma and IDeaS Revenue Solutions have joined forces to help provide revenue managers better optimise yield from travellers who rely on word-of-mouth in social media to make their purchase decisions.
Data from Brand Karma’s brand analytic tool, Brand Karma iO, which audits a brand’ [...]
A year in review on hotel reviews
In this guest blog Ben Jost (pictured below left), CEO & Co-founder of TrustYou, identifies key trends in travellers’ reviews and hotel satisfaction.
We often talk about the growing importance, and influence, of online hotel reviews. Recently we took a step back and looked at the revie [...]
