3 challenges and opportunities online hotel booking sites face
The online hotel booking industry is booming, but service providers still have to watch out for some challenges.In 1997, two men — Michael Kenny and Robert Rosenstein – co-founded a company with a website named PlanetHoliday.com, which aimed to disrupt the hotel booking space. In Phuket, Thaila [...]
The Wrap: Visas top list of information provided to business travellers
In the news: Travelport and ACTE mobile study, Wego and the Middle East, Singapore’s New Park Property soldVisas top the list of information provided to business travellersTravelport and ACTE (Association of Corporate Travel Executives) have released a global research paper on the impact of mo [...]
ITB Asia is moving to Marina Bay Sands
ITB Asia has signed a three-year partnership with Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, starting in 2014, which will see the next three editions of the annual show taking place at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre.Marina Bay Sands will also be ITB Asia's official hotel partner for the event, which will [...]
Content is King, Context is Queen: Introducing the Next Generation of Review Search
We are swimming in an ocean of online reviews. However, when you look at individual sites, whether it be Travelocity, Orbitz or the like, you have more of a lake of reviews, a much smaller pool. There’s a lack of content.Then you go to the larger sites, like TripAdvisor or Booking.com, where the c [...]
New deal with AXESS puts Travelport ahead of the game in Japan, says Ekert
The new agreement with AXESS, the Japan Airlines-owned GDS, to roll out a new travel agents solution by early October will put Travelport in a leading position “with the best platform for quite a long time” in Japan, said Kurt Ekert, Travelport chief commercial officer.He, however, could not [...]
The Wrap: Asia’s only region to record fall in room rates
In the news: Asia’s falling hotel prices, Etihad Airways’ Flying Nanny. Tigerair’s four new destination, SITA’s and Thales’ partnership in new technologyAsia's only region to record fall in room rates Rapid expansion in the hotel sector in Asia, coupled with unstable currencies have led to [...]
Asians willing to make lifestyle sacrifices for holidays
The desire to travel among Asian consumers is so strong that they are willing to cut back on other areas, such as shopping or eating out, in pursuit of a holiday, reveals TripAdvisor in its latest TripBarometer report.(see full infographic below)The study, which the world's leading travel site co [...]
Goodbye OTA, welcome MTA – mobile becomes biggest booking channel on Ctrip
Ctrip has become the first OTA in the world where mobile has surpassed the browser as a booking channel – making me wonder if perhaps a new term will soon enter our industry – MTA (Mobile Travel Agency).At this morning’s Travel Distribution Summit in Guangzhou, James Liang, chairman and CEO [...]
Angel Gallego is Amadeus’ new president for Asia Pacific
Amadeus Asia Pacific has undergone a leadership change with the appointment of Angel Gallego (pictured left) as the new president, replacing David Brett who has been with the company for 23 years, 13 in the region.Luis Maroto, president & CEO, Amadeus IT Group, said, “David opened the Asia Pa [...]
Skyscanner buys Barcelona-based hotel search company, Fogg
Leading global travel search site, Skyscanner, has acquired Fogg, a Barcelona-based company focused on making internet hotel search simpler and faster, as part of its expansion drive across travel offering into other areas of its users’ travel plans.It has also launched a proprietary car renta [...]
