TideSquare sees big wave ahead for online travel in Korea
The online travel market in South Korea is taking off and big opportunities now exist for meta search and OTAs, according to Min Yoon, CEO of TideSquare, which operates a premium travel service for premium card members, Privia Travel, and an online travel mall.Yoon, who started his career [...]
Coneco.net sold, VR to focus on travel and brand building
Fresh from selling its shopping comparison business to Yahoo Japan, Venture Republic’s CEO Kei Shibata is now focused on expanding the company’s interests in travel, including how to help its customers better search for social content.One, it will invest in building stronger brands and product [...]
The Wrap: AirAsia Japan rebrands as Vanilla Air, takes flight in December
In the news: Vanilla Air to take flight, changing behaviour of Chinese travellers, corporate travel trends in APACAirAsia Japan rebrands as Vanilla Air, takes flight in December“Vanilla” may not sound a likely name for airline, but this is what AirAsia Japan is being rebranded as – Vanilla A [...]
#wit2013: “Midas touch” investor joins judges for WIT Start-Up Pitch
As a venture capitalist, focusing on the Internet and mobile sectors, Jixun Foo is interested in anything that disrupts and as such, he is keeping an eagle eye on mobile.A managing partner with GGV Capital based in Shanghai, the Singapore-born-and-educated Foo is also particularly interested in [...]
Flocations releases iPhone app in Singapore
Singapore-based start-up Flocations, a searchengine/marketplace for travel packages, has launched an app for the iPhone, currently available only in the island republic.Touting the app as a first for Singapore, the company said it has over 5,000 travel packages in its inventory from more than 60 Si [...]
Parrots Alive! Things left on a plane
I have left many things behind everywhere. Indeed, pieces of me are strewn all over the globe wherever my footsteps have taken me and where my memory has failed.The one incident that sticks with me is when I left my coat on my seat on a flight from London. I only realized it after I had left Changi [...]
Lessons from Inverted Edge: Fashion & travel for the global sophisticate
Travel has lots to learn from fashion retail and vice versa and Debra Langley, founder of new start-up Inverted Edge, definitely has her pulse on the fashion industry.In her two decades in fashion, based in New York, Hong Kong and now Singapore, she’s seen how the web has revolutionized [...]
The Wrap: AirAsia group carried 9.9mil passengers in Q2
In the news: Healthy Q2 for AirAsia group, surge in hotel bookings on SiteMinder's platform, APAC travellers most tech-savvyAirAsia Group carried 9.9mil passengers in Q2AirAsia Berhad reported a healthy showing for the airliines in the group for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013 (Q2), recordin [...]
Time for some home truths, Australia & ASEAN – we’re in this together
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, in opening the CAPA Australian Pacific Aviation Summit in Sydney Tuesday, said Australia was at the doorstep of Asia.Peter Harbison, executive chairman of CAPA, titled his keynote talk, “Australia on the edge of Asia”.Which led Alan Khee [...]
A “positive and active” first half for Amadeus
Amadeus’ adjusted profit for the six months ended June 30, 2013 increased 5.2% to €349.6 million, backed by growth in revenue of 5.7% to €1,595.1 million and an EBITDA increase of 6.5% to €645.9 million.Describing the period reviewed as “positive and active" Amadeus, in announcing its yea [...]
