The Wrap: Singapore unbeaten as Asia’s top convention city for 11th year running.
In the news: Singapore’s top convention city, robust Q1 for AirAsia, Skyscanner partners Qyer, growth in international passengers for APAC airlinesSingapore unbeaten as Asia’s top convention city for 11th year runningDespite the rise of regional destinations offering the best state-of-the-sart [...]
The battle for small: Is West Africa tougher for hostel OTAs than for the big boys?
Earlier this year I made a booking for a small, independent property called Eshu in Cape Coast, Ghana.We reserved through HostelBookers, which sent us confirmation and took a deposit. Two days before hitting the road we called to confirm.And after trying several mobile numbers we finally reached t [...]
Career development features high on employees’ agenda
ACI, specialist recruitment, executive search and professional training firm, ACI, in its recently released 2013 Asia Pacific Travel/Hospitality Industry Salary Report, reveals that 66% of the respondents rate career progression as “extremely important” or “very important”.While the importan [...]
EAN’s Intelligent Query a ‘leapfrog in search’, says CTO Fletcher
Expedia Affiliate Network has developed a tool that it says is a “leapfrog in search” and comes close to unlocking what’s in a travel agent’s head and putting it on the web.As EAN’s CTO and VP of Product, Eachan Fletcher sees it, online travel agents want to get more human and a human trav [...]
Addressing the 3 Cs of same-day bookings: Control, cannibalisation, commissions
In 2012, Harris Interactive reported that almost 70% of consumers booking hotel rooms through the Expedia mobile app were looking to travel within 24 hours.Similarly lastminute.comrecently reported on their increased mobile usage and mobile bookings within 24 hours.This coupled with the recent su [...]
Malindo Air takes battle for domestic skies to Subang, Firefly unfazed
New Kuala Lumpur-based hybrid airline, Malindo Air, will fly to the three domestic destinations of Penang, Johor Bahru (Johor) and Kota Bharu (Kelantan) from Subang Skypark on June 3, taking on Firefly, Malaysia’s community airline, on its "home" turf for a share of the big domestic aviation ma [...]
Credit cards, confidence key to unlocking Indonesia’s online potential
Minh Bui , a Founder Institute mentor, focusing on Southeast Asia online travel & ecommerce, was at WIT Indonesia and caught up with two speakers – Marc Steinmeyer, President Director/Founder of TAUZIA Hotel Management, and Graham Hills, Managing Director, Wego to get their insights into the [...]
The Wrap: Singaporean travellers just wanna have WiFi in the sky
In the news: Singapore travellers want WiFi in he sky, travelmob new events section, Wego partners European LCCs, OTAs join RDXSingaporean travellers just wanna have WiFi in the skyWiFi tops the list of half of the 1,000 Singapore’s travellers’ most-wanted in-flight entertainment in a new resear [...]
Gearing up for WIT Japan: Low cost effect & can LINE convert cute to profitability?
With just over a week to go before WIT Japan, things are hotting up. Today, we confirmed James Rhee, CEO, Air Asia North Asia, covering Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan.He will join Miyuki Suzuki, CEO of Jetstar Japan, and Peter Harbison, executive chairman, Centre for Aviation, in a session that will [...]
New technologies and different travel behaviours are game changers for travel in APAC
The rapid use of mobile devices (smartphones, tablets) and social media among consumers in Asia Pacific (APAC), as well as rising demand in cruise holidays and high speed rail travel, has seen the region leapfrog existing behaviours in the adoption of newer technologies and infrastructure.High speed [...]
