Moscow’s most expensive for room service, Cape Town’s most affordable
The inaugural TripIndex Room Service 2013 released by TripAdvisor, which compares popular hotel amenities in 46 of the world’s key destinations, reveals Moscow (Russia) as the most expensive city for travellers while Cape Town (South Africa) is the most affordable. Six of the10 most expensive c [...]
HomeAway rolls out plans to expand in South-east Asia
It signed a partnership agreement with Travelmob. It opened a regional office in Bangkok. It’s all part of plans by HomeAway, the leading vacation rental marketplace, to spread its wings in South-east Asia.In Bangkok, it’s hired Panicha Thananaken, formerly with hoteltravel.com and Agoda, as r [...]
Differentiate and profit from the women’s market
This Friday, more than 100 travel industry professionals will gather at the Sofitel So Bangkok to find out how they can differentiate and profit from the growing and influential women’s market.The second WITX, a niche event by Singapore-based Web In Travel, will dive into how women are redefining [...]
NusaTrip launches, claims position as Indonesia’s first full service OTA
In yet another sign of how hot the Indonesian online travel market is getting and just days before the WIT Indonesia conference opens on Wednesday in Jakarta, NusaTrip.com has launched, calling itself the “first complete online travel agent in Indonesia”.CEO & founder Hans Ebenhahn said [...]
A journey through Myanmar, Part 3: Finding peace and tranquillity in Inle Lake
On the last leg of her adventure in Myanmar, Maria Benz (Amadeus Asia) visited the famed Inle Lake and found a serene rustic paradise.7th November 2012: From Mandalay to Nyaungshwe/Inle LakeAm getting a bit tired of backpacking. My hotel room smelt of “sewage” last night and a light kept flicki [...]
The Wrap: Hong Kongers most honest travellers in Asia Pacific
In the news: Hotel.com's survey on honest travellers in APAC, CWT's Travel Stress Index, Booking.com mobile bookings on the riseHong Kongers most honest travellers in Asia PacificA global survey by online accommodation booking service, Hotel.com, reveals Hong Kongers as the most honest travellers i [...]
It’s all about Me as new travellers set to transform Asia
Travel in Asia Pacific is undergoing a fundamental change influenced by developments such as the greater empowerment of women, the ageing of populations and the drift towards individualism.These developments have led to the fragmentation of the market into niches and new segments such as the female [...]
Airline Merchandising Platform part of Travelport’s journey to reinvent GDS model
In case you think the new Travelport Merchandising platform for airlines is yet another product put out by yet another GDS, Travelport would like you to think again.This is the product that marks a “sea change” in the travel industry and signals the arrival of a new Travelport that intends t [...]
Asia’s driver of international air traffic growth
Asia is the largest, fastest-growing and most competitive market for air travel, as well as the world’s most competitive aviation market, according to a study by Amadeus. Analysis from Amadeus Air Traffic Travel Intelligence solution shows that Asia experienced year over year growth of 9% betwe [...]
Glion’s Farmer: Don’t address gender balance and your bottomline will suffer
Just as diverse leadership will improve your bottomline, the converse is also true – a homogenous workforce will have a detrimental effect on your company’s performance.Said Mary K Farmer, director of Glion Online MBA, “It’s the same with anything – if you are not fast or quick enough, ev [...]
