HomeAway, travelmob form strategic partnership
HomeAway, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWAY), the world’s leading online marketplace of holiday rentals, entered into a partnership today (21 March) with travelmob, a leading social stay marketplace matching the owners and managers of dedicated holiday rental properties with travellers seeking to book holiday [...]
A journey through Myanmar, Part 2: Mandalay and beyond
Maria Benz (Amadeus Asia) arrived in Mandalay, the second largest city after Yangon and the last royal capital of Burma, and was charmed by its beautiful temples, fascinated by its unique lifestyle and awed by a unique 19th century bridge.MandalayI took a direct flight with AirAsia from Bangkok – [...]
Rakuten, Priceline to headline WIT Japan, online travel powers on
Japan’s largest Internet brand and Asia’s second most innovative company as ranked by Forbes, Rakuten, and the world’s largest travel company, Priceline Group, valued at US$37.55 billion, will kick off the second WIT Japan conference themed “No More Walls”.Yoshihisa Yamada, Chief Fi [...]
Who wears the pants in travel and social media? Hint: It’s not men.
A guest blog by Katherine Tse, marketing communications manager at Circos Brand Karma.Aesthetic. Modernity. Trendy. Renovated. Fancy.Why do these words matter? For one, any hotel would want these superlatives attached to their image.But more than that, those descriptions make up 70.6% of all posi [...]
Now you can book for tomorrow on CheckInTonight
CHECKINTONIGHT is now allowing users to book today as well as tomorrow following customer feedback.“Some of our users told us that they’d like to be able to book a hotel stay for tomorrow, not just today,” said CEO of CheckInTonight Mark Southby.“We found that some of our users wanted to be [...]
A journey through Myanmar, Part 1: Discovering the land and its people
Maria Benz, head of airline IT marketing (APAC), airline IT, Amadeus Asia realised her dream of travelling through Myanmar - mostly backpacking - and discovered a land of gentle, smiling people, dazzling temples and breath-taking landscape, but yet rural and coping to meet with the sudden influx of [...]
WIT Start-Up: Shiroube links locals to travellers in P2P model
In the new sharing economy, peer-to-peer marketplaces have popped up everywhere (think Couchsurfing, AirBnB and Uber) and the latest to join the pack is Shiroube, a start-up in beta that aims to link locals with travellers.In short, Shiroube helps you to “find your local guide” and is aimed [...]
The Wrap: Finnair makes air travel more social with new check-in service.
In the news: Social check-in service from Finnair, Skyscanner’s 200 million app users, Singapore Travel Rave in its fourth year, Windows 8 app from Hotels.comFinnair makes air travel more social with new check-in service Want to know who your fellow passengers are before you fly? Finnair has mad [...]
Social media, mobile shaping Indonesians’ travel decisions
Social media and mobile are changing customer behaviour in Indonesia and travel suppliers must be aware of these trends if they are to engage with travellers from this market of 250 million people.Graham Hills, managing director of Wego Indonesia, speaking at ITB Berlin said that with Internet user [...]
How to leverage the big picture: A Snapshot of Visual Social Media
A guest blog by Megan Peterson, Sabre Hospitality Solutions' social media manager, who manages social media campaigns for Sabre’s hotel customers. She presents a landscape shot of visual social media and ways in which hotels can work with trends in social media to increase loyalty and grow booki [...]
