Five start-ups to be shortlisted to pitch at first WIT Indonesia
Five travel start-ups will be selected to pitch their ideas live at the first WIT Indonesia taking place in Jakarta on March 27 at the Pullman Central Park (pictured).At close of entry last week, a dozen submissions were received and the judging panel will now have the task of shortlisting the fin [...]
CheckInTonight focuses on same-day hotel bookings in South-east Asia
It had to happen sooner or later. Following the success of the Hotel Tonight model in the US, it was inevitable a similar business would emerge in Asia.From February 25, a new mobile travel app, ‘CheckInTonight’ will be available for free downloads from the iTunes App Store, with an Android [...]
ImpulseFlyer offers year-round bookability to satisfy time-starved customers
ImpulseFlyer, the private flash sale site, has launched a collection of luxury and boutique hotels under the “ImpulseFlyer Collection” bookable by its members year-round.Explaining the reason for offering year-round bookabality, Steven Gong, chief executive officer, said, “With our initial off [...]
Facebook dominates social networking sites, Google leads in search
comScore recently released its annual Digital Future in Focus reports, which looked at what happened in 2012 and how the prevailing trends in social media, search, online video, online advertising, mobile and e-commerce are defining/impacting the current digital marketplace this year.The U.S. editi [...]
The Wrap: Tune Hotels expands into resort cities to meet strong demand
In the news: Tune Hotels forays into resorts, SriLankan Airlines partners Amadeus in new deal, Star Cruises’ SuperStar Libra returns to PenangTune Hotels expands into resort cities to meet strong demandMalaysian based international hotel chain, Tune Hotels, has widened its presence into resort is [...]
Four major trends set to shape the future of air travel
Innovation in information technology (IT) used by airlines, airports and passengers will significantly change the way we travel by 2015, reveals SITA in its report “Flying into the Future”. (See full report in slides below)According to the report, the industry will see a major transformation [...]
MakeMyTrip reports 24.5% revenue growth in 3Q
MakeMyTrip Limited (Nasdaq:MMYT), India's leading online travel company, announced its unaudited financial and operating results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2012.Gross bookings for Hotels and packages increased by 67.2% yoy in 3Q13. Gross bookings for Air ticketing increased by 3 [...]
CEO summit debuts at AIME
Top level executives from the Asia Pacific region will come together to discuss key challenges in today’s macro business environment at the inaugural AIME Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Summit.The summit will be held during the Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (AIME) in Melbourne, on [...]
Wego sets up HQ in Dubai Internet City
Following record growth last year, travel metasearch Wego is setting up a dedicated full-service operation in Dubai as part of global expansion plans.Wego launched the world’s first comprehensive Arabic language travel metasearch site last April, http://www.wego.ae to tap into the desire of trav [...]
The Wrap: No noise and kids please, it’s the “Quiet Zone”
In the new: AirAsia X’s Quiet Zone, Abacus partners with Firefly, Visa POS transactions in Myanmar, Micros Channel Manager launchesNo noise and kids please, it's the "Quiet Zone"AirAsia X, Malaysia based longhaul low fare airline, recently launched the "Quiet Zone" on its A330-300 fleet of aircr [...]
