The Wrap: A Blackberry app for GoIndonesia
In the news: GoIndonesia launches Blackberry app, APAC airlines see growth last NovemberA Blackberry app for GoIndonesiaGoIndonesia, an online hotel reservation website, can now be accessed by BlackBerry smartphone users through its newly launched app. It provides customers with the same easy acce [...]
My Predictions For The Year of the Water Snake
Well, it's the Year of the Water Snake, according to the Chinese calendar which begins February 10, so I thought I'd find myself a snake on New Year's Day to help me predict what will happen in the next 12 months.So here goes.1. More than half of OTA revenues in Japan and Korea will come from mobile [...]
Letter from LA: My first White Christmas-turned-traveller’s-nightmare
It was the first time I had a real white Christmas as I woke up to a snowy Christmas day in Arlington, Texas. This was also the first time I had attended a funeral in the US as my brother-in-law was called home to be with the Lord to spend Christmas and eternity with Him.It was not just an ordin [...]
Top travel websites for November: Australia, China
In Australia, Wotif remains top OTA while Qantas and TripAdvisor regain the top spot in their respective category; in China, Qunar loses its lead to Ctrip, MaFengWo continues to rule, China Southern Airlines takes back its #1 position. (Full details in slides below)AustraliaThe top three online [...]
Aussies lead in mobile flight search, followed by Singaporeans
After Australia, Singapore (left) leads the way in mobile use for travel planning, reveals flight search site Skyscanner as the world’s second most mobile nation of travel planners.Australia is the only country more likely to plan their travel on a mobile device than at their desktop, while Sing [...]
Abacus, Amadeus: Mobile and GDS deregulation will shape China in 2013
Jack Zhai, Chairman, Abacus ChinaQ: What are the three things you think will happen in the travel distribution, marketing and technology space in China in 2013?Mobile will play an increasing role, especially with the development of 3G/4G networks and higher penetration of smartphones, which is expec [...]
Felix Laboy, Morris Sim: What’s in store for hotels in 2013
The president of Sabre Hospitality and CEO of Circos Brand Karma share their take on hotel trends to watch in the next 12 months.Felix Laboy, President, Sabre HospitalityQ: What are the three things you think will happen in the hotel space in 2013? • RevPar will continue to grow, driven primarily [...]
A generational change is gonna come – in a big way
The French have an expression "plus ça change". This means roughly – the more things change the more they stay the same.The travel industry goes through cycles of change. This is driven by a lot of factors. But in the end, travel is about the experience or the utility of leisure or business tra [...]
The Wrap: 2012’s holiday leisure bookings set to overtake 2011’s
In the news: Pegasus Solutions’ findings on leisure travel, MAS shops for ATRs, Chinese language website for RCI members2012’s holiday leisure bookings set to overtake 2011’sLeisure hotel bookings for the 2012 holiday season are expected to outpace 2011, according to Pegasus Solutions. These [...]
Thailand is most searched destination in Singapore, says Skyscanner
In its annual travel trends report conducted by leading global travel search site Skyscanner, Thailand is revealed as the top favourite of 20 destinations for the outbound Singapore market.Thailand’s incredible variety of prime travel spots coupled with a broad number of flight options appeared [...]
