Top travel websites in August
Agoda rules in the online hotel sector for August 2012, capturing the #1 position in the three countries surveyed by Experian Hitwise. (Full details in slides below)AustraliaThe online travel scene in Australia remained consistent for the month of August. Wotif.com continued to edge out second-pla [...]
eLong app ‘made by woman for woman’: It’s a “no brainer”
eLong’s decision to develop an app “made for women by women” was not based on any customer research but rather through CEO Cui Guangfu’s observation of how travel decisions are made among the people he talked to.“Normally in a family the wife is the key decision maker when it comes to whe [...]
F1 numbers are 3% down but expect last minute surge in bookings
The barriers are up, the streets are blocked, the lights are ready to go on, the noise about to commence. Let the race begin. So who’s flocking to the Singapore Formula 1 which takes place this weekend?Well, according to Amadeus and Forward Data SL, a market research and consulting company, the m [...]
The Wrap: KLIA 2 set to welcome 10 airlines in May 2013
The Wrap checks out the new KLIA 2 in Kuala Lumpur, reads Amadeus' “Open for business” report and finds out what's happening in Thai AirAsia, Abacus and Travelzoo.KLIA 2 set to welcome 10 airlines in May 2013Malaysia’s new low cost carrier terminal - The KL International Airport 2 (KLIA 2) � [...]
THack@WIT – developers, come and show what you’re made of in Singapore
Tnooz’s Thack roadshow for 2012 continues – making its final stop of the year in Singapore during the annual WebinTravel (WiT) Conference from 15-17 October.Can you create something amazing using travel APIs in just over a week? But can you also do it alongside some of the smartest developers [...]
As search gets disrupted, travel.jp differentiates with curated content
The revolution will always eat its own children, it is said, and just as his company disrupted travel in Japan by introducing search into a very traditional distribution architecture, Kei Shibata is also aware that his business may soon be disrupted by giants such as Google and Apple.“I don’t m [...]
Chinese like reality to be augmented and, at same time, convenient
Did you know that 80% of Chinese found an app that overlays visual information about the physical world very or extremely appealing?Yes, it appears that Chinese customers are more predisposed to experiencing augmented reality than the global average.This data point was contained in a presentation b [...]
Cruise ships racing to ASEAN shores to tap its growing market
Cruise lines are increasingly basing their ships in Southeast Asia to take advantage of its infrastructural development and huge 600 million population base, which is taking to intra-regional cruising as holiday breakaways.Giving the industry a leg up and making the region even more attractive to c [...]
On the wings of social media, Spring aims to soar
Given the proven power of social media in driving its brand awareness in China, Spring Airlines is hoping to replicate that success globally as it expands international flights to 20% of route network.Jonathan Hutt, speaking at the LCC & New Age Airlines conference in Macau, said the airline [...]
China goes into overdrive as price war erupts and new players sprout
If, at times, I felt like a rabbit caught in the headlights of an oncoming car last week in Shanghai, I think it was not just due to gazillion-watt spotlights trained on the stage but also the overwhelming universe of change that is China’s online travel market.True, the spotlights made every spe [...]
