Who says innovation has to happen in a garage?
Even though he himself developed his idea in one, Dr Ravi Mehrotra, president and co-founder of revenue solutions company IDeaS, believes it’s a myth that innovation can only happen in a garage.A passionate mathematician, his logic is – “one in 1,000 people are innovative. If you have an org [...]
It’s a man’s world. Not online it isn’t
The internet entered our life in a suit; complete with a tie, top hat and waistcoat, and appearing as though it would be very comfortable on Wall Street.Some might say that the travel industry had a very similar appearance for many years, but now the two worlds have collided online and the picture [...]
MAS slips in new logo, is it enough to turn airline around?
Can you spot the difference? Well, one's the old logo of Malaysia Airlines and the other, the newly-unveiled one done by Landor Associates (Sngapore), its appointed brand agency for its new A380 fleet.Malaysia's flag carrier unveiled the new logo rather quietly at a media conference on March 8 whe [...]
GlobalTHEN marries media and tech to scale frontline learning
After a decade of analyzing data and trends in travel, tourism and hospitality industry, Ram Badrinathan, formerly PhoCusWright’s man for Asia, saw a problem that needed to be solved – building high quality service at the frontline on a mass scale.With the support of his former company, he devel [...]
TripAdvisor gets friendlier with new Facebook feature
The “Friend of a Friend” feature on TripAdvisor's site highlights trusted reviews and opinions from friends of Facebook user’s friends.Travellers are now 10 times more likely to see personalised travel advice on its site, according to TripAdvisor."Travel advice from friends is incredibly us [...]
Japanese start-up Trippiece allows like-minded people to plan together
Meet Trippiece, a Japanese start-up that allows people to share their travel plans and plan trips with like-minded people. It received investment from Tokyo's Samurai Incubate in 2011.While the website is in Alpha stage in Japanese, Ryutaro Yokoyama (Manager) says they are aiming to make the web [...]
Top travel sites for March
Webjet Australia is the top travel website in Australia, while Ctrip.com and Zuji Singapore leads in Hong Kong and Singapore respectively in March 2012 from data compiled by Experian HitwiseAustralia• Webjet Australia retained its number one spot as top travel agency while Expedia Australia is [...]
Dreaming is not hazardous, especially when strangers come to your aid
It’s Monday morning and I am delaying doing any serious work till at least this evening. And so I picked up a book that I helped bring into the world. I feel like a proud parent in some ways.The book is called “When I was a kid: Childhood stories by Boey”. The stork brought it by post couple [...]
Don’t mess with HK Airlines girls, they kick butt
Next time you fly with Hong Kong Airlines, don’t mess with their cabin attendants – they can literally kick butt.In the age of differentiate or die, the airline is pulling a new public relations stunt - literally. It has revealed that all operational flight attendants are now fully Wing Chun m [...]
Indonesia’s online promise is huge but the earth remains shaky
On the plane returning from Jakarta yesterday, I was reading an article by Banyan Tree executive chairman Ho Kwon Ping. He was warning Asia’s business leaders about “hubris in Asian triumphalism”.He said, “My biggest fear is that in the rush towards the exuberant expectation that Asia’s t [...]
