TripAdvisor’s top hotels for families
TripAdvisor’s 2012 Travellers’ Choice award-winning Hotels for Families features 504 properties in 25 markets around the world including Asia, Australia, South Pacific, Africa, Caribbean, Europe and United States.In Asia, Club Med Sahoro – Karikachi Kogen in Shintoku-cho, Japan (pictured be [...]
TravelShark unveils 30 unique travel discoveries
The first 30 winners in TravelShark's first quarterly TravelShark Awards are a collection of rare discoveries and unique finds divided into three categories - People, Places and Things.The awards programme is designed to recognize the freshest, most inspiring travel experiences across the g [...]
AirAsia X’s giving away a plane!
Malaysia Airlines started the “reward your fans with free flights” with its recent social media campaign, "The Big Flight" competition on its official YouTube brand channel to offer a free joyride for the winner and three friends on the airline's Airbus A380 aircraft in June (read story).Now [...]
The best ideas are collaborative; we learnt this in a classroom
It’s been a while since I sat in a classroom for more than an hour but last Saturday, I found myself sitting for four hours at an SMU (Singapore Management University) World Travel & Tourism Class – and guess what, the time just flew.I was there with Sue Heilbronner, CEO of TravelShark, wh [...]
Buyers’ registration for ITB Asia 2012 opens
Messe Berlin (Singapore), organiser of ITB Asia, has openedregistration for this year’s buyer programme, which is enhanced with the addition of the "Group" and “Individual” categories.New buyers can register for partial hosting status under the “Individual” category, and enjoy 50% off [...]
Here’s how we do it at Scoot, says ‘Chief Cash Cow’
Proving that customers are motived by low fares, Scoot, Singapore’s new low cost airline, sold 30,000 seats in less than a week after it announced S$88 fares for its launch flights to Sydney.“We are an online retailer that just happens to sell flights,” said Scoot’s head of commercial, Ste [...]
Expedia acts to make hotel reviews “accessible and relevant”
With the battle being fought over hotel reviews and which sites are to be trusted more, Expedia has announced “a thorough overhaul” of its hotel reviews feature to make its “verified hotel reviews more accessible and relevant to prospective travelers”.As a start, it will incorporate all t [...]
WIT Japan brings together Japanese and global brands
The WIT Japan Executive Forum, set for May 25 in Tokyo, is shaping up into what could be the first and highest level exchange of ideas and knowledge about the online travel space between Japan and the region. More than 60 travel industry leaders from across the region and within Japan, representi [...]
Roomorama’s lofty goal to become ‘Expedia’ of short-term accommodation
Roomorama.com, which merged with Lofty.com yesterday in a deal which also brought seed funding of US$2.1 million, aims to be the biggest online marketplace for professionally-managed properties by year end.The merger, which sees Lofty.com being rebranded Roomorama (the website declares the name ch [...]
Wego launches in Malaysia
The Singapore-based global travel metasearch engine has launched a dedicated website to provide Malaysian travellers with faster and cheaper travel options and packages.Wego Malaysia employs new and
innovative technology to help travellers compare the price and availability of flights, accommod [...]
