Eight tips on how to set up your hotel’s Facebook Timeline
On February 2 Facebook released Timelines for Brand Pages, altering Brand Pages to look more like personal profiles with a scrapbook-type layout. The new Timeline layout does not go live until March 30, but until then you can preview the new format to familiarise yourself with it and curate your Tim [...]
Numbers are huge in mobile and it will fuel change in travel
Mobile smartphones and devices are paving the way of the future, and companies will look to strategically leverage these growing areas of technology, says Robert Bailey, president and CEO of Abacus International (left).Saying that new mobile tools such as apps are driving the future in every aspect [...]
Facebook a room at Grand Millennium Kuala Lumpur
Fans of the Facebook page of Grand Millennium Kuala Lumpur can now make room reservations through the "Book within Facebook" system, developed in conjunctions with Sabre Hospitality Solutions. The hotel says it is the first in Malaysia to introduce this integrated Facebook booking engine, whic [...]
Prince Hotels trades private label for Utell
Prince Hotels and Resorts of Japan has traded its private label chain code (PJ) for full-service representation with Utell® Hotels & Resorts under the UI chain code.The change for 11 Prince properties also includes a migration to Pegasus Solutions’ next-generation central reservations sy [...]
At five, Firefly’s all set to fly
On the eve of its fifth birthday in April, Firefly is quick to refute rumours that it is ceasing operations to make way for low-cost carrier AirAsia as part of the share-swap deal between the former and national carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS) inked in August 2011."The only thing we rationalised [...]
ninemsn Travel launches new site, powered by Wego
ninemsn Travel in Australia has launched a re-conceptualised site in partnership with Wego travel search. The new home page (pictured left) features a dedicated travel search module and daily deals. Across the site, contextualised search widgets provide access to the hottest deals from industry [...]
February’s top travel websites – Australia, HK, Singapore
Here are the top travel websites in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore in February 2012, from data compiled by Experian Hitwise.A summary of how they performed. (See slideshow below for full details.)Australia• Webjet Australia website received the highest share of visits for the month of Febru [...]
A girl who rocks in tech and travel
Girls in Tech, the non-profit organization focused on women’s innovative and entrepreneurial achievements in technology, is a good example of a small idea that’s somehow grown big because there was simply a need for it.It started in San Francisco in 2007 as a casual meeting of industry friends [...]
Making Social Media An Asset To Your Hotel, Part 4: Revenue Management
[This is the fourth and final posting in our article series, Making Social Media an Asset for Your Hotel. The previous article is available here.]This article will discuss Revenue Management in the context of social media. There are numerous revenue management tools in the marketplace today. Some o [...]
Room Key the true path to the customer’s heart?
In 2001, Accor, Forte and Hilton International got together to launch andbook.com. It was supposed to be the hotel’s answer to reducing dependence on intermediaries, specifically OTAs which were then threatening to become juggernauts of distribution.The venture tanked. Some said it was because on [...]
