Wego goes global – 34 new country sites launched
With its aim of becoming a global travel brand, Wego.com has announced global expansion plans with the launch of 34 new country sites in 20 different languages, targeting almost all developed or emerging travel markets worldwide.The company soft launched these 34 country sites, including Singapor [...]
Cheap and cheerful, channel agnostic, that’s Scoot
For someone who’s about to get a new airline flying within the next few months, Campbell Wilson looked fairly relaxed when I caught up with him in Scoot’s office at Changi Terminal 1.But the New Zealander confessed to having sleepless nights with each night thinking about different things. For [...]
Fuel costs make dent in AirAsia’s income
AirAsia's net profits for Q4 2011 tumbled to RM135.7 million (US$44.8 million) from RM311.1 million a year earlier due to rising fuel prices. The airline spent RM475 million on fuel during the period reviewed compared with RM292 million a year ago. Average fuel prices increased 36% over the year, [...]
Spare us the pain, what travellers want in their online experiences
Consumers in less developed countries are more frustrated with the destination selection, shopping and booking process than travellers in more developed markets, a new study shows.The study, Empowering inspiration: the future of travel search, attempts to uncover the pain points travellers face d [...]
Pinterested yet?
Time Magazine named it among the “50 Best Websites of 2011”. There is news doing the rounds that it is driving more referral traffic to third-party sites than Google Plus, LinkedIn and YouTube combined. CNN covered it as 2012’s hottest website and tech blogs can’t stop raving about its succ [...]
CAPA, WIT launch new event, Airline Cloud9
Airline Cloud9 event to explore the magic of simultaneously achieving customer satisfaction and improving ancillary revenues: a joint event by CAPA and WITA new airline technology and distribution conference will be jointly launched by the Sydney-based CAPA - Centre for Aviation and Singapore-bas [...]
Consumers in APAC embrace ethical shopping
Shopping with a conscience is taking off in Asia Pacific with an increasing number of people inclined to buying items that are environmentally friendly and based on fair trade principles, according to the latest MasterCard survey on ethical spending.The survey revealed respondents from Indonesia, [...]
Leading Hotels experiments with removal of transaction fees
Three-and-a-half years after he took up the reins at Leading Hotels of The World and shook things up at the 84-year-old luxury hotel collective, Ted Teng (left) may be shaking up things again.He is piloting a project to remove transaction fees and move to a flat membership fee. With transaction f [...]
Mobile driving growth at Venture Republic’s travel sites
Japan’s Venture Republic (JASDAQ 2177) beat the odds in a challenging economic climate to post a year-to-year 22.5% increase in revenues and a 107.8% jump in profits in its 2011 financial year. Revenues totalled US$26 million and profits US$3.7 million in the year under review.The company, that o [...]
Stunning views and some good legal pointers on social media
Now, I wouldn’t blame you for thinking that a presentation on ‘The Law and Social Media’ at a firm of lawyers in a CBD office might not be the most exciting part of Singapore’s Social Media Week … but, for this attendee, Lionel Tan’s presentation was one of the week’s highlights.Whilst [...]
