Destiny brought HomeAway and travelmob together – well, maybe a bit of that
Caught up this morning with John Weimer, vice president APAC and corporate development of HomeAway and Turochas Fuad, CEO & co-founder of travemob, fresh from announcing their “marriage” and both showed all the signs of a couple newly-consummated in love.Said Weimer, “It’s all about [...]
Postcard from Taiwan: Taipei 101 flashmob captures the Heart of Asia
I’m Taiwanese and proud of it; for anyone who knows me, it’s no secret that I love Taiwan. That’s why when this flash mob video hit YouTube a week ago, featuring classic songs that stir all Taiwanese people, my pride for the country swelled to the heights of the Taipei 101. I’m pleased to [...]
#wit2013: Checking out our new improved home this October, yay, wifi included
Spent about two hours checking out the newly-renovated Suntec Convention Centre (which re-opened June 3), home of the WIT Conference this October 22-23, this evening and have to say, I am impressed with the improvements.So first and most important piece of news – wifi’s free within the conventio [...]
Offline drives online – how Asiarooms creates brand experiences
Last weekend (July 5-7), Singaporeans gathering at popular youth hangout Orchard Cineleisure had the chance to experience Singapore’s first mobile pop-up hotel, created by Asiarooms.In the weeks prior, the mobile pop-up hotel had appeared in Raffles Place and Raffles City as part of Asiarooms’ [...]
SOTA.travel expands in bid to build marketplace for packages
Malaysia-based SOTA.travel is scaling its content to cover more countries in the region – namely Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar – as it continues on its mission to become the marketplace for travel packages across Asia.The company acts as a trading platform where travel agents can l [...]
The changing nature of work and the critical role of mentors
I feel like I’ve won the jackpot. This week, I was told I was randomly picked out of 13,000 people in Singapore to be interviewed for a new survey the government is doing on job skills.So feeling lucky – actually I felt sorry for the student who showed up at my door, he had this air of being use [...]
US$17m richer, Wego aims to become top online travel brand
Timing was in Wego’s favour with the last round of fund raising – Priceline had bought Kayak for US$1.8 billion and Expedia had acquired a 61.6% stake in Trivago for 434 million Euros – and suddenly, meta search became the flavor of the month.
“It definitely helped,” said [...]
#wit2013 social enterprise: Phare turns Cambodian street kids into artists
I met Dara Huot the weekend I was in Siem Reap, right after I had watched Phare, The Cambodian Circus. I was curious to find out the background of the circus as well as the man who'e been charged with turning the circus into a self-sustainable social enterprise. After hearing his story, I invited h [...]
#witsummercamp: Build up a good name and find your element
I am sure we’ve all had defining moments in our career. I’ve had a few but the most significant one that I recall happened very early on.I had written my first major article for the travel trade newspaper I had just joined a month ago and the English editor asked if I had a Western name so he co [...]
#witroadshow: Lessons from Froggy and proof of leapfrogging
For some reason, I’ve got frogs on my mind. Perhaps it’s the fact that my favourite character in Phare, The Cambodian Circus I caught on Saturday night in Siem Reap was named “Froggy”.(What a fantastic show by the way, make sure you catch it next time you’re in Angkor Wat. That's me with [...]
