Love travelling? Show why and win prizes
As part of its focus on the consumer this year, WIT-Web in Travel 2010 is launching a global consumer video contest to find out why people love to travel and to reconnect people with the romance of travel.“This year, Web in Travel’s theme is The C-Spot. We are putting the focus squarely on the c [...]
Calling all entrepreneurs: TNooz teams up with WIT
Tnooz is teaming up with WIT-Web In Travel to drive innovation and inspire entrepreneurs at this year’s WITovation Entrepreneur Bootcamp.The event is being held in conjunction with the WIT Conference in Singapore on Monday 18 October 2010, ahead of the main conference sessions on 19 and 20 October [...]
The sorrows and pleasures of being in the longtail
Everytime I attend events such as the Mekong Tourism Forum, I leave with two main thoughts. I wish I had more time to travel to experience all the wonderful things I learnt about and how does one, as a traveller, find all these products in the crowded, cluttered, confusing web?From zip lining, tiger [...]
Ken, you stood out
It’s been a bleak awful day. There’s a heaviness in my heart. That’s because the night before, Ken Low, the assistant chief executive in charge of branding and marketing at the Singapore Tourism Board, slipped away, too early, from our physical world to the big theatre in the sky.I have lost n [...]
Google Sites command largest audience in region
Google Sites led as the most-visited property in the region reaching 55 percent of the online population, while Tencent led in engagement with visitors averaging 6.5 hours at the property during the month, according to the latest comScore Media Metrix report in May 2010.The report also examined the [...]
Egypt is partner country for ITB Berlin 2012
Egypt, the partner country of ITB Berlin in 2012, will feature very strongly at next year’s event.The agreement between the leading trade fair for the worldwide travel industry and its partner country, Egypt, was officially signed on July 1 by the Egyptian Tourist Authority and ITB Berlin. “As [...]
Liar Liar Pants (Eventually) on Fire
Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an in-depth article about the doping controversy surrounding Lance Armstrong. In the article, Armstrong’s former teammate, Floyd Landis, described the doping that was done in the 2004 Tour de France (which Armstrong won) as being “…part of the spo [...]
AirAsia moves to new booking system in a “year of innovation”
Its offices may not be the poshest but one thing the airline is investing in is technology and on July 11, AirAsia will unveil its new booking system in a move it says will put it ahead of competitors in offering user-friendly booking features.The new system, which will be available from 6pm on July [...]
Amadeus helps airlines boost ancillary sales
With more airlines looking to ancillary revenues to bolster profitability in an age of dwindling margins, Amadeus has launched a number of initiatives to enable airlines to maximise revenue and for travel agents to easily handle ancillary sales. Corsairfly has started to pilot Amadeus Ancillary Ser [...]
Trust and integrity even more important in digital era, says Blyth
The most important thing you can do in today’s competitive and noisy environment is to establish and maintain a brand with integrity and trust, said Stephen Blyth, executive director, sales & marketing, Asia Pacific, Fairmont Raffles Hotels International.And the fact that Fairmont has such a b [...]
