Haystack out to find the true needle in search
A solution that helps airlines make more money? A solution that takes into account what a customer wants instead of forcing the user to conform to GDS-enforced logic? A solution that will aggregate fragmented content – combining GDS and non-GDS content – in one single environment?Sounds too good [...]
Cambodia Angkor Air banks on Sabre to grow
Cambodia Angkor Air, one of Southeast Asia’s newest airlines, has migrated onto the SabreSonic Customer Sales and Service (CSS) solution to underpin its expansion plans.The airline, in operation since July 2009, is the national flag carrier of Cambodia and is owned by the Cambodian government and [...]
99 baht. Too good to be true? It’s true and it’s buzzing
Everyone’s throwing out deals in Thailand these days. From Anantara’s “Sawasdee! We’ve Missed You” campaign which offers up to 40% off best available rate to Accor’s Cashback promotion giving travellers money in return for nights spent.But one campaign seems to have set more tongues wagg [...]
Airlines fly high on ancillary revenues
Findings from IdeaWorks and Amadeus show ithe airline industry’s ancillary revenue tidal wave continued in 2009 with more carriers disclosing millions – and billions – in ancillary receipts in financial reports. Revenues in 2009 jumped 43% to 11 billion Euros (US$13.5 billion), reflecting n [...]
NileGuide launches event listings and interactive map
NileGuide, the one-stop travel planning website, launched international events listings last Thursday, with coverage across the world’s top destinations.With filtering tools enabling users to find event recommendations based on preference (like outdoors, kid-friendly, or sports), date range, and o [...]
How travel opened my door to new worlds
If anyone were to wake me up in the middle of the night and asked me what was my passion, my response would be, without a doubt, travel.When I was five years old, my family moved from what was then Yugoslavia (now I'm Slovenian) to India where my father had been transferred.I spent my next six forma [...]
Surprise me, give me a magic moment
Have you ever had a birthday or Christmas or other occasions when someone has given you a gift and you’ve thought, ‘that’s just what I wanted’? I do hope that it’s happened to you. Do you remember how nice it felt?There are many reasons, of course, why that particular gift might have hit t [...]
WIT Speakers Corner: Hail, the start-ups that are actually trying to solve problems
Talk to anyone in the business development wing of a travel company and they always say during tough economic times there is a greater call for new ideas.In some respects this is quite a disappointing statement to make as it suggests that such lateral thinking only takes place when companies fear th [...]
Associations’ best practices in the spotlight
ITB Asia’s inaugural Association Day, from Oct 20-21, will focus on the challenges and opportunities for associations in a changing business environment.Robin Lokerman (left), CEO of the Institutional Division of MCI, will kick off the conference with insights on association management best practi [...]
Touch me, read me, feel me – the cry of a new generation
On the flight to Penang last weekend, I noticed a little girl across the aisle from me. She had an iPad in front of her. I watched as her little fingers went flick, flick, flick. Touch here, touch there. Tap. Tap. Squeeze, expand.She’s obviously taken to it like a duck to water, unlike me who’s [...]
