Top travel websites in Singapore in October
TripAdvisor, Agoda and booking.com continued to top the Travel - Destinations and Accommodation category in the month of October 2010, based on Singapore online users.Leading global online competitive intelligence service, Experian Hitwise identified these as the most popular travel sites accessed [...]
Trashy Eurovision and stunning Russia – all in one trip
Gosh I laughed! Silly laughing!! Love laughing on the plane. Just finished watching 'Bridal Wars' enroute to Moscow ... and although the movie is totally ridiculous ... I laughed!What will also be ridiculous is the Eurovision Song Festival finals that we're going to see this Saturday. That i [...]
Travel bookings to Indonesia growing rapidly
Expedia, Inc. released data showing the number of international bookings made on Expedia and Hotels.com global sites for travel to Indonesia has grown nearly 70% over the past twelve months, with the majority of the travelers coming from Australia, the U.S., and the U.K. “Indonesia is growing in [...]
Rakuten wants to expand, and it’s not all about price in China
Yeoh Siew Hoon picks up a few key sound bites from the China Travel Distribution Summit in Beijing. Wanted:Good staff and better serviceChina’s travel suppliers face similar issues as their counterparts in the rest of Asia – the lack of quality talent and the need to improve service quality acro [...]
S’pore’s “Motorcycle Diaries”™ man tells his story
For Goh Mia Chun, the hardest moment of his trip was getting 13 injections before embarking on his round the world adventure by motorcycle. That, and losing his motorcycle just two weeks before the trip. Named Hope, it was stolen in Johor Bahru, across the Causeway from Singapore. And so he and hi [...]
Safir, intent on expansion, signs up with TRUST
Safir Hotels & Resorts, one of Middle East and North Africa's (MENA) most prestigious hotel groups, has appointed Trust International, one of the world’s leading CRS and international hospitality service providers, as its exclusive CRS partner for the MENA region. This coincides with Safir [...]
Saigon, the city of tangled wires and buzzing motorbikes
Even though Hanoi on 10.10.10 will celebrate its millennial anniversary, it's Saigon that stole my heart. Perhaps because it was the first city I visited in Vietnam. Or because of its dynamic and frenzied energy which is quite opposed to the more subdued Hanoi. Or maybe it's simply because I was so [...]
Slower growth than expected, but ITB Asia on solid footing
While the growth of ITB Asia has been slower than expected, Dr Martin Buck, Director of Messe Berlin (Singapore), said he wasn’t displeased with the results achieved so far.The third ITB Asia closed in Singapore with 6,605 attendees, a 7.4% increase on last year.“We are seeing organic growth. It [...]
Make meaning, not money; make mantra, not mission: Guy Kawasaki’s 10 rules of innovation
On Thursday I was in Ho Chi Minh City, at the Abacus conference, listening to Guy Kawasaki talk about “The Art of Innovation”.Actually we were lucky he made it. Apparently – and this he admitted sheepishly on stage – he overlooked the fact that, as an American, he needed a visa to enter Viet [...]
Market rebound and specialist events give boost to ITB Asia
The third ITB Asia closed in Singapore with 6,605 attendees, a 7.4% increase on last year. Organizers, Messe Berlin (Singapore), attributed growth to three forces: the diversity of specialist travel forums within ITB Asia, resurgent Asian outbound demand, and enhanced buyer quality.“The feedback o [...]
