10 key learning points from WIT Indonesia (Part Two)
The fourth annual WIT Indonesia conference took place against the backdrop of turquoise skies and deep blue ocean at Grand Nikko Bali on April 28, 2016.
Part Two takes an in-depth look at where the industry is headed and what it will take for businesses to get where they want to be. While the tra [...]
10 key learning points from WIT Indonesia (Part One)
The fourth annual WIT Indonesia conference took place against the backdrop of turquoise skies and deep blue ocean at Grand Nikko Bali on April 28, 2016.
Key industry players geared up to "Reboot" and tackle the big issues like how to surf the wave of technology that pervades the industry (without [...]
Travel suppliers could do more to embrace mobile payments
Mobile travel bookings are on the rise and are predicted to increase by 22% in 2016, according to a report from Euromonitor (November 2015).
According to the 2016 Adyen Mobile Payments Index (MPI), 32% of global online transactions on Adyen’s payments platform were conducted via mobile in Q1 20 [...]
Tours and activities were once considered the ugly ducklings of travel, but things are changing
By Stephen Joyce
I have been involved in travel technology since the late 1990’s. Prior to 2005, much of that time was spent developing custom web applications for online travel agencies, where I would integrate various online airfare or hotel booking tools, as well as develop custom interfaces o [...]
This was the news today – consolidation continues, money flows in, Huston exits
Proving that there’s never a dull moment in travel, while WIT Indonesia was happening inside the ballroom of Grand Nikko Bali yesterday, these things happened in the world outside.One, China’s HNA Group, which is on its path to building a global travel empire, buys Carlson Hotels Inc., owner of [...]
Letter from Bali: It’s Indonesia’s time in the digital sun
It’s a full flight. The beginning of a long weekend for Singaporeans and Bali’s always a quick and good two-hour-flight escape for stressed out city folks.There are lots of Australians too on the flight, connecting via Changi which, to no one’s surprise, has just been named “best airport to [...]
Want to get your hotel distribution and marketing right? Here are nine habits you should pick up.
The inaugural WIT Hospitality conference took place in Hong Kong’s state-of-the-art Hotel ICON on March 22, 2016. The day brought forth far more than fresh insight, but it also acted as a platform for key players to fight their corner on key issues that riddle the travel and hospitality industry t [...]
Jeju Air, Korea tap on “Descendants of the Sun” star power
Move over, Game of Thrones. Well, at least as Asia is concerned, because even as the world prepared for the launch of Season 6 of the George R Martin series, another phenomenon has been sweeping across Asia in the last few months. Some are calling it the Harry Potter effect – just-concluded Korea [...]
Letter from Penang: The artists who call it home and the making of a festival
It was a wonderful coincidence that on the Sunday I was in Penang to mark the Ching Ming (All Soul’s Day) festival, it happened to be the night for “Whispers of George Town Festival”.It was a sneak preview for media as well as the local artist community to get an idea of what’s in store for [...]
peakwork sets up APAC office in global distribution play
Following its announcement late last year that it was ready to expand internationally, peakwork is opening an office in Singapore, to be headed by Tony Marshall.Marshall, who was APAC head for Orbitz Partner Network, joins the Germany-based software specialist whose Player Hub technology is designed [...]
