SPONSORED: Mobile-first experiences are the true-game changers in the in-destination economy
Robert Meza is the Head of Travel of the ENTERTAINER
In 2013, one article reported that Ctrip had achieved more mobile bookings than desktop, and this was probably the first time that the term Mobile Travel Agency (MTA) had made sense to me.
In retrospect, I’m not of the opinion that larger [...]
Mobile devices top choice for hotel shoppers, spending less time on web pages
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A recent analysis of hotel website and customer shopping behaviour conducted by the Sabre Digital Experience team, showed travellers are relying more on mobile phones and tablets for both hotel shopping and booking, spending less time on webpages as a result, but showing more will [...]
Post-restructure, IHG’s Barr says it’s about brand, scale and tech as it prepares to launch new reservations system
It was the Friday of the 10th Formula 1 weekend in Singapore. One assumes all visitors coming to town that weekend are here for the race but no, not the new group CEO of Intercontinental Hotels Group, Keith Barr. Barr was making a lightning visit to Singapore and the region to “spend time with the [...]
SPONSORED: Appeal to Today’s Traveller the Smart Way: Through their Smartphones
“The gladdest moment in human life, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands.”
What a way to describe the essence of travelling. With the benefits that come with travelling, such as learning about other cultures or just pure relaxation, it is no surprise that we are travelling more than w [...]
The Wrap: Meet Toby the Chatbot – Tigerair Australia’s new personal travel consultant
In the news: It’s all about airlines and flights this week with Tigerair Australia’s new chatbot, KLM’s offering of WeChat Pay and booking flights on hotel websites
CHATBOTS: Meet Toby the Chatbot - Tigerair Australia’s new personal travel consultant
The next time you make a bookin [...]
Japan Airlines, TripAdvisor join forces to grow Japan’s inbound tourism in lead up to 2020
Japan Airlines (JAL) and TripAdvisor have formed a strategic partnership to launch an immersive multi-media portal, Untold Stories of Japan, to promote inbound tourism to the country, as well as encourage repeat visits.
The portal, which will be launched next month, highlights the best that Japan [...]
SEO, IBE, SEA, Metasearch…FASTBOOKING guide works through complex world of hotel marketing and distribution
As a small, independent hotel, it can be quite intimidating to navigate today’s world of hotel marketing and online distribution. What should be enabling can be paralysing for some.
The good news is, as FASTBOOKING details in its latest “Guide for Independent hotels”, “technology is a gre [...]
Fried scorpion may not be his thing but helping travellers have better vacations is: Steve Kaufer on TripAdvisor’s great end game
Steve Kaufer, CEO & founder of TripAdvisor, could hardly remember what he ate for dinner the evening before. “It was something interesting,” he said. I was curious because he kept talking about how TripAdvisor wants to help travellers have awesome experiences in destinations – from tours t [...]
Why chatbots are transforming the travel Industry
This is a guest post by Bronwyn White, co-founder of MyTravelResearch.com, a market research and marketing firm specialising in the travel, tourism and aviation industries.
Chatbots can be simply defined as artificial intelligence programmes that conduct conversations with humans through chat [...]
The Wrap: MakeMyTrip targets corporate travel segment with new self-booking tool
In the news: MakeMyTrip’s new self-booking corporate travel booking tool, tours and activities aggregator Livn’s integration with Amadeus, Thai Lion Air’s partnership with Travelport
CORPORATE TRAVEL: MakeMyTrip targets corporate travel segment with new self-booking tool
MakeMyTrip, [...]
