WIT 2016 will reunite online travel pioneers and reimagine the future
The 12th edition of WIT, to be held on Oct 17-19 in Singapore, will be a reunion of sorts as well as a reimagination of the future.
“Twelve years is the end of a cycle and we are taking the opportunity this year to reflect on the past as well as reimagine the future,” said Yeoh Siew Hoon, fou [...]
The Wrap: Travelport creates two new organisations to meet customers’ evolving needs
The weekly news roundup: Travelport’s two new organisations, robust China outbound travel, travellers’ choice of top museums in Asia
TECHNOLOGY: Travelport creates two new organisations to meet customers' evolving needs
Travelport has set up two new entities - Travelport Digital and [...]
The 3 pain points startups should solve in corporate travel: Ragge
Amid the disruption happening in corporate travel, HRS, Global Hotel Solutions, has built its own innovation hub in Berlin where it’s acting as accelerator and partner to startups. It’s also of course a way for the German-based family run company to tap into tech talent. (See related story)
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HRS’ Ragge on Asia, corporate travel disruption and family businesses
Looking surprisingly fresh despite having been through five cities in 10 days, CEO of HRS Tobias Ragge is decidedly pumped up about what he calls “the convergence of thunderstorms” that make Asia such an exciting growth story for his second generation family business.
One, compared with Europ [...]
The Wrap: TripAdvisor redesigns homepage, easier for travellers to book trips
The weekly news roundup: TripAdvisor’s newly designed website, London’s top city in PwC Cities of Opportunity index, Expedia Flip Flop Report on beach vacationers
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: TripAdvisor redesigns homepage, easier for travellers to book trips
Travel planning and booking site Tri [...]
Out of Expedia into Zuzu, a virtual brand and partner for budget hotels
Two former employees of Expedia have launched their own startup, Zuzu Hotels, to help consumers find good quality budget hotels in Asia as well as help hotels in the 2 to 3-star category get better at branding, distribution and revenue management.
Vikram Malhi, who worked with Expedia for eight y [...]
Hooray, we have moved on from toilet rolls: Hartman on innovation and integration
It was good to see veteran hotelier Richard Hartman on stage at Hotelsworld Sydney being recognised for his contribution to hospitality – he received the conference’s 2016 Global First Award – and in familiar fine fighting form.
One of the things I liked about Hartman, best known for le [...]
The Wrap: Social media overtakes traditional marketing metrics in Singapore and APAC, says TNS study
The weekly news roundup: TNS Marketing Monitor study on social media influence in marketing, Singapore DBS Bank’s chatbots, Tourism New Zealand’s new halal food guide
TECHNOLOGY: Social media overtakes traditional marketing metrics in Singapore and APAC, says TNS study
Brands in Singap [...]
The Wrap: Travel platform Touristly scores investment from Tune Labs
The weekly news roundup: Tune Labs’ investment in Touristly, Amadeus and Zingle partners in messaging technology, Mantra’s Pokémon Go-friendly hotels in Australia
STARTUP: Travel platform Touristly scores investment from Tune Labs
Kuala Lumpur-based startup incubator and accelerator T [...]
Personalisation will give your customers the best shopping experience, says Sabre.
Sabre Corporation has released data showing that over one in three of all global travellers pay above the average airfare for plane tickets.
On the popular routes compared within Asia Pacific, Singapore-Hong Kong saw 37% of travellers paying above the odds, while Australia’s key Sydney-Melbourn [...]
