The Wrap: Carlson Rezidor expands in India with seven new hotels
In the news: Seven new hotels for Carlson Rezidor in India, Amadeus airline cloud-based tool, Christmas in AsiaCarlson Rezidor expands in India with seven new hotels Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is expanding across India with seven new hotels comprising 817 rooms in the northern Indian state of Jammu [...]
May the Internet be with you – hark the forces at play at Expedia
As I write this at JFK airport, waiting for my Korean Airlines flight to Incheon, the Force has awakened. Yesterday – December 17 – was the premiere of the long-awaited and much-anticipated “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, which is getting smash reviews by the way. It was thus only natural t [...]
The Wrap: New Delhi is top Asian city on the rise for 2016
In the news: Winners of TripAdvisor's Travellers’ Choice Destinations 2016, Kaligo Business Plus from Visa and Kaligo, eNetts VANs for Mobile Travel Agents as supplier payments.New Delhi is top Asian city on the rise for 2016Two Indian cities, New Delhi and Bengaluru, topped the Asian ranking as t [...]
Letter from Las Vegas: In the land of giants, welcome to the growing world of Expedia
I am sitting in the front row, getting ready for the start of the Expedia Partner Conference 2015 at the Bellagio, Las Vegas.There couldn’t be a more appropriate place for a meeting by this giant of giants in travel. Las Vegas is a place where everything is bigger than big, and size is everything. [...]
Sabre sets up community platform to showcase emerging innovations
Sabre Corporation has launched the Sabre Innovation Hub, a new online community site to share prototypes and some of its latest innovations with the travel industry.Accessible on Sabre.com, the platform highlights new and innovative prototypes and gives customers, developers, and other travel indust [...]
Travellers spending more time to purchase hotels than for airlines
Sojern’s new Interactive Hotel Insights Report reveals two major consumer behaviour changes – travellers are spending more time on the hotel path to purchase than for airlines and last-minute bookers are increasing in numbers.Summarising the report, based on the analysis of more than a billion t [...]
US$500m new wings to fly for Tuniu, Chinese outbound still powering on
The US$500 million investment to be made by HNA Tourism into Tuniu, the Chinese online leisure travel company, will give Tuniu wings to fly and, more importantly, “greatly help us when we are organising our own package tours”.Conor Yang, CFO of Tuniu, told WIT that HNA’s ownership of 12 differ [...]
Amadeus Next wants to build ecosystem to nurture travel tech startups
Amadeus Next believes that “connectivity in the community” is the missing link towards fostering more startup opportunities in travel and wants to build up an ecosystem to nurture travel tech startups.Simon Akeroyd, vice president of corporate strategy and business development of Amadeus for Asi [...]
The more travel consolidates, the more freedom for differentiation
No sooner had I uttered the word “consolidation” then another piece of news arrived in my inbox. This time, Sabre Hospitality Solutions buying the Trust Group of companies which include Trust International, Nexus and InnLink for US$154 million.The deal, to be finalised early next year, immediate [...]
Sabre buys Trust Group to boost leadership in hospitality
Consolidation continues – Sabre Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Trust Group of Companies which include Trust International, InnLink and Nexus.“Acquiring the Trust Group is consistent with our stated goal of building on Sabre Hospitality Solutions’ global lead [...]
