A true giant as Booking.com reaches 1b guests
With 285 million guests enjoying stays in destinations from Adelaide to Zagreb (and everywhere in-between) in the last year alone.Within the last year alone, 285 million guests - the population of the UK, Germany, France and Italy combined - have stayed in these accommodations through Booking.com, a [...]
10 things you didn’t know about cart abandonment
For the past five years SaleCycle has been tracking online cart abandonments – more than one billion. The company shares with WIT the data behind this rising trend, and the 10 things behind these abandonments. (see infographic below)According to SaleCycle, the problem for most online e-commerce st [...]
The Wrap: Souvenirs and memories – APAC tourists are the world’s top travel spenders
In the news: Visa’s Global Travel Intentions Study 2015 on travel spend, and new NokScoot/Sabre and Eva Air/Travelport partnerships.Souvenirs and memories: APAC tourists are the world’s top travel spenders Travellers from Asia Pacific trumped their counterparts from the rest of the world in inte [...]
Direct is the future – FlyZilla excludes OTAs in new flight metasearch product
Last month travel portal TripZilla sent out a press release to announce the launch of its new flight metasearch, FlyZilla, with a rather bold headline “FlyZilla, the Flight Metasearch that says No to OTAs”.Current flight metasearch engines are dominated by airfares from online travel agencies (O [...]
A helping hand for start-ups in APAC and Japan from Akamai
Akamai Technologies has launched the Akamai One start-up programme designed to empower start-ups in Asia Pacific and Japan.The programme is designed to empower start-ups to focus on growing their businesses without worrying about the complexity of delivering fast, reliable and secure online experien [...]
The Wrap: Smarter data care can improve travel companies’ revenue, finds Amadeus white paper
In the news: Amadeus white paper on safeguarding data, a ”Canvas” for independent hotels, Ascott’s expansion in ChinaSmarter data care can improve travel companies’ revenue, finds Amadeus white paperAmadeus has launched the white paper, Safeguarding information systems: A lever for revenue g [...]
It’s goodbye Abacus, hello Sabre
Abacus is now officially known as Sabre with the announcement by Sabre Corporation that is has rebranded all its acquired Abacus assets in Asia Pacific effective today (November 2).In a media release, the company said that with this rebrand over 100 wholly owned and affiliated offices across the reg [...]
OTAs in Asia, Think Borderless
This is a guest blog by Ming Foong, director of Online Travel Agencies – APAC, TravelportThe OTA segment is developing into an exciting and dynamic growth driver in the Asia Pacific region. It can get a lot more exciting if all players and aspirants in this space discard the old mindset that still [...]
For Asia, the real story is only just beginning
Richie is a 27-year-old orang utan living in the Semenggoh Wildlife Reserve of Sarawak. Philip Yong, CEO of Borneo Adventure, found him living in a cage as a baby, paid to free him and now he’s hanging out at the sanctuary, which rehabilitates apes and returns them to the wild.Obviously Richie is [...]
Travelport reboots for success
Travelport went through a reboot last September when it listed on the New York Stock Exchange last year, expanding its role from being just a GDS to become a global commerce platform.Martin Herbert, Travelport’s general manager for Asia, said it brought in airlines to sell products, started offeri [...]
