No lightbulb till 9, now Destinia’s Amuda Goeli clearly sees the light
I suppose we are all a product of our background and experiences and Amuda Goeli, co-founder of Destinia, certainly comes across as an individual who’s very comfortable in his own skin.
Growing up in Aswan, Egypt, he did not see a light bulb till he was nine years old. He laughs at the noti [...]
Almosafer is first Saudi-based OTA partner for Wego
Leading travel metasearch website and travel app, Wego, has teamed up with Almosafer, a fast growing online travel agency based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as its first local OTA partner.
Ross Veitch, Wego chief executive officer and co-founder, announced the partnership at WIT Middle Eas [...]
GfK brings NATAS into Travelscan, signs partnership with ForwardKeys
GfK and the National Association of Travel Agents (NATAS) Singapore have agreed to collaborate on the provision of dynamic travel-related insights for the Singapore tourism sector.Under the agreement, participating NATAS travel agent members will provide GfK with weekly consolidated, live booking da [...]
Mystifly’s B2B meta play pays off big in 2015
Mystifly, which was launched in 2009 as a global air consolidation services company and then changed course in 2011 to a platform play to deliver air content, has come a long way since its early days.CEO and co-founder, Rajeev Kumar, said that currently it is on the verge of going live with two top [...]
Amadeus maintains its growth with strong performance in 2014
Amadeus announced year-on-year financial and operating results for the full year of 2014 ended December 31, 2014 with adjusted profit for the period, including M&A activities, growing 9.9% to €681.1 million.This was backed by an increase in revenue of 10.1%, to €3,417.7 million, and EBITDA ( [...]
The Wrap: Myanmar gets its first e-commerce payment platform
In the news: e-commerce payment platform for Myanmar, Travelport partners BeMyGuest, 7% passenger growth for AirAsia in FY2014Myanmar gets its first e-commerce payment platformMyanmar citizens, who hold payment cards issued by Myanmar Payment Union (MPU), which authorises the issuance and acceptance [...]
Cultural shift needed in hotel pricing and booking and Duetto wants to lead the movement
Duetto’s concept of “open pricing” is but the first step in a long journey towards helping hotels extend the trust they’ve already built with “customers who sleep in their beds ” to the booking process.Said Patrick Bosworth, CEO and co-founder of Duetto, “According to Google and Comsco [...]
LY.com finds itself in the middle of the OTA melee – and likes where it’s at
This is an article by Aaron Stewart, ChinaTravelNews correspondentLY.com (Chinese name 同程旅游, Tongcheng Lvyou) is a leading Chinese online travel platform that specialises in weekend getaways and local sightseeing tickets. In April 2014, LY received a US$200 million investment from Chinese OT [...]
In online travel, size matters
With Expedia swallowing Travelocity, Orbitz considering a sale, eDreams Odigeo in transition and Priceline stoking fears around the world, every online travel company and hotelier must confront a rising strategic reality: It’s become a two-horse race, and the leaders are pulling ahead of the pack. [...]
Data challenges abound for hoteliers – TravelClick rolls out new data tool Demand360
It's not the lack of data or tools, it's the talent lag and mindset that needs changing if Asia's hotel industry is to embrace the new dawn in hotel distribution, sales and marketing. In this interview, TravelClick's Maverick Mak talks about their new product, Demand360, and the challenges facing ho [...]
