Distribution
Pegasus Solutions launches OpenFlex
08/12/2011 by WiT
OpenFlex, a mobile website design solution, allows hotels to deliver promotional offers correctly formatted for any mobile device.By expanding the hotel booking choices hotels can offer guests, OpenFlex ensures hotels are capable of seizing business opportunities wherever consumers are comfortable [...]
Tipping point looming for cruise distribution and marketing
08/12/2011 by WiT
Attending the first Cruise Shipping Asia conference in Singapore last month, I sense a tipping point looming for cruise distribution and marketing in the region. There are a couple of reasons why I believe this is so.One, the competition is intensifying. While the industry remains largely supply- [...]
FastBooking pumps up GDS services
28/11/2011 by WiT
FastBooking’s new service, beginning with the “FG” chain code, interfaces seamlessly with the FastBooking Engine back office to provide hoteliers with a high-performance, single-image solution."The new FastBooking GDS offer leverages our technological know-how and innovative capabilities acr [...]
As Indonesia hots up, Raja Kamar banks on Ctrip model
22/11/2011 by WiT
The Komodo Dragon is awakening to ecommerce. Hot on the heels of Raja Kamar acquiring MG Holidays, KAHA Group, the other hotel distribution player in the market, has also thrown its hat in the ring. It’s entered into a joint venture with former Wotif product director Thailand, Indonesia [...]
Amadeus, Eva Air renew distribution agreement
22/11/2011 by WiT
The renewed agreement between Amadeus and Eva Air, Taiwan’s second largest international airline, not only strengthen their relationship but provide Amadeus travel agents worldwide with access to the carrier’s fares, schedules and ticketing.Eva Air has committed to make the same fares, sched [...]
Online shopping popular among Indians
27/12/2011 by WiT
The latest report by comScore Media Metrix service on visitation to the top retail and coupon sites in India found that nearly 60% of online users in India, or 27.2 million, visited a retail site in November 2011.Coupon sites are also rapidly gaining in popularity, with 16.5% of the Indian online [...]
Pegasus Solutions launches OpenFlex
08/12/2011 by WiT
OpenFlex, a mobile website design solution, allows hotels to deliver promotional offers correctly formatted for any mobile device.By expanding the hotel booking choices hotels can offer guests, OpenFlex ensures hotels are capable of seizing business opportunities wherever consumers are comfortable [...]
Travelport’s vision for the future
11/06/2014 by WiT
Leading travel commerce marketplace, Travelport, has launched its new global brand vision, The platform that is redefining travel commerce for our customers, in a bid to more accurately describe the role the company now plays in the global travel distribution chain where it has strategically inv [...]
Meet the Expedia duo out to reinvent travel with technology
26/05/2014 by Yeoh Siew Hoon
In the history of music, the best hits have come from songwriting partnerships – think Leiber and Stoller, Lennon and McCartney, Bacharach and David, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Morrissey and Marr … It may seem weird but these collaborations came to mind when I met Aman Bhutani (left) [...]
Transforming the airport experience with the Cloud
27/05/2014 by WiT
Cloud technology is gaining momentum despite lingering concerns around resilience, privacy and risk, and airports are increasingly identifying the need to switch to next generation cloud systems to decrease costs, improve efficiency and transform the passenger experience, according to Amadeus in [...]