Emirates’ Dr Nejib to headline WIT’s roster of 50 speakers in Dubai
Up to 50 leading minds influencing the development of online travel will come together on March 26-27 in Dubai to debate the trends and issues impacting one of the world’s leading growth markets.
WIT Middle East, held at Sofitel Dubai Jumeirah Beach, will field speakers from Europe, the US, A [...]
DerbySoft secures $9m funding, will ramp up MetaSearch Manager
DerbySoft Inc., provider of hotel distribution connectivity and caching technology services, today announced that it received $9 million in Series D funding from technology-focused venture capital firm DCM through the new DCM Ventures China Fund.
DCM, a global venture capital firm investing in e [...]
Strong 2013 for Amadeus with good growth in APAC IT sector
Spain-based Amadeus has reported a positive 2013 performance, with revenue increased by 6.6% year-on-year to €3,103.7 million, and adjusted profit for the year up 7.8% to €619.5 million.
Revenue increased by 6.6%, to €3,103.7 million, and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and [...]
Abacus TripAlert warns travellers of imminent danger
Travel solutions provider Abacus has unveiled TripAlert, a new digital service to help travel management companies move travellers to safety in event of a life-threatening situation.
The service aligns early warning data on natural disasters, health pandemics or terrorist attacks with bookings [...]
Customise search with Wego’s new Affiliate Network
Travel metasearch site, Wego, has launched the Wego Affiliate Network (WAN.travel), a set of DIY tools that allow travel and tourism website publishers to integrate flight and hotel searches into their own sites.
WAN.travel provides affiliates with a variety of customisable embeddable search box [...]
Savings is top priority for travel managers across the globe in 2014
More collaboration, increasingly powerful data and a greater focus on travellers are the major themes that run throughout the annual survey on travel management priorities by Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT).
The CWT Travel Management Priorities report found that of the travel managers surveyed r [...]
In comes the horse and Tan’s off the block to build a stronger AirAsia Expedia
Well, the snake is about to slither away and the horse about to gallop in as Chinese all over the world celebrates the lunar new year this Friday and no one is more excited about the page-turner than Kathleen Tan, CEO of AirAsia Expedia (left).
On February 1, she will celebrate a year [...]
AsiaRooms.com rewards customers with cashback programme
Online travel accommodation specialist (OTA), AsiaRooms.com, has launched its first cashback rewards programme, initially for customers from Singapore and Malaysia.
Customers from these two countries who register for the programme can receive between 5% to 7.5% cashback once they have accumu [...]
The Big 10 Tech Predictions for 2014
Futurist Prof Adrian David Cheok, Chair Professor of Pervasive Computing at City University London and founder and director of the Mixed Reality Lab in Singapore, shares his top 10 tech predictions for 2014.
1: Drones in the sky becoming mainstream. Delivery of goods by Drones.
2: Virtu [...]
Abacus gets nod from CAAC to scale outbound travel from China
Abacus has become the first foreign global distribution system (GDS) to serve mainland China, the world’s largest outbound travel market, with the Civil Aviation Administration of China’s (CAAC) approval of licenses for its travel agent applicants.
The company, which has operated on th [...]
