It’s time to look beyond the hotel walls to reimagine the future of hospitality
All indications are that in the coming years, the growth in global tourism will outpace the growth in the global economy. So how can the hotel industry make the most of it? While no one has a crystal ball and sometimes making predictions can be a dangerous game, responsible executives must never [...]
The Wrap: Tokyo overtakes Hong Kong as most expensive city for business travel
In the news: ECA International’s Daily Rates research report, IATA's NDC aggregator certification for Travelport, CarTrawler and Justfly team up, H.I.S. Travel and Amadeus’ expense management solution
MARKET INTELLIGENCE: TOKYO OVERTAKES HONG KONG AS MOST EXPENSIVE CITY FOR BUSINESS TRAVEL
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WIT Specials: Airbnb reimagines a new breed of OTA with its venture into Trips
Even as regulations are being placed on alternative accommodation around the world, Airbnb is entering a second travel vertical – tours and activities – with its November 2016 launch of Trips.
And as with the accommodation space, it raises many questions – what kind of impact will it have o [...]
AirAsia Foundation plans Destination Good marketplace through its support of social enterprises
It all started with her involvement in the rebuilding of Banda Aceh after the devastating tsunami of December 26, 2004 which killed 167,000 people and destroyed most of the Indonesian coastal city.
Yap Mun Ching, then holding the role of strategic planner at AirAsia, said that the airline had bee [...]
The Wrap: TRIPBAM, TrustYou partner to offer hotel review data integration
In the news: TRIPBAM and TrustYou partner, Blacklane and Groundspan team up, HRS’ healthy growth in 2016, Wego Indonesia’s and Hong Kong Tourism Board‘s joint marketing campaign
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: TRIPBAM, TRUSTYOU PARTNER TO OFFER HOTEL REVIEW DATA INTEGRATION
TRIPBAM, the hotel rat [...]
NIDA Rooms raises US$5.6mil, to use fresh funds for expansion
Malaysia-based NIDA Rooms has completed its Series A financing with new investment of US$5.6 million.
The round was led by global private investment firm Shanda Group, headquartered in Singapore, and other Southeast Asian investors.
This brings the total raised by NIDA Rooms to over US$11 [...]
Best practices in capturing airline ancillary revenues on mobile
Here are the best methods used by the top 25 airlines to capture ancillary revenues on mobile, according to a report from IdeaWorksCompany.
The latest report, “Ancillary Revenue Goes Mobile: The Best Methods Used by the Top 25 Airlines” from IdeaWorksCompany, researched the in-path booking ca [...]
Metasearch needs evolution and innovation
A guest blog by Prasanna Veeraswamy, Head of Products – Hotels, Cleartrip.com
A decade and a half ago, when the first set of OTAs (Online Travel Aggregators/Agents) were born, travel planners were suddenly empowered with tools that enabled them to do all kinds of hotel and flight bookings witho [...]
Hotel guests are changing but hoteliers not keeping up with their IT needs
The year 2020 will see a new breed of highly sophisticated and ‘digital native’ hotel guests who will be better informed, seek unique experiences, have higher expectations and also expect recognition.
However, while hoteliers anticipate such future guests their plans for industry technology r [...]
First non-air loyalty redemption in China on offer
Loyalty programme specialist Kaligo Travel Solutions has partnered with Hainan Airlines’ loyalty programme Fortune Wings Club to launch China’s first non-air redemption programme on its travel booking platform.
This enables 18 million Fortune Wings Club members to redeem Fortune Wings Club Po [...]
