The Wrap: Business travel taking off for Booking.com
In the news: Booking.com’s business reservations on the rise, SITA’s survey on Australian air passengers, new country director for FASTBOOKING in Thailand, Trisara Phuket’s virtual reality tour, Business travel taking off for Booking.comBooking.com reveals that more and more of its leisure tra [...]
Stick to your “loyalty machines”, it’s a shark-eat-shark world out there
Amadeus’ distribution chief Holger Taubmann speaks to WIT about “loyalty machines”, Lufthansa’s Direct Connect strategy, RyanAir’s Amazonian ambitions, Accor Marketplace’s aspirations and swimming with the big sharks.For all the talk about direct distribution, and suppliers wanting to go [...]
The Wrap: AirAsia Japan taking a second shot, take-off in 2016
In the news: Second edition of AirAsia Japan, survey on youth travel by ITB Berlin, MyTeksi’s new safety featureAirAsia Japan taking a second shot, take-off in 2016When AirAsia’s joint venture with All Nippon Airways (ANA), then known as AirAsia Japan, ended in June 2013 Tan Sri Tony Fernandes [...]
Best of TW Asia Global Wrap: There’s life beyond Angkor Wat
Featured stories from TravelWeekly Asia: New marketing plan by six Greater Mekong Subregion countries, Hollywood star power for Emirates, debate on number of pilots in airlinesThere’s life beyond Angkor WatThe six Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries - Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic R [...]
Brand Karma “reboots” to VR, TrustYou expands in Asia with new deal
The takeover of Brand Karma’s Online Reputation Management services by TrustYou is part of the Taiwan-based company’s “reboot” to become a leader in virtual reality content, said Morris Sim, CEO & co-founder.Under the agreement – terms were not disclosed – TrustYou will take over al [...]
Very Local Trip links travellers to local friends and local experiences
By Alisha Somanas After five years in Thailand a French pharmaceutical consultant is pushing ahead with his travel start-up, based on the realisation that many travellers want to feel like a local rather than a tourist when visiting a destination.Maxime Besnier, CEO and founder of Very Local Trip, s [...]
Mobile shopping and sharing soars across markets
The rapid adoption of mobile devices, the rise of social networking, the myriad device and channel options have all added to the growing complexity of the travel search, shop, buy process.A new report from travel industry research authority Phocuswright, Search, Shop, Buy: The New Digital Funnel, pr [...]
“Mission critical” Amadeus wins in Asia, OTA customers are “top priority”
It is “mission critical” that Amadeus wins in Asia and one key plank of its distribution strategy is giving Asian OTA customers top priority, declared Holger Taubmann, senior vice president, distribution.Speaking to WIT during a visit to Bangkok, he said that globally, online growth has been phe [...]
The Millennial Traveller: Singapore, haze and the valley of ashes
If there is anything that has occupied Singapore’s attention as of late, it is the haze. A sinister toxic cloud of smoke continues to waft inland, caused by Indonesia’s seemingly unending forest fires south of the island.Locals, expats and visitors alike have swarmed pharmacies and clinics to ge [...]
The Wrap: Lufthansa’s mobile boarding pass lands in Bangkok
In the news: Airlines are in the limelight this week - Lufthansa’s mobile boarding pass in Bangkok, Amadeus' flight management solution for Virgin Australia, Japan Airlines' AXESS and Travelport's new agency desktopLufthansa's mobile boarding pass lands in BangkokThe Lufthansa Group of airlines � [...]
