Small Luxury Hotels and Bhutan make debut at ITB Asia
ITB Asia, taking place in Singapore from Oct 20-22, will feature several first-time exhibitors.Among them are Small Luxury Hotels of the World, whose CEO Paul Kerr (left) is scheduled to speak at the Web In Travel conference which takes place alongside ITB Asia, and LAN Airlines. Kerr will also be s [...]
Pennicott wants to reach out more on web
For Pennicott Wilderness Journeys of Tasmania, Australia, inspiration and conservation go hand in hand and so, just as it makes its livelihood out of nature, it gives back in fair measure.Owner Robert Pennicott (left), who grew up in the waters surrounding Bruny Island and worked as a professional [...]
Low cost airline horror stories, anyone?
I wish I had a good low cost airline horror story to tell – I know, it’s a strange thing to wish for and the reason will become evident at the end – but really, flying budget in Asia is pretty civilized compared to the experiences I’ve had in Europe.The worst experience and thus the best sto [...]
AirAsia sets Mind Blowing record, thanks New Skles
AirAsia says it set another world record by selling more than 500,000 seats in 24 hours yesterday and attributes the feat to its newly-installed New Skies booking platform.The airline said it sold 538,000 seats on August 10, the first day of its Mind Blowing Fare campaign, which offers a RM1* airfar [...]
Kimchi boom for AirAsia X
AirAsia X, the long haul, low fare affiliate of AirAsia, says it set a new sales record with its newly-launched flights to Seoul recently.Offering all-in fares from as low as KRW 60,000 (from Seoul) and RM 99 (from Kuala Lumpur) for bookings from August 4-8, 2010, the airline portal saw over 80,000 [...]
Wassup? STB gets onboard Microsoft’s Nimbus cloud
The Singapore Tourism Board is among the first organizations in Singapore to contribute information on Microsoft’s data-sharing platform, Project Nimbus, and has developed two new smartphone applications as a result of the collaboration.STB will publish comprehensive listings of data, including ho [...]
TripIt to stay focused on product, expansion can wait
Creators of the popular itinerary management and sharing service Tripit will stay focused on improving its offerings for the business travel market and will hold off expansion plans until it is ready.Nevertheless president Gregg Brockway says that he’s interested in learning about the Chinese trav [...]
Look Grandma, my phone is off for you
A friend of mine, living in Singapore, is giving his 80-year-old grandmother the iPad as a birthday present. “I can’t believe it, my grandma is getting hers before me but I think it will be so good for her. It’s big, easy to use and easy to read and see,” he said.Last week, he received his f [...]
Pay-what-you-want Ibis fetches record price
In a sign of the times and an indication of how strongly the hotel market has recovered in Asia Pacific, the largest single hotel asset transaction in terms of dollars took place yesterday.The Ibis Singapore on Bencoolen, a WIT partner hotel in 2009 and 2010, was sold in a transaction that exceeded [...]
You weren’t looking for a holiday but what about this?
I've written a couple of articles lately on websites/applications that allow us to plan a trip. Essentially they act as a portal providing access to information around certain aspects of the trip - the flight, the accommodation, and, as I recently reviewed in the case of NileGuide, events happening [...]
