TravelRave to attract 8,000 delegates over week-long festival
Nino Gruttke, executive director of ITB Asia, has welcomed the idea of being part of TravelRave, the new travel and tourism festival created by the Singapore Tourism Board.The travel and tourism festival, to run from October 18 to 28, will see about 8,000 delegates attend at least six landmark co-lo [...]
Coupon and daily deals sites popular with India’s Internet users
One in 10 Indians going online in June visited websites offering special deals, with SnapDeal.com as the most visited destination. This trend is paving the way for increased e-commerce in India, as revealed in a report by comScore Media Metrix service. The findings showed that 4.6 million Inte [...]
TripAdvisor expands free master class series to Indonesia, Thailand
TripAdvisor is expanding its master class event series, offered free for hospitality industry property owners and marketers, in Indonesia and Thailand, in association with Web in Travel.The events will include presentations from TripAdvisor experts and guest speakers on best practices in hospitality [...]
Troubles, Technology & Tries – Hong Kong Sevens, here I am
It’s rather interesting, eavesdropping on conversations in airport lounges.At the Skyview Lounge this morning at Changi, about to catch my Cathay Pacific flight (which I nearly missed but for NotiFLY which is a great service by the way, if only they included which terminal in the information), I o [...]
Virtual learning at South by Southwest – imagine what it’d be like for real
With breakthroughs in technology, I can do almost anything from the comfort of my study - conduct interviews, shop, do my banking and catch up with friends living in foreign lands. It was thus from my chair and, sometimes, from my bed that I participated in the educational and fun-filled South by [...]
Virtually no chance of competing with these babes
I am feeling increasingly redundant these days.First, bloggers took away my livelihood – now, everyone can write. Second, Twitter took away the need for breaking news – now, everyone can report from the trenches. Third, TripAdvisor took away my job of travel writing – now, everyone is a review [...]
Wake up to third party sales, travel suppliers told in Amadeus study
A new industry study, Cross-Sell Your Way to Profit, charts the untapped revenue potential of third-party ancillary services to the travel industry, with analysis providing a wake-up call to travel suppliers as it identifies growth of 30% in revenues from third-party sales by 2015.The study, conduct [...]
Welcome to my ‘hotel family’: A peek into the future
The hotel room is decorated to meet guests’ particular tastes, the bath water is just how they like it, the minibar is stocked with their preferred range of drinks, and their favourite music is playing in the background. This, or something similar, could soon become reality for hotel guests. T [...]
What happened to FIT travel to Narita and Japan post-tsunami
Thanks, Abacus, for this chart showing FIT travel from March 3 to April 17 from the Abacus markets (Asia) to Narita and Haneda in Japan.Quick updatesWORLDHOTELS will be holding its regional meeting in Japan to bring its family of hotels round the table to discuss recovery measures. Date June 12 at R [...]
What’s really at stake in the American Airlines’ spat with Orbitz, Expedia?
What's going on behind the scenes of the spat between American Airlines and first, Orbitz and now, Expedia? Douglas Quinby, travel analyst at PhoCusWright, digs into the issues to share what's really at stake.Every three to five years, the civilized travel distribution world seems on the brink of [...]
