Down Under: Men watch twice the amount of online video as women
Here's an interesting stat to begin with: Australians Watched Nearly 3 Hours of Online Video per Viewer at YouTube.com in October ComScore today released its October 2010 rankings of the top video properties in Australia based on data from its comScore Video Metrix service. The report found tha [...]
eNett partners Moneydirect as latter closes global operations
eNett International, a joint venture between Travelport and PSP International, and a provider of payment solutions tailored to meet the needs of the travel industry, has entered into a strategic relationship with Moneydirect, an Amadeus and Sabre joint venture.Moneydirect, which is closing its glo [...]
Find a lower price anywhere else and you will get first night free, promises IHG
IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group) announced a major initiative to better serve guests’ evolving needs in the hotel industry.Pioneering the way forward, the launch of “Best Price Guarantee” offers the most powerful website guarantee ever to guests booking on any of the IHG brand sites - a [...]
GetFlight is different ‘because we focus on sale airfares’
Is there room for another flight search site? Well, Ian Cumming obviously thinks so - he recently launched GetFlight.com.au. The site received massive traffic on launch day and then things went a bit sour when a joke backfired. It used the image of a plane crash to explain why its server went down. [...]
Groupon-type deals don’t make sense for OTAs; ZUJI works on refreshed branding
Expedia made a lot of noise with its AirAsia joint venture. Wotif made the news with its joint venture in Vietnam with Buffalo Tours. Meanwhile, ZUJI/Travelocity’s been rather quiet, leading many to wonder what the OTA’s been up to. Is it losing steam? Is it being tethered by its parent s [...]
Hey, Singaporeans are an adventurous bunch
Singaporeans get a bad rap for being risk-averse and are the butt of “kiasu” (the local term for being afraid to lose) jokes but a new survey proves the opposite.Indeed, the survey commissioned by Guinness as part of the Guinness Adventures campaign reveals that Singaporeans are an adventurous l [...]
Hotels fail in responsiveness to MICE enquiries, IFH survey reveals
There is no doubt that the global conference and event business has experienced an upswing since 2010 with more events and more participants.And hoteliers and MICE organisers are increasingly bullish about the high-yielding sector. (Pictured: Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore)However, the 2011 IF [...]
Sabre’s merchandising solution brings airlines’ products/services to the marketplace
Air New Zealand is the first airline to adopt the seamless solution, using Sabre’s Electronic Miscellaneous Document (EMD) so travel agents can shop, book and sell the airline’s ancillaries in Sabre global distribution system (GDS).The first ancillary fare the carrier will make available to S [...]
Business as usual, says Wolf, after acquisition by Northstar
Following news of the acquisition by Northstar Travel Media this morning, CEO Philip Wolf says it will be business as usual and that PhoCusWright will remain an independent company with a “larger research, media and event powerhouse”.No terms were disclosed about the acquisition of PhoCusWright [...]
Business travel on the rise, but cost cutting continues
GetThere Corporate Travel Benchmark Survey shows corporations are still heavily focused on reducing travel expenses even as business travel is increasing.The 11th edition of GetThere's annual survey, revealed that while 2010 saw signs of recovery for corporate travel programmes, in 2011 the indust [...]
