The sky’s the limit for AirAsia
All eyes are again on AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s biggest low-cost carrier, as it places a firm order for 200 A320neos at the Paris Air Show, sets up a world-class aviation training centre in Sepang, has five new destinations under its belt and mulls over plans to fly to Africa.And some wonder wh [...]
The war for talent in Asia is causing havoc
As 2010 comes to a close, there is no doubt that there has been a remarkable recovery in the travel and tourism sector in Asia, which has been fuelled primarily by China, India and Singapore, all of which have seen some of the world's highest GDP growth in 2010.Asia Pacific region has seen a 14% yea [...]
Expedia goes to Seoul; Travelocity adds Android …
Expedia launches in South KoreaExpedia launched its Korean language website coinciding with the company's entrance into the South Korean travel market.Expedia Asia CEO Dan Lynn (left) stated the company opened its Korean language website earlier this month, making the country its eighth operational [...]
Travelport enables pre-paid seat bookings with BA
Travelport has confirmed that travel agencies in the UK are now able to book pre-paid seating on BA flights for the first time through the GDS channel. Previously, this optional extra was only bookable via ba.com. The industry first offered to Travelport subscribers follows the global, full cont [...]
Travelport Opinions launches in Asia, will agents embrace it and express themselves?
The positive response thus far to its social networking site for travel professionals was what led Travelport to launch Travelport Opinions in Asia.Asked if any targets had been set for the Asia launch announced recently, spokesperson for Travelport Asia Pacific, Michael Yates, said, “We haven� [...]
Travelport signs training pact with Shanghai University
Travelport has signed a groundbreaking training partnership agreement with Shanghai DongHua University, the first time a Chinese university has partnered with a foreign GDS for training.The move is in line with Travelport’s wider plans to increase training initiatives across the Asia-Pacific regi [...]
Rivals become allies, what’s in store as AirAsia + MAS join hands
It's a done deal. On August 9, Khazanah Nasional Bhd, Malaysia’s state investment arm, and Tune Air Sdn Bhd, both major shareholders of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and AirAsia respectively inked a deal that saw Tune getting a 20.5% stake in MAS and Khazanah 10% equity in AirAsia. The partnershi [...]
Smart Hotel Online takes on the big boys
11-Infotech System Co. Ltd, a Thai company based in Bangkok, has launched a new booking engine for hotels that will take on the big boys offering the same service but at a much lower price. WIT meets up with its CEO Business Development, Chartchai Pothong (pictured left), to find out more.Despite f [...]
GetFlight offers Australians one site for sale airfares
Airfare search in Australia just got more competitive with the launch of GetFlight.com.au, claiming to be “the first and only site dedicated to sale airfares for Australians” and allowing Australians to search for and subscribe to direct-from-airline sale airfares on just one site.GetFlight.com. [...]
Starwood’s chief leads team to live in China for a month
It was a question that had been raised at the WIT Conference last year – when will any of the American and European-based “global” brands which are doing business in Asia move its headquarters to the region, specifically China?So my ears perked up recently in Las Vegas at the Global Travel &am [...]
