Finding Asia’s Finest Apps
Our business is knowing about the most innovative technologies, people and companies coming out of Asia. A few months ago, we set out to discover the best apps coming out of Earth's most populous continent, so we ran a contest called Asia's Top 50 Apps.The search for the Top 50 was completely open - [...]
Finnair goes to the Angry Birds, seeks fans for Asian Challenge
Finnair has begun a worldwide online search for the eight biggest Angry Birds fans to fly on the longest and highest Angry Birds flight ever from Helsinki to Singapore on September 20, 2011.Onboard this one-of-a-kind theme flight, the fans of the world-famous mobile gaming device, developed by the F [...]
Now anyone can add businesses to Google Maps
Google has just launched a Google Map feature, which enables anybody to put tourism businesses and places of interest as pins and markers on Google Maps.Previously, you have to be a business claiming a Google My Business page to tell Google to put you on the map. Or you had to rely on Google picking [...]
Amazon sites attract largest number of Internet visitors
A report by comScore Media Metrix service revealed that Amazon had the largest global audience among the retail and auction sites analysed in June, with 282 million visitors or 20.4% of the worldwide Internet population aged 15 and above accessing the Internet from a home or work location.Other to [...]
APAC airlines see positive passenger growth
Preliminary traffic figures for August, released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines(AAPA), showed continued growth in international air passenger market, but air freight demand remained weak.Asia Pacific based airlines carried a combined total of 17 million international passengers in Augu [...]
Attitude’s changing but are travel agents ready to ride the next wave?
One of the things that did please me about the Web In Travel conference this year was the increase in the number of traditional travel agents attending the event.And the ones that did and sat through the programme were visibly excited to learn about what’s going on and said they learnt a lot – t [...]
Beware of the Content Groove – Is Content Really the King?
The expression 'Content is King' is much bandied about. Sometimes I wonder if people just use it in the same way that some use the word, 'Holistic.' Sort of sounds good doesn’t it but, at the same time, it’s a bit empty of meaning in some cases.I don’t know about you but I think there’s [...]
Business travellers prefer to book direct on hotel website, says Accor survey
The majority of business travellers prefer to book their business travel accommodation directly online with the hotel brand (57%), followed by the secretary in the company (40%), while usage of offline travel agents is in the minority (16%).This was one of the findings of the Accor Asia Pacific Bu [...]
A touch of Korea on AirAsia X
Tasty airline food, previously the domain of legacy airlines with the (mis)conception that their low-cost counterparts can’t offer passengers much beyond the usual dry sandwiches, muffins, buns and canned drinks or the 3-in-one beverages.Photo: Food tasting with AirAsia X's Azran Osman-Rani (2nd r [...]
A customer’s voice: How you can get me to love you more
In three weeks time I will be attending WIT and participating on two panels. And today I enjoyed a lovely lunch with Siew Hoon talking about the event, all the arrangements and how tweeters and bloggers can participate in the true spirit of engaged and connected consumers.We talked a little about Fo [...]
