Meet the Indonesian digital consumer
A few key words come to mind when describing the Indonesian digital consumer – male, youths, videos and social.In presenting “The Story of the Indonesian Digital Consumer” (details in slides below) at the Alpha Terra Digital Marketing Conference in Jakarta last week, Kerry Brown, VP South-east [...]
The Wrap: Groupon opens first concept store in Hong Kong
In the news: Groupon's first store in Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu airport to be aviation hub, Tune Hotels is five, Air France lands in MalaysiaGroupon concept store arrives in Hong KongGroupon has opened its first concept store in Hong Kong, which offers customers a platform to pick up lifestyle produ [...]
Exit chat with Yilmaz: Mobile’s HUGE and online’s confusing – so take care of the basics first
The biggest change that Ali Yilmaz, the former head of travel for Google South-east Asia has seen in his 19 months in the role, is how big mobile has become as a channel for travel.In his presentation at the WIT Conference 2012 last month, Yilmaz shared statistics which showed:• 23% of all queries [...]
Users of Hotel.jp now able to search foreign sites
Hotel.jp has signed partnership agreements with Agoda.com, Hotels.com, Booking.com and Expedia Japan, which will give its users access to Japanese content on four of the world's largest hotel booking sites.It's also the first step towards the hotel and travel accommodation review website run by Ven [...]
The Wrap: Malaysia Airports rebrands its hotels as “Sama-Sama”
The Wrap: In the news Malaysia Airports, Amadeus, Rakuten, TripAdvisorMalaysia Airports rebrands its hotels as “Sama-Sama”Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is consolidating its air-side and land-side hotels at the KL International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang under a new brand name, "Sama-Sama" [...]
WIT: A personal view of the beginning and why Asia travel will be even hotter in 2013
This post is in response to the article by Timothy O’Neil-Dunne on “WIT turns 8” and his reflection on the evolution of travel in Asia.Timothy, thanks for the article which charts well the evolution of Asia. The story of WIT is indeed the story of online travel in the region.I cannot take al [...]
iPhone gets the Rome2rio app
Melbourne-based travel search company, Rome2rio, has launched its multi-modal search engine platform as an iPhone app and is making its source code available to licensees, allowing them to offer their own next-generation travel search capability on a mobile platform.Users of the app do not need to [...]
MakeMyTrip buys HotelTravel.com to expand foothold in APAC
The acquisition of HotelTravel.com would strengthen its presence in the hotels segment, deepen relationships with suppliers in key markets and increase its brand strength in South East Asia, said MakeMyTrip (MMYT).The company listed three ways of achieving these objectives:Expand the range of be [...]
Amadeus maintains growth despite global challenges
Amadeus’ year-on- year financial and operating results for the first nine months of 2012 (ended September 30, 2012) shows an increase of 20.2% in its adjusted profti to reach €481.3 million.This was backed by growth in revenue of 8.4% to €2,233.1 million and a 6.5% rise in EBITDA to €889.8 m [...]
The Wrap: AirAsia X turns five, IPO slated for early 2013
In the news: AirAsia X, Asian Trails, Wego and Resorts World Sentosa, Abacus and Vietnam AirlinesAirAsia X turns five, IPO slated for early 2013AirAsia X, the medium haul budget affiliate of AirAsia, recently celebrated its fifth birthday with a slew of “gifts” for its loyal guests including a [...]