The Wrap: ITB Asia, Eva Air, Wego, KLIA, HICAP
Conferences galore at ITB AsiaParticipants at the forthcoming ITB Asia 2012, which will be held at The Sands Expo and Convention Centre from 17 to 19 October, are in for a conference treat.Messe Berlin (Singapore), in partnership with travel organisations such as UNWTO, Web in Travel, MCI, Nationa [...]
Letter from Taipei: I feel good about talent
Sitting in the lobby of the Westin Taipei as I write this. Behind me a man is crooning “Fly Me To The Moon”. He’s got a lovely vibrato and it makes me quiver when he sings, “in other words, I love you”.No one is really listening to him though. Everyone is busy doing their own thing. A cou [...]
Airlines adopting, allocating more resources to social media
Social media is playing an increasing important role in airlines’ daily operations with many planning to invest more to this medium, reveals the “Airline Social Media Outlook 2012” report by SimpliFlying.
The survey, conducted among 29 social-savvy airlines including KLM and America [...]
Scoot, Malaysia Airlines team up with new online partners
Singapore’s Scoot formed a partnership with Wego, and Malaysia Airlines (MAS) got into bed with Expedia to expand their reach to their customers, both sealing their deals on September 20.The commercial agreement between Scoot and Wego sees the integration of the airline’s fares into over 5 [...]
Top travel websites in August
Agoda rules in the online hotel sector for August 2012, capturing the #1 position in the three countries surveyed by Experian Hitwise. (Full details in slides below)AustraliaThe online travel scene in Australia remained consistent for the month of August. Wotif.com continued to edge out second-pla [...]
The Wrap: KLIA 2 set to welcome 10 airlines in May 2013
The Wrap checks out the new KLIA 2 in Kuala Lumpur, reads Amadeus' “Open for business” report and finds out what's happening in Thai AirAsia, Abacus and Travelzoo.KLIA 2 set to welcome 10 airlines in May 2013Malaysia’s new low cost carrier terminal - The KL International Airport 2 (KLIA 2) � [...]
Cruise ships racing to ASEAN shores to tap its growing market
Cruise lines are increasingly basing their ships in Southeast Asia to take advantage of its infrastructural development and huge 600 million population base, which is taking to intra-regional cruising as holiday breakaways.Giving the industry a leg up and making the region even more attractive to c [...]
Malindo takes flight in March, AirAsia’s Fernandes says not a threat
Hot on the heels of Malaysia’s AirAsia gaining approval from the Indonesia government to acquire Batavia Air (read story) Indonesia's PT Lion Air and Malaysia's National Aerospace & Defence Industries (NadI) inked a joint venture agreement to form a new hybrid carrier – Malindo Air.The Ma [...]
The Wrap – Asia’s new holiday playground for Malaysians
Malaysians are turning to Asia for their holidays, Zuji ties up with India’s IndiGo, Star Cruises’ upgrading its fleet to cater to rising demand for cruises - these and more in this week’s “The Wrap “.Asia’s new holiday playground for MalaysiansAsia is the current flavour among Malaysia [...]
‘Slowly slowly’ does it as China opens partially to foreign GDSs
It’s the day before I am set to fly to Shanghai to moderate a panel at the China Travel Distribution Summit and the news of the week is China opening its market to global distribution systems for the first time.Really? This has been a development years in the talking and planning, and a subject o [...]
