Gogobot rolls out mobile, stays personal
With its 4th birthday around the horizon, social travel site Gogobot has revealed its plans for the future. Based in San Francisco and founded by Travis Katz and Ori Zaltzman, the site for places-to-go currently has more than 16 million users within the 18 to 44 age range and more than 60,000 destin [...]
Hotel wholesalers will fade and travel apps will favour intermediaries, Fogel predicts
Hotel wholesalers will decline or disappear over time and suppliers who thought they were beginning to get control of the distribution channel need to think again according to Glenn Fogel, executive vice president of corporate development of the world’s largest online hotel seller, Priceline.Spea [...]
Forget big brother. Your company is watching you
In the name of ‘security’ and ‘saving cost’, big business is encroaching on every facet of their employee’s life, including the aspect of mobile telephony.At the ACTE (Association of Corporate Travel Executives) ASPAC Regional Conference held in Singapore last week, a good number of partic [...]
Google Android and Apple OS, Japan’s top smartphone platforms
Android leads with 4.6 million users with Apple’s a close second with 3.9 million mobile subscribers, according to a report from comScore MobiLens into Japan’s mobile usage for March 2011.The latest insights released by comScore Japan KK also revealed more than 9.7 million people in the coun [...]
Feeling overwhelmed in Rabat in a different kind of way
Just read a survey that one in three of us are overwhelmed by technology. I am surprised it’s not more. Where are the two people in this equation who are not overwhelmed? I’d like to meet them.I think they are either living in Rabat or Ladakh. To be factual – yes, even in today’s world of i [...]
Data roaming charges are slowly becoming more affordable
I'm the first one to bitch about the outrageous data roaming charges that mobile operators charge around the world. What is the point of having all these great iPhone apps and mobile sites that enhance your travel experience, when you can't use them when abroad. Unless, of course, you find a fre [...]
The Wrap: HotelQuickly adds tomorrow-booking feature to its revamped app
Making the news this week are HotelQuickly with its new booking feature, Copenhagen Airport first in the world to use Google Glass, Tune Hotels' growth in VictoriaHotelQuickly adds tomorrow-booking feature to its revamped appLast-minute hotel-booking app, HotelQuickly, has released a reprogrammed an [...]
Asians lead global pack in using mobile to search and book travel
Travellers in Asia are leading the global pack in travel bookings online, mobile searches, and mobile purchases, according to a study commissioned by online travel accommodation specialist, AsiaRooms.com, and PC maker, Lenovo.
About 59% of the respondents in Asia indicated they searched f [...]
The Wrap: Mobile-savvy Indonesians a boon for Wego’s travel app
Making the news this week are Wego with its travel app, Goibibo and eRevMax in partnership, TripAdvisor survey on Singaporean travellers, payment solution from Mastercard and eNett
Mobile savvy Indonesians a boon to Wego’s travel app
Wego’s recently launched iOS travel app has been r [...]
Males dominate Japan’s smartphone market
The majority of smartphone owners in Japan are mostly male, commanding 61.5% of the market in October 2011 or 9 million users, with more than half under the age of 35.These insights are revealed in comScore Japan KK’s latest report on smartphone users in Japan from its comScore MobiLens servi [...]
