The Wrap: Navigating Thailand’s IMPACT made easier with new Android app
In the news: Thailand’s IMPACT’s new Android app, Tune Hotels’ first hotel in Scotland, 2012 SLH’s best year.Navigating Thailand’s IMPACT makes easier with new Android appThailand’s IMPACT Arena, Exhibition and Convention Center launched an event calendar app for Android, which makes it [...]
The Wrap: A Blackberry app for GoIndonesia
In the news: GoIndonesia launches Blackberry app, APAC airlines see growth last NovemberA Blackberry app for GoIndonesiaGoIndonesia, an online hotel reservation website, can now be accessed by BlackBerry smartphone users through its newly launched app. It provides customers with the same easy acce [...]
Aussies lead in mobile flight search, followed by Singaporeans
After Australia, Singapore (left) leads the way in mobile use for travel planning, reveals flight search site Skyscanner as the world’s second most mobile nation of travel planners.Australia is the only country more likely to plan their travel on a mobile device than at their desktop, while Sing [...]
Abacus, Amadeus: Mobile and GDS deregulation will shape China in 2013
Jack Zhai, Chairman, Abacus ChinaQ: What are the three things you think will happen in the travel distribution, marketing and technology space in China in 2013?Mobile will play an increasing role, especially with the development of 3G/4G networks and higher penetration of smartphones, which is expec [...]
Hotels.com aims to win in the Apps space
With the battle heating up on the mobile front, WIT asks Christelle Chan, Global Mobile Director of Hotels.com, what she's doing to adapt the business model to changing customer behaviour. Q: How is mobile changing customer behaviour on hotels.com – any discernible differences between customer [...]
MakeMyTrip makes big bet on mobile, takes ‘mobile first’ approach
Given the huge growth in the mobile eco-system in India, MakeMyTrip is taking a big bet on mobile and pursuing a “mobile first way” approach rather than a mobile version of the desktop site.Amit Saberwal, chief of business development for India’s largest OTA, which is ramping up expansion in [...]
Traffic growth, high transaction values behind AsiaWebDirect’s new tablet strategy
With its tablet traffic rising by 160% over the last 12 months,AsiaWebDirect.com has launched what it says is the first tablet-optimised experience in online travel for the browser.Said Matthew Varley, executive general manager-Asia for the Wotif Group, “A lot of people have done the app experien [...]
ComeSingapore, a “personal tour guide” app
Two Singapore-based travel start-ups - Travelogy and TripFlick - have teamed up to launch ComeSingapore, a travel guide on the Android platform that allows visitors to plan their itinerary before and during their stay in Singapore.The app acts like a personal tour guide, helps travellers to plan [...]
MTT survey reveals key factors for airlines’ mobile success
Airlines listed usability and unique added value as among the top three most imortant factors when implementing their mobile strategy in a survey conducted by Mobile Travel Technologies (MTT) at the recent IATA World Passenger Symposium.The airlines were responding to three questions from MTT - [...]
Strong demand by tech savvy Indonesians for Rajakamar’s apps
Since the relaunch of Rajakamar.com, Indonesia’s largest domestic hotel distribution group, on 31 May 2012 over 25,000 customers have downloaded its two mobile apps.Scott Blume, CEO of RKI Group (pictured left), said the company was already seeing end-to-end bookings, including payment on these l [...]
