Wego picks Jakarta as its mobile & social centre of excellence
In the past six months Wego has doubled its investment in Indonesia. Its team, operating out of new offices in Kuningan, Jakarta is expected to grow to 50 by the end of the year, and they will spearhead the company's mobile product and social media development."Indonesia is a market of high strateg [...]
Location-based services way to go
Mobile was of course talked about at the recent Abacus underground event in Bangkok - the key point being that location-based services will become critical.These data points from Christian Cadeo, head of mobile, South-east Asia of Google.One in three searches have local intent and that includes:• [...]
Google throws its social travel planning service Schemer onto mobile
Remember Schemer, Google’s service to find out things to do in a destination based on tips from friends within a user’s network of contacts and professional reviewers?Initially unveiled with unusually little fanfare (for Google, compared to, say, Wave, Buzz et al) in December last year, Schem [...]
Singapore’s hot for mobile commerce
Singapore saw phenomenal growth in mobile commerce in just one year, jumping from S$43 million in 2010 to S$328 million in 2011 (+660%).
Paypal, in its “Online and Mobile Shopping Insights 2011” study. attributed the growth to a dramatic increase in spend per head for mobile shoppers [...]
Kuoni India gets Sabre Red App
Abacus, Kuoni India, Excellent Management Limited (XML) Hong Kong and Sabre have jointly developed Sabre Red App, a new customer profile app that runs on all Abacus WorkSpace terminals at Kuoni India locations.Similar to what is being done by Apple and Android to develop mobile apps, authorise [...]
Numbers are huge in mobile and it will fuel change in travel
Mobile smartphones and devices are paving the way of the future, and companies will look to strategically leverage these growing areas of technology, says Robert Bailey, president and CEO of Abacus International (left).Saying that new mobile tools such as apps are driving the future in every aspect [...]
Travelzoo Hong Kong launches iPhone app
The Hong Kong version of the app follows successful launches in North America and Europe. The app has been downloaded more than 400,000 times since its release a few months ago.Katherine Lau, general manager for Travelzoo Hong Kong, said a significant percentage of Travelzoo Hong Kong’s existing [...]
Mobile driving growth at Venture Republic’s travel sites
Japan’s Venture Republic (JASDAQ 2177) beat the odds in a challenging economic climate to post a year-to-year 22.5% increase in revenues and a 107.8% jump in profits in its 2011 financial year. Revenues totalled US$26 million and profits US$3.7 million in the year under review.The company, that o [...]
