Bangkok, London top destinations for APAC travellers this fall
Travel from the Asia Pacific (APAC) region is still robust in Q3 this year with vacationers favouring both short haul and long haul destinations, with Bangkok and London as most popular respectively - no surprises there.
The other cities in the top five destinations list are Tokyo, Singapore, T [...]
Hoteliers must prepare for new wave of challenges in increasingly dynamic marketplace
Hotels must find ways to optimise their pricing and distribution in a marketplace that is continually under pressure from new entrants and new technology.
One of the industry’s front runner in revenue management is organising its third presentation of a revenue strategy forum, this year in Hong [...]
These are the five trends shaping the future of luxury travel
The evolving definitions of ‘luxury’ and ‘status’ are changing the preferences and expectations of service from high-end travellers, says Sabre Corporation in its recently-released The Future of Luxury Travel.
According to the report, published in collaboration with TrendWatching, travell [...]
Letter from Sydney: Winter’s coming, a battle of Amazonic proportions is looming
Winter in Sydney is very different from the winter portrayed in the Game of Thrones television series but I get the feeling that the competition for online consumers is going to get as brutal and bloody in the next year or so, and travel will be caught up in the quest for the Iron Throne.
The [...]
On the Rocks, Hoshino talks ryokans, minpaku and recognition
I suppose when you work in travel, you shouldn’t be surprised who you run into so when I heard that Hoshino Resorts was having a media lunch in Sydney the week I happened to be in town, I gatecrashed it.
I wanted to catch up with Yoshiharu Hoshino, who wants to take his fourth-generation fa [...]
The Wrap: MBC Group, Middle East’s leading multimedia company, invests in Wego
In the news: MBC Groups’s investment in Wego, Cathay Pacific’s partnership with Alibaba Group, SIA’s creative inflight safety video unveiled
ONLINE TRAVEL: MBC Group, Middle East’s leading multimedia company, invests in Wego
Last week travel search site Wego announced it has recei [...]
Marriott teams up with Alibaba to woo Chinese outbound travellers
Marriott International and Chinese e-commerce company, Alibaba Group, have formed a new joint venture "to redefine the travel experience for the hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers travelling abroad and domestically every year.”
The JV leverages Marriott’s portfolio of more than 6,200 [...]
Voice, NDC, airline retailing and even survival of travel agents (yes, again) provide lively banter on CAPA panel
As a conference moderator, you could say it is a better problem to have to shut the panel up because they can’t stop talking, then to have to continually goad them to say more.
The former of which is precisely what Yeoh Siew Hoon, founder & editor of Web In Travel (WIT), had to contend [...]
WeWork buys Spacemob to spearhead expansion into South-east Asia
WeWork has just announced its plans of a US$500 million investment towards a new entity, in a move focused on expansion and growth in Asia, more specifically in South-east Asia.
WeWork’s investment has manifested through the acquisition of Spacemob – a co-working space that grants its members [...]
A ‘solid’ H12017 for Travelport in line with expectations of steady growth
Travelport has reported a “solid” second quarter and half year ended June 30, 2017 with net revenue increasing 1% to US$612 million.
Travel Commerce Platform revenue rose 2% to US$584 million, with Asia Pacific contributing primarily to this increase due to a 4% increase in both Reported Segmen [...]
