AirAsia, Everbright form JV to launch low cost carrier in China
AirAsia, Asia’s largest budget carrier, signed a joint venture (JV) agreement on May 14 In Beijing with China Everbright Group, a state-owned financial enterprise, and Henan Government Working Group to establish a low-cost carrier (LCC) in China.
The JV, AirAsia (China), will have its base in t [...]
Expedia acquires majority stake in SilverRail Technologies
Expedia has nabbed SilverRail Technologies, acknowledging that rail is projected to be the next big thing in travel.
“Rail is ready for an online revolution, and we're ready to be a part of it. Rail's shift online is one of the fastest growing areas of innovation in the US$1.3 trillion travel m [...]
Metasearch: the winning approach to direct bookings
Technology has consistently changed our approach to the ways we manage and do business. As consumers are always connected to their digital channels, their habits are constantly evolving. These constant shifts have challenged the hospitality industry to keep pace with new technology and trends so as [...]
Healthy report cards in travel, Asia stays strong
Travel businesses released healthy report cards this first quarter of the year. Two giants in the distribution business – Amadeus and Travelport – saw growths in revenues with Asia Pacific doing particularly well.
Travelport’s net revenue increased 7% to $651 million and net income increase [...]
The Wrap: ZEN Rooms brings cash-on-delivery concept to hotel booking
In the news: ZEN Rooms' new pay-at-hotel feature, Amadeus’ expansion in Indonesia, new partnerships - Serko and HRS, Hotels.com with Standard Chartered
HOSPITALITY: ZEN ROOMS BRINGS CASH-ON-DELIVERY CONCEPT TO HOTEL BOOKING
ZEN Rooms, a leading online budget hotel franchise in Southeast [...]
The Millennial Traveller: Travel must set the benchmark for the future working economy
Preparing talent for a new economy is a question that pervades every industry. At the World Travel and Tourism Council Global Summit, held recently in Bangkok, April Rinne (Global Authority on the Gig Economy and Future of Work) named three major developments that will affect the future of work.
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Behind the Shangri-La & Taj partnership: A new vision of loyalty
I have three dogs so I know a little about loyalty. We love our pooches because they love us unconditionally and it doesn’t matter how we treat them, their loyalty is unstinting.
We humans are different. Some of us are more loyal than others and our loyalty is conditional on many factors.
In [...]
Letter from Seoul: Tensions there may be but in travel, it’s business unusual as competition heats up and mobile rules
Over Korean barbecue with real beef (my Korean hosts insist on using the adjective, which makes me wonder if there’s a lot of fake beef going round like news), I asked my friends, “How do you think living in a place that’s always in the middle of tensions and threats of nuclear bombs shape you [...]
SilverNeedle Hospitality acquires Brand Karma, rebirths as Next Story Group
SilverNeedle Hospitality Group has acquired new media marketing agency, Brand Karma. Together with SilverNeedle’s in-house architecture and design agency Virsa, the entity has rebarnded as Next Story Group, calling itself "highly-specialised in marketing and design, holistically maximising ROI [...]
Northstar Travel Group acquires the leading group of hotel investment events from Burba Hotel Network
Northstar Travel Group announced it has acquired the hotel investment event portfolio from Burba Hotel Network (“BHN”), the American Hotel & Lodging Association (“AHLA”), and their other partners. BHN produces 10 hospitality investment events and conferences around the world, including [...]
