Why we should all fear Google: Open letter from Axel Springer to Eric Schmidt
An open letter to Eric Schmidt from Mathias Döpfner (While his comments are specific to Europe they are also relevant to Asia where the only market Google is not dominant is China and, in particular, travel as it rolls out its plans to get deeper into the sector.)
Dear Eric Schmid [...]
Fancy staying a night at the Eiffel Tower?
Eiffel Tower is a “must-visit” attraction for almost all visitors to Paris. Now you can spend a night there, courtesy of HomeAway.
The vacation rental service is giving away the chance to four contestants to sleep over at the Eiffel Tower in a competition as part of its sponsorship of this su [...]
Dreamers may still win the day in online travel as brands go “upper funnel”
Ten years ago, we struggled to get the word “inspiration” mentioned at online travel conferences. Everyone was more interested in clicks, conversions and transactions.
I remember a debate we had at the WIT Conference over “Inspiration vs Transaction” and the dreamers among us voted with o [...]
The Wrap: What Singapore travellers want when flying
In the news: Expedia Sky Conduct Report, Carlson Rezido’s acquisition of India’s Country Inns & Suites, Sabre and AWS Cloud
What Singapore travellers want when flying
Comfort, sleep and staying hydrated during their journey are what Singapore flyers value, reveals findings from Ex [...]
London is world’s most connected city, HK leads in Asia
London is the most connected city in the world with direct flights to 351 global destinations, while Hong Kong takes the same ranking in Asia connecting to 147 cities.
These are findings from the inaugural Global Connectivity Ranking produced by multimodal search specialist, Rome2rio, and social [...]
Art in hotels, and the role it can play in the grey space
This was my third stay at The Gibson in Dublin. I like this hotel. It has the right touch of creativity without being too contrived. Its staff are friendly without trying to be too cool. Its rooms are contemporary in design but functional and comfortable.
Themed around music – it’s located ri [...]
Triplynr uses images to make planning simpler, social and more inspiring
Launched approximately six months ago, Singapore startup Triplynr is a website designed to simplify stages of travel planning through an image grid format.
“It’s like a Pinterest board for travel,” said co-founder Sean Yang, “it takes out the hassle of having to open 10-20 browser tabs ju [...]
WIT Indonesia startup winner takes plunge into dive marketplace
Congratulations to Deepdive Travel, the victors of WIT Indonesia’s Start-Up of the Year!
Deepdive presented the most compelling pitch to an admittedly intimidating judging panel of industry experts, including Kei Shibata (CEO Venture Republic), David Peller (Booking.com), Brett Henry (AngelVest [...]
Virtual Reality to help shape the future of luxury travel
Virtual Reality (VR) escapism and immersive brand experiences will play a key role in influencing the future of luxury travel, predicted Fortune 500 futurist Faith Popcorn.
Described as ‘The Trend Oracle’, Popcorn teamed up with InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, which celebrates 70 years [...]
The intent behind Air Black Box and how it got to power Value Alliance
The technology powering the just-announced Value Alliance, which sees eight low cost airlines partnering on a sales and distribution platform allowing customers to book on all of them, including ancillaries in a single booking, was developed by UK-based startup, Air Black Box.
ABB was set up by c [...]
