Value Alliance, a breakthrough in low cost airline distribution
When you think about it, the first pan-Asian low cost airline alliance, Value Alliance, launched today in Singapore is a pretty big deal in the annals of airline distribution.
One, it’s a world first and shows Asian LCCs ahead of in their innovative thinking and two, it is primarily a technolog [...]
Serial entrepreneur at the age of 22: Here’s how this young man built a profitable startup after being chucked out of his flat
Ritesh Agarwal is a role model for aspiring entrepreneurs. He has achieved everything in life that an ordinary young man could not do at this age. He is India’s first graduate of the Thiel Fellowship, a programme started by PayPal Founder Peter Thiel. He is also author of a best-selling book The E [...]
Meet China’s new wave of travellers – young, free, independent, affluent, sophisticated
A new breed of Chinese travellers is emerging in China, dubbed free independent travellers (FITs), who increasingly shuns escorted travel in favour of spontaneous exploration.
Travel site TripAdvisor shared findings from a Phocuswright study, which provide insights into the behaviour, spendin [...]
Responses to Google’s travel plans – “bad news”, “they can go wrong” and “transformational”
A sampling of responses to Google’s talk yesterday at Phocuswright Dublin.
Rod Cuthbert, CEO, Rome2rio
“Google's relentless push to replace existing travel intermediaries with their own solutions is bad news for the whole travel industry. Their key products -- Flights, Hotels, Transit [...]
Google’s quest to become our personal travel assistant – to be loved or feared?
You could almost feel the air being sucked out of the room as Oliver Heckmann of Google closed off Day 1 of Phocuswright Dublin with a talk on everything the world’s largest search engine was doing in travel. I sensed everyone was grappling with the massive implications everyone of its products wo [...]
Rome2rio launches instant bookings for train journeys
Rome2rio, the Australia-based multi-modal search specialist, has made available on-site bookings for train journeys in the UK.
Launched in partnership with SilverRail Technologies the new feature allows Rome2rio users to search its site for available transportations between any UK locations. They [...]
10 key learning points from WIT Indonesia (Part Two)
The fourth annual WIT Indonesia conference took place against the backdrop of turquoise skies and deep blue ocean at Grand Nikko Bali on April 28, 2016.
Part Two takes an in-depth look at where the industry is headed and what it will take for businesses to get where they want to be. While the tra [...]
10 key learning points from WIT Indonesia (Part One)
The fourth annual WIT Indonesia conference took place against the backdrop of turquoise skies and deep blue ocean at Grand Nikko Bali on April 28, 2016.
Key industry players geared up to "Reboot" and tackle the big issues like how to surf the wave of technology that pervades the industry (without [...]
Travel suppliers could do more to embrace mobile payments
Mobile travel bookings are on the rise and are predicted to increase by 22% in 2016, according to a report from Euromonitor (November 2015).
According to the 2016 Adyen Mobile Payments Index (MPI), 32% of global online transactions on Adyen’s payments platform were conducted via mobile in Q1 20 [...]
The Wrap: Sabre partners with Indian university to incubate its next QA Centre of Excellence
In the news: A Sabre sponsored CoE in Delhi, FASTBOOKING in Japan, Etihad Airways’ new mobile app, top destinations for UAE and Saudi Arabia family travel,
Sabre partners with Indian university incubate to its next QA Centre of Excellence
Sabre has tied up with Indira Gandhi Delhi Tech [...]
