The Millennial Traveller: Get off my cloud – Are Apple and the FBI our generation’s David and Goliath?
The ‘FBI versus Apple Inc.’ case – wherein US Federal authorities have demanded that Apple create a ‘backdoor’ to unlock a phone tied to the San Bernardino shooting last December – is like something out of a freshman Intro to Philosophy textbook.
It poses as probably the most apt mor [...]
Amazon voice service Alexa now finds you flights through Skyscanner
Global travel search engine Skyscanner has created a skill for Alexa, the cloud-based voice service behind Amazon Echo, where it is now possible to search for flights using a simple voice conversation.Skyscanner is the first travel search engine to partner with Amazon to integrate the Skyscanner fli [...]
The Wrap: Tokyo’s most expensive city in APAC for hotel stay – HRS Price Radar
In the news: HRS annual APAC Hotel Price Radar, Amadeus Family Fares offering from Travix, Sabre’s revenue solution for Bangkok Airways, Wego’s payment guide in the Middle EastTokyo's most expensive city in APAC for hotel stay: HRS Price Radar Last year saw Tokyo in Japan commanding the highest [...]
The evolution of revenue management and why it matters more than ever
No doubt every hotel in the business is constantly looking for ways to yield more revenue from its rooms. Back in the day when selling a hotel room was only through one or maybe two channels, pricing a room was far less complicated. Then new channels of sales and distribution came along, smart techn [...]
Don’t be a sitting duck, join us in a deep dive into hospitality
In between evening walks, painting and writing, I’ve been preparing the content for our first WIT Hospitality conference in Hong Kong on March 22.It’s our first hospitality-focused event and we really want to do a deep dive into the issues that are holding back hoteliers from fully embracing dig [...]
First Uber like service, Oway Ride, launches in Myanmar
Oway, the fastest growing travel company in Myanmar, has launched car on-demand service Oway Ride in Yangon.With the slogan “Your personal driver awaits” users can order the car service in Yangon “within seconds” via the Oway Ride app.The free, user-friendly mobile app is available in Englis [...]
Focus and personal touch rule at Villa Finder
Almost exactly three years since WIT first featured villa-bali.com, I met with David Chambat, managing director and founder, to find out how his business has evolved. For a start, the villa bookings site has expanded its footprint to cover Phuket, Ko Samui and Sri Lanka. Mauritius, I learnt, is on t [...]
The Wrap: From digging fossils to train rides – what children want on their holidays
In the news: InterContinental’s new traveller app for children, biggest ibis hotel for GCC, Wing On Travel’s extended partnership with SabreFrom digging fossils to train rides – what children want on their holidays Standing in two countries at the same time, walking over an inactive volcano, c [...]
VR is going to need a woman’s touch to make it real in travel
There’s a by-now famous photo that’s been making the rounds in the digital world – it shows Mark Zuckerberg striding very confidently down an aisle in a room full of people wearing Virtual Reality headsets.What struck me in the photo was not that Zuckerberg looked inordinately pleased with him [...]
HotelQuickly enters Japan with purchase of Tonight
Last-minute hotel booking app, HotelQuickly, has acquired Japan’s domestic booking app, Tonight, paving its entry into the “Land of the Rising Sun”.With this acquisition, HotelQuickly adds its 16th country and another 400 hotels to its roster.HotelQuickly said the addition of Japan to the app� [...]
