Best of TW Asia Global Wrap: Muslims like shopping in Asia/Pacific
Featured stories from TravelWeekly Asia: Insight into Muslim consumers’ shopping habits, KrisFlyer miles on Scoot and Tigerair, meeting to tackle regional hazeMuslims like shopping in Asia/PacificAsia/Pacific cities are the world’s top shopping destinations for Muslim tourists, results in the Ma [...]
Letter from the Mekong: A more-than-virtual-reality adventure
So there we were, sitting back in the longtail boat, enjoying the cool breeze in our hair and preparing to enjoy the cruise on the Mekong.The camera equipment which would shoot the Virtual Reality footage had been set up – six GoPros mounted on a rig which Morris Sim (CEO of Brand Karma) had tied [...]
Building the ‘Amadeus Empire’: Expect intensity in M&A activity and investments
With its vision of becoming the focal point in the travel eco-system, expect Amadeus to continue with its intense pace of Mergers & Acquisitions activity as well as drive innovation within the group by investing in start-ups through its Amadeus Venture Fund.Visiting Bangkok last week, Alex Luzar [...]
WIT Start-Up Pitch: GoWonder – A safe route for women travellers
Isadora Sun is a millennial with a dream. She believes in a world where woman can travel the world freely, and has always believed in following her wanderlust. After graduating from Edinburgh university, she spent 14 months backpacking across Central Asia, South East Asia and North America. This jou [...]
The truth about hotel rate parity
Many travellers do not really understand the roles of online travel agents (OTAs), travel search sites and suppliers, says travel search site Wego. Many are also confused as to who has, and how to find the best value hotel rates online. Craig Hewett, Wego co-founder, explains what hotel rate parity [...]
Letter from Kuching: Excuse me, do you want my hot spot?
I’ve just returned from Kuching where we ran a Digital Marketing Bootcamp for the travel trade. The objective was to basically arm industry players with information and knowledge of how to make their business, and their destination, easily discoverable in the digital world.If you’ve been to Kuch [...]
The Wrap: Marriott welcomes Chinese travellers with Alipay
In the news: Alipay in Marriott hotels, GfK Travelscan for Vietnam's travel agents, Japanese ardent F1 fans.
Marriott welcomes Chinese travellers with Alipay
Chinese travellers staying in Marriott hotels and resorts can settle their bills with Alipay, a third-party online payment platform with [...]
Best of TW Asia Global Wrap: Indonesia haze blows beyond own borders, emergency declared
Featured stories from TravelWeekly Asia: Worsening haze in Asean region, cash incentives for booking Tasmania cruises, new air terminal in TaiwanIndonesia haze blows beyond own borders, emergency declaredWhile Indonesia has declared a haze emergency in Sumatra's Riau province, the smoke has already [...]
Airline ancillary revenue soars 21% in 2014
Airlines are seeing healthy revenue from ancillary activities, going up nearly 21% in 2014 to US$38.1 billion from the previous year.The data is revealed in the 2015 CarTrawler Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue by IdeaWorksCompany that compiled disclosures from 63 airlines worldwide, out of researched f [...]
AccorHotels sees jump in direct bookings thanks to Chinese website
One year after revamping its accorhotels.cn Chinese-language website, and proving the power of the Chinese market, AccorHotels has seen a 53% increase in direct bookings revenue across its Asia Pacific network and an increase of 93% for China hotels year on year between July 2014 through June 2015.* [...]
