When a venue becomes a true partner, your event cannot help but fly – thank you, Nikko
For the last four years, we’ve held our WIT Japan at the Hotel Nikko in Odaiba and over the years, I’ve come to regard it as home. That Rainbow Bridge right outside my hotel window inspired the theme for our inaugural event in 2012 – “Building Bridges”. The staff know us. They know our eve [...]
Airlines look to the Internet of Things to revolutionise passenger experience
A major revolution in the passenger experience is set to emerge over the next three years as airlines invest in the Internet of Things (IoT).According to the SITA 2015 Airline IT Trends Survey carried out among the world’s top 200 airlines, the vast majority of airlines (86%) expect that the IoT w [...]
The crazy world of start-ups – from freelancers to tour guides, smart dog collars and avatar animation
In today’s world of disruption, everybody can do and be anything we want to be. We can be taxi drivers (Uber), hoteliers (Airbnb), bloggers (Wordpress), celebrities (social networks), headhunters (LinkedIn and lately, social recruiting sites like Wantedly from Japan) and, with Freelancer, the glob [...]
Cheaper holidays for APAC travellers, says report
The drop in air ticket prices for Asia Pacific (APAC) by 7%, and savings in packages from travellers's favourite cities worldwide spell cheaper holidays for travellers from the region.These are the findings of a global report, Travel Check-Up: Air Travel Trends 2015. A mid-year review on air travel [...]
Smell the real coffee at Balestier, join us for Heritage Race July 4
In the age of Starbucks, Costa Coffees and Coffee Beans, where coffee has been commoditised and globalised, it is nice to find an establishment like Lam Yeo Coffee Powder still holding its own in Singapore.Lam Yeo, housed in an old shophouse in Balestier Road, sells its own roasts of coffee beans fr [...]
The Wrap: Wellness tourism on the rise in Asia
In the news: Wellness tourism in Asia, beacons at Hong Kong airport, paperless flight operations for AirAsia Wellness tourism on the rise in Asia Is anyone surprised that Bali tops the list of the top 15 destinations with hotels that are perfect destinations for wellness tourism? Guess the answer is [...]
AccorHotels is a “why not” moment as it throws down the gauntlet in battle for “Iron Throne”
In the finale of Season 5, Game of Thrones, everyone dies. There, no spoiler alert. We know that’s what happens in this TV series which Agoda’s Timothy Hughes compared to online travel at the recent WIT Japan & North Asia.Well, the battle is about to get more brutal.Accor’s announcement th [...]
Tourism marketers need to better understand Gen Z consumers
Travel and tourism entities need to adapt to the expectations of Gen Z, defined as consumers in their teens, because it is unlike previous generations, said Carolyn Childs, co-founder of market research and marketing firm, MyTravelResearch.com.Gen Z members, born after 1995, are 100% digital nati [...]
WIT Warrior Spotlight: Fritz Demopoulos – be focused, stay humble and bust stereotypes
At the WIT Conference last year in Singapore, we recognised 11 individuals whom we felt have had the most influence on the development of online travel in Asia Pacific. This is the fourth article in a series of interviews profiling the WIT Warriors. Fritz Demopoulos was one of three co-founders of Q [...]
Best of TW Asia Global Wrap: Malaysia looks to smaller Chinese cities for tourists
Featured stories from TravelWeekly Asia: Malaysia’s strategy to boost Chinese arrivals, MERS’ effects on Korea’s tourism industry, Forrester's new research on millennialsMalaysia looks to smaller Chinese cities for touristsMalaysia is targeting second-tier cities in China like Nanjing and Fuzh [...]
