Best of TW Asia Global Wrap: Ascott aims for 10,000 apartment units in Europe by 2020
Featured stories from TravelWeekly Asia: Ascott in Europe, Holiday In Express’ rapid growth, Hello Kitty dim sum
Ascott aims for 10,000 apartment units in Europe by 2020
Ascott has announced its target of 10,000 apartment units in Europe by 2020 with the opening of Citadines Suites Arc de Tr [...]
It’ll get hard for anyone in the middle who isn’t Google, says Ryanair’s Jacobs
Ryanair’s chief marketing officer, Kenny Jacobs, who says he has the best marketing job in Europe, is on a mission of digital innovation at Europe's first and largest low fares airline which flew 18 million passengers last year.
Speaking at Phocuswright Europe, he said, “We caught up on [...]
In travel, mobile-ready “micro-moments” mean business
Increasingly impatient travel consumers in the middle of a "micro-moment" expect mobile friendly websites. If you don’t have one, you’ll lose business, says Bronwyn White, co-founder of MyTravelResearch.com, a market research and marketing firm specializing in the travel, tourism and aviation in [...]
It’s in-car WiFi over crash proof cars for rental customers
Driverless cars, in-car coffee machines, solar-powered, and amphibious motors are all very tempting for car rental customers, but for them the lure of staying connected comes first.
Despite attractive technological advances, safety and connectivity received the top billing from all nationalit [...]
WIT Warrior Spotlight: How it all started for Rosenstein and “watch out, big shakeout ahead”
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 second article in a series of interviews profiling our WIT Warriors.
Rob Rosenstein’s love affair with the web sta [...]
Singapore set to receive more PRC tourists with easing of visa regulations
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is optimistic the latest move by the country’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority in relaxing the visa regulations for nationals from the People’s Republic of China will give a fillip to the nation’s tourism industry.
The immigration authority will, [...]
Create complete travel itinerary with Expedia’s “Things to Do”
Expedia, one of the world’s largest online travel agencies, has launched “Things to Do” as part of its expanding portfolio of travel services.
This new product, with Expedia Asia leading the charge, aims to increase supply, accessibility for its customers and availability across all platfo [...]
Buying Abacus means the “Asianisation of Sabre”, says Webb
Just got off a Skype call with Greg Webb, president of Sabre Travel Network, and Robert Bailey, president and CEO of Abacus International, about an hour after the two consummated the deal in which Sabre will buy Abacus outright.
Both men sounded visibly excited and thrilled, jesting they’d [...]
The Wrap: Leadership change in MAS – commercial director resigns, new CIO appointed
In the news: MAS’ leadership change, new agreement between AirAsia's and Travelport, charitable project from ZUJI and MasterCard, Accor's gender equality programme
Leadership change in MAS - commercial director resigns, new CIO appointed
The shakeup in Malaysia Airlines (MAS) begins as [...]
Best of TW Asia Global Wrap: The name’s Bond. James Bond
We introduce a new weekly column - Best of TW Asia Global Wrap - a roundup of the top stories in our sister publication, TravelWeekly Asia. Featured: VisitBritain’s new tours, Millennials and travel agents, and Thailand’s tourism numbers
The name’s Bond. James Bond
VisitBritain will be [...]
