The Millennial Traveller: The Tourism Games
Is too much information and too much choice creating a breed of over-anxious consumers, travellers who fear missing out on some stuff while doing others?
Going on your dream holiday is a little bit like being faced with your teenage crush. Everything your hyper emotional heart has ever desired i [...]
It’s local experiences over shopping for mainland Chinese travellers
Chinese travellers are less obsessed with shopping when they travel overseas and are now opting for local experiences, according to insights by GfK and ForwardKeys.
The report reveals Hong Kong as a shopping haven is losing its shine for the mainland visitors, as their numbers intending to visit [...]
Traveloka claims pole position as Indon market heats up
In the space of one year, it is clear that Traveloka has streaked ahead of its competitors, and that position is no doubt making its rivals nervous and uneasy.
Rumours abound as to what its burn rate is and how much it is spending a month on search and customer acquisition.
Observers point to [...]
Letter from Dublin: From misery to silicon
Walked out this morning towards the Liffey River with a spring in my step. It’s late spring in Dublin but frankly, it feels like winter to me. The hood I am in – Grand Canal Dock, nickname Silicon Docks – represents the new face of Dublin, the home for innovation and start-ups and the new Mast [...]
The sky’s the limit for Booking and Expedia as they ramp up in Asia
Last year, Oliver Hua who had just joined Booking.com from Ebay as managing director for APAC said travel was just at Day 1 of the Internet and ecommerce. And as far as he is concerned, it’s still at Day 1.
“There are so many opportunities still for Booking,” he said at WIT Indonesia. W [...]
The day the earth shook in Nepal: A traveller’s account of what happened and how he got out
This is a first hand account by Chris Sweeting, who was touring Kathmandu when the earthquake happened. Sweeting, who worked as publisher for several travel trade titles including TTG Asia and TravelAsia, is a frequent visitor to Nepal, having written a book of his travels there.
Saturday April [...]
More Singapore travellers booking vacations on the go, says Hotels.com
With the proliferation of mobile many travellers are booking holidays on the go, and holidaymakers in Singapore are among them, increasingly using their smart devices to plan their vacations according to Hotels.com Hotel Price Index. (infographic below).
The report revealed that mobile bookin [...]
Loyalty: Breaking the Customer Code
Steve Hui, CEO of iFLYflat, a company that manages frequent flyer points for businesses, believes that travel companies need to actively help customers earn their rewards to earn their true loyalty. He shared why in this presentation at WIT Middle East.
Everyone has a loyalty programme these [...]
The Wrap: Journeyful takes hotel booking mobile with new app
In the news: This week we introduce new products from three hospitallity players - Journeyful’s mobile app, Travelport’s business intelligence product for travel agencies, TripAdvisor’s Review Express’s extension
Journeyful takes hotel booking mobile with new app
Singapore based tr [...]
Online travel in Indonesia fires up, tourism marketing goes digital
Hiding away in my private villa in Bali after our WIT Indonesia conference, I couldn’t help but reflect on how much travel has changed. Everyone who had flown in to Bali for the event was secreted away for the weekend in their own villas of choice, whether booked directly, OTAs or through private [...]
