The Wrap: Strong appetite for travel among Southeast Asian globetrotters
In the news: MasterCard survey on Southeast Asian travellers, Wego’s insight on attracting Chinese tourists, fifth London property for Tune Hotels, sales promise from WorldhotelsStrong appetite for travel among Southeast Asian globetrotters A recent MasterCard study reveals 80% of South East Asian [...]
Letter from Auckland: Looking good, old gal, and the future’s looking good too
Compared with Singapore, which turns 50 this year, Auckland’s an old gal at 175 but she sure looks good.Perhaps I saw her in the best light. It was a perfect summer’s weekend for Auckland’s 175th anniversary celebrations (Jan 23-25) – cloudless blue sky meets shimmering blue sea – and the [...]
Leaving home, but never really leaving it: The invisible web
It’s amazing how much has changed in the last five years and perhaps it’s because we live it everyday that we don’t notice how it’s crept up on us, so as to be almost a part of us.I am talking about technology, especially that part that moves with us, and why I believe (no brainer, really) t [...]
Millennial Traveller: Light at the end of the tunnel
The standard of public transport in a country like Singapore is frankly superb. I can get from one side of the island to the other in under an hour on the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit), costing me a couple of dollars at the most. The bus routes make for a more leisurely journey, but so long as I have got [...]
Indonesia Online Travel: Arrived With a Bang, Brace for the Boom
A newly-released study by Phocuswright, three months before the third WIT Indonesia is set to kick off in Bali on April 30, sheds new light on a market that has captured the world’s attention as the next big land of opportunity.Its population of 250 million and consistent annual gross domestic pro [...]
AirAsia removes fuel surcharge across the group
When global oil prices started declining many airlines were asked if they would reduce or remove the fuel surcharges, and consequently the prices of air tickets. Almost all replied in the negative at that time. However, now a number of airlines have done so.Virgin Australia incorporated fuel cost [...]
Expedia purchases Travelocity for US$280 million in cash
Expedia Inc. has purchased online travel agency Travelocity from technology company, Sabre, for US$280 million in cash.Expedia and Sabre announced in a joint statement that the acquisition follows a 2013 marketing agreement between Expedia, Inc. and Travelocity under which Expedia powered the techno [...]
Calling start-ups from North Asia as WIT rolls out its fourth edition in Tokyo
This year’s WIT Japan & North Asia Start-Up Pitch is open to any entrepreneur looking to leverage on and disrupt the largest and fastest growing travel market in Asia.Said Yeoh Siew Hoon, founder and editor of WIT, “China’s outbound travel is at inflexion point, Taiwan was the fastest grow [...]
The Wrap: LagiSatu goes mobile with new app for booking hotels on the go
In the news: New mobile app for LagiSatu, TripAdvisor’s content integrated with CNN, Dorsett's online presence enhanced with Lenardo Technology LagiSatu goes mobile with new app for booking hotels on the goKuala Lumpur-based hotel metasearch website LagiSatu.com, which will mark its second birthda [...]
Innovation meets the future at Phocuswright@ITB
Global travel market research company, Phocuswright, will host Phocuswright@ITB themed "Disruption’s Curve” on 4 March in conjunction with ITB Berlin. The event will feature discussions on how new business models are changing tourism, as well as latest studies on the prospects for future investm [...]
