Low cost airline horror stories, anyone?
I wish I had a good low cost airline horror story to tell – I know, it’s a strange thing to wish for and the reason will become evident at the end – but really, flying budget in Asia is pretty civilized compared to the experiences I’ve had in Europe.The worst experience and thus the best sto [...]
AirAsia sets Mind Blowing record, thanks New Skles
AirAsia says it set another world record by selling more than 500,000 seats in 24 hours yesterday and attributes the feat to its newly-installed New Skies booking platform.The airline said it sold 538,000 seats on August 10, the first day of its Mind Blowing Fare campaign, which offers a RM1* airfar [...]
Stone, wheels & the future – WIT*e to wrap up with a bang
At 68 years old, you could say Ray Stone (left) has seen it all. Now he will tell it all in a special session at WIT*e – Inspiration & Mentoring when the veteran hotelier takes to the stage to share his story on September 2.Stone, who announced he would be stepping down from fulltime corporate [...]
Kimchi boom for AirAsia X
AirAsia X, the long haul, low fare affiliate of AirAsia, says it set a new sales record with its newly-launched flights to Seoul recently.Offering all-in fares from as low as KRW 60,000 (from Seoul) and RM 99 (from Kuala Lumpur) for bookings from August 4-8, 2010, the airline portal saw over 80,000 [...]
Wassup? STB gets onboard Microsoft’s Nimbus cloud
The Singapore Tourism Board is among the first organizations in Singapore to contribute information on Microsoft’s data-sharing platform, Project Nimbus, and has developed two new smartphone applications as a result of the collaboration.STB will publish comprehensive listings of data, including ho [...]
TripIt to stay focused on product, expansion can wait
Creators of the popular itinerary management and sharing service Tripit will stay focused on improving its offerings for the business travel market and will hold off expansion plans until it is ready.Nevertheless president Gregg Brockway says that he’s interested in learning about the Chinese trav [...]
Look Grandma, my phone is off for you
A friend of mine, living in Singapore, is giving his 80-year-old grandmother the iPad as a birthday present. “I can’t believe it, my grandma is getting hers before me but I think it will be so good for her. It’s big, easy to use and easy to read and see,” he said.Last week, he received his f [...]
Singapore’s “Motorcycle Diaries” vrooms into WIT*e
Singapore’s very own version of “Motorcycle Diaries” will come to life at the next WIT*e – Inspiration & Mentoring as Goh Mia Chun, who went on a round-the-world trip by motorcycle with his wife, Samantha Pan, shares his story at the event on September 2.Mia Chun, who recently returned f [...]
WIT Speakers Corner: We need more competition in search, says Varley
The recent partnership between Yahoo Japan and Google, which will see the former adopt the juggernaut’s search engine, only exacerbates advertisers’ and users’ concerns that “there isn’t a significant competitor to Google in most global markets”.Said Matthew Varley, executive general man [...]
Pay-what-you-want Ibis fetches record price
In a sign of the times and an indication of how strongly the hotel market has recovered in Asia Pacific, the largest single hotel asset transaction in terms of dollars took place yesterday.The Ibis Singapore on Bencoolen, a WIT partner hotel in 2009 and 2010, was sold in a transaction that exceeded [...]
