WITNext launched, portal being created to inspire young minds
If you followed our Cover It Live last night at WIT*e, you’ll know that we launched our new project, WITNext, at the event.WITNext – Inspiring Young Minds replaces WIT*e – Inspiration & Mentoring which was launched two years ago as an evening event to provide mentorship to students and y [...]
Rupert and me: We got stoned together
More years ago than I care to remember, I was working as a journalist on The Sun newspaper in London when our new owner appeared, sleeves rolled up, and happy to get his hands dirty.This was the time when newspapers were still being put together with hot metal type, and the place where the printers [...]
News briefs: Mobile traffic on Air France, quicker answers from KLM …
Mobile traffic soars for Air FranceIn one year, the number of people using Air France websites and mobile applications has increased 15 times, with close to 1.2 million visitors every month, reports the French carrier.Available in French, English, Spanish, Italian, German and Brazilian Portuguese, t [...]
A call to WITNext: Don’t make the mistakes I made
Like many students graduating from high school I was unsure what I wanted to do. I thought that working in the travel industry would be great and that the languages I had studied in high school would come in handy.Mistake #1 – believing what I heard that if I studied tourism I would end up cleanin [...]
Google Places, Facebook, Groupon – game has changed completely
Having a drink with Trust International’s CEO Richard Wiegmann at the Fullerton Bay Hotel and he spots a wine called Pegasus Bay. “We are not having that,” he laughs.So what would go into a Trust cocktail then, I asked. “Trust (of course), innovation, conversion, productivity, quality, usab [...]
WITNext: To all startups, first impressions count, get your story right
What do investors look out for in start-ups seeking funding?In the second discussion on Startup Skills at Echelon 2011, investors – (2nd from left) Tuff Yen of Seraph Group (USA), James Chan of Neoteny Labs (Singapore), Willson Cuaca of East Ventures (Indonesia) and William Kilppgen of Tigr [...]
World’s strangest hotel jobs
Yes, these strange hotel jobs do exist. Global hotel booking website, Hotels.com, found some hotels that employ staff to carry out rather unusual tasks.Job: The Bed WarmerHotel: Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, 4*Destination: London, UKLast year the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum in London offered it [...]
Wotif posts record profit of $53 million
Wotif.com Holdings continued its successful streak, setting another record year in profits. It posted a A$53 million full year after tax profit for FY2010, up $9.5 million over last year’s record result.The 22% uplift in profits was driven off the back of sales of 7.12 million room nights across t [...]
Travel websites in Australia see 30% growth in 2010
Australia’s Internet user population may be dwarfed by that of regional neighbors China, Japan and India, but the continent is nonetheless one of Asia Pacific's most mature and dynamic online travel markets.A new report from travel industry research authority PhoCusWright, created in partnership w [...]
TravelDaily to stage China Business Travel Summit
TravelDaily will partner with China Air Service Co. to host the 2011 China Business Travel Summit in Beijing on July 14, 2011.According to the "2010 China Business Travel Survey Report" released by American Express Business Travel, the Chinese mainland’s business travel spending grew by 17% in 20 [...]
