Spreading the love of learning beyond WIT to Myanmar
I am exhausted but elated. Two days of Web In Travel are over and this morning, we continue with WIT Ideas Lab at ITB Asia.The last two days have seen personalities shine and points of views emerge – this is the intent behind WIT. Our programming is crafted to allow people to shine and points o [...]
The Wrap: Tune Hotels targets Chinese travellers in first foreign deal with Plateno
In the news this week: It’s all about partnership this week as Tune Hotels collaborates with China’s Plateno, Ryanair partners with Amadeus, Travelport renews agreement with BCD Travel, and AirAsia BIG teams up with Hilton Hhonors. Tune Hotels targets Chinese travellers in first foreign deal wit [...]
FastBooking hotels more visible to travel agents with Travelport’s hotel tool
The partnership between Travelport and FastBooking sees the latter’s hotels displayed and bookable via the latter’s newly-launched Travelport Rooms and More™.The tool also boosts the visibility of FastBooking client hotels among the 65,000 connected travel agency customers in the worldwide [...]
Part 2: Google’s Yilmaz on search vs social, and what’s next
Continued from last week: What did Google’s new Head of Travel for South-east Asia, Ali Yilmaz, discover when he set out to answer the question; “If I am a small hotel and had money for only one thing – website or Facebook – what should I do?”He found two pieces of research. A Goldman Sac [...]
Postcards pushed off the edge, social networks take over
Social networks are not only influencing the way that people obtain information and make their bookings in advance of a journey, but also provide an important channel for communications during the trip. Facebook and other social media are used during their trips by 37 per cent of international trave [...]
Power shift in conferences & exhibitions as social media takes hold
It was an interesting experience speaking about social media to an audience of conference and mostly exhibition organisers in Bangkok last week. (UFI is the global association of the exhibitions industry.)This is one industry segment that, to me, is heaven-made for social media. After all, what are [...]
RateTiger adds GDS shopping
eRevMax, the holding company for RateTiger, has made available GDS Shopping in RateTiger's Shopper module. This development allows RTSuite and RTCorp clients to obtain Business Intelligence (BI) reports with competitor rates from the Global Distribution Systems (GDS).Through this integration with Re [...]
Rembrandt launches mobile travel guide for Bangkok
Thailand-based Rembrandt Hotel & Towers Bangkok has launched the mobile Bangkok Travel Guide for Android powered devices, the first such app for the hotel, as well as for Thailand.The app was developed in cooperation with Singapore-based mobile application developer, EuroAsia Communications Pt [...]
Revolution from WHAIWHAI – playing the storyline through the city
So much so-called innovation is, as I have mentioned before, an evolution of a product or service rather than revolution.This new product from WHAIWHAI caught my eye and, I think, provides a good example of where some small revolution has occurred rather than mere evolution. I’ve not been able [...]
Rugby World Cup gives New Zealand a visitor boost
International travel to New Zealand is expected to increase significantly during the Rugby World Cup, according to analysis by Forward Keys, the business intelligence tool launched by Forward Data in partnership with Amadeus.The forecast for the event, which runs from September 9 to October 23, is [...]
