Shangri-La grows Facebook fans with birthday treat
It’s good to see a brand like Shangri-La engage with Facebook – for its 40th anniversary this year, it is inviting all its Facebook friends and fans to have a free meal on their birthday at any of the hotels’ operated restaurants in any city throughout the year.That gives customers a choice of [...]
Business events bring benefits beyond tourism
The Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau (MCVB) commissioned the longitudinal study, “The Holistic Value of Business Events”, to the Centre for Tourism and Service Research at Victoria University in February 2009.Conducted by Professor Leo Jago and his team it identified and quantified the a [...]
Luxury in the bush where it’s just you and the view
Forget bathrooms with views or even hotel windows with great vistas. With Wild Bush Luxury, Australia, you can literally sleep in a room with a view where the entire room is transparent and the view is, well, everywhere you look.This is what you get when you stay at Bamurru Plains, on the edge of [...]
Making the TV sexy again in hotel rooms
I don’t know about you but I find that just as I am watching less television at home, I too am watching less TV in hotel rooms.With so much screen time being spent in front of so many other devices, the old goggle box has become rather neglected. You can catch up on the news anytime, anywhere on [...]
Marina Bay Sands – Singapore’s coming out party
I've been to Marina Bay Sands (MBS) in Singapore a lot over the past few days - much to the annoyance I would imagine to those who have to suffer my Foursquare checkins. Incidentally, when is Foursquare going to grow up? What's next with Foursquare? More on that another time perhaps.I feel I've [...]
Melbourne’s rocking, ProjectWander’s Robertson joins WIT*e
I couldn't have asked for finer, sunnier weather to be in Melbourne. Plus, things are looking good for the capital of Victoria. From my first day here, I have learnt that tourism’s up, hotel occupancies are healthy, RevPAR is on the rise and there is no more low or high season for city hotels.Th [...]
Mentoring event heads to Bangkok, hear from top travel start-ups and global brands
Want to be a start-up in the online travel space? Or find a job with a global travel brand? Then join our WITNext event in Bangkok on September 28.Yes, our inspiration and mentoring event is heading to Bangkok, the second time we are holding in the Thai capital.The first one, held last year, was wel [...]
Mobile & self-service way to go for airlines in 2011
A big focus for airlines in 2011 will be on mobile and self-service solutions – such as mobile booking, check-in, itinerary changes as well as enhanced online services via their websites that can streamline process to increase the operations efficiency and profitability.John Chapman, Vice Presiden [...]
Mobile Maharajas: New Breed of Indian Internet Users Ready to Touch and Travel
India is on the brink of change. As the nation of more than a billion people gains access to 3G services in the coming months, hundreds of millions will access the Internet for the first time.Even more exciting and interesting is that these people will be entering the digital era through mobile han [...]
Monopoly, disruption and game changers at the centre of the universe
I landed in Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou past midnight this morning and felt like I arrived in the middle of an industry cocktail party.At immigration, I met a group of travel agents from Singapore on a Singapore Airlines fam tour. Airline objective: To promote their new late flight to th [...]
