Online shopping a fad among Internet users in Asia Pacific
A love for the latest clothes and beauty products is driving internet users in six emerging eCommerce markets in Asia Pacific to seek their fashion fixes on overseas shopping websites, according to the 2010 Visa eCommerce Consumer Monitor.Most popular among shoppers in six emerging eCommerce markets [...]
Gong launches Impulse Flyer, membership flash sale site for luxury, boutique hotels
Steven Gong, formerly of Wego and Circos Brand Karma, has pre-launched his own startup, Impulse Flyer.Billed as an exclusive, luxury & boutique hotel-specific flash sale site for the Asia Pacific region, the site aims to help members in three easy steps – “exclusively notify, stunningly ins [...]
GuideGecko creates publishing app for travel writers
Good news for travel writers – GuideGecko, a publishing portal for travel guides, has launched its iPhone, Kindle and Web publishing platforms.Writers only have to compose their guides once on www.GuideGecko.com, and may write on any destination. Then GuideGecko will create the apps and eBooks a [...]
HED Flocations maps a new approach to flight booking
When Singapore Airlines relaunched its website in May, it unveiled a slick, Web 2.0-inspired user interface. Users almost immediately revolted against the new interface, its attendant bugs and various crashes, culminating in a public apology for the new website by the airlines' chief executive i [...]
Here comes Lady Branson in red
If you have always wanted to get up close and personal with the Richard Branson, then AirAsia is offering you the chance to do it on 1 May when he will don the distinctive red AirAsia female flight attendant uniform and serve passengers on an AirAsia X’s London-Kuala Lumpur flight.Branson has to d [...]
Here’s to finding your groove in the new year
So I was introduced to a store In Auckland called Real Groovy and I could have spent hours and hours in there but I couldn't so I didn't, but the time I did made me think this has to be the way retailers need to go to keep their customers coming back for the real thing.Real Groovy is not housed in s [...]
Hey Tweety Bird, look what I’ve got for you
So I just got back from Bangkok – why do all the best things happen to me in that lovely city?I was booked into the Centara Grand – my third visit to this hotel, same time every year for the same event, the Asia For Asia Summit, a one-day workshop on the meetings industry.Each time, I am asked t [...]
Hotels: Predictions & Reflections, Part 1
It was the year in which social media rose to the top of the agenda for hoteliers. What will it be in 2011? Part 1 of our hospitality experts' predictions and reflections.Patrick Andres, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Sabre Hospitality SolutionsQ: What are the three things you think will happen in th [...]
Hotels: Predictions & Reflections, Part 2
Google's ITA purchase, Apple's patent filing, Expedia and Mobiata - expect these three developments to shape the future for hospitality.Sascha Hausmann, CEO, eRevMax/RateTigerQ: What are the three things you think will happen in the hotel space in 2011?• Mobile will mature and become even more imp [...]
Hutchison-Priceline and Amadeus continue their partnership
Hutchison-Priceline Travel (Limited) has renewed its distribution and Web Services agreement with Amadeus. The agreement has been extended for a further five years following four previous years of successful partnership, based on Amadeus’ technology and service excellence. This long-term, str [...]
