Do I have your attention? I do? – OK, grab a sofa then – Listening to the chatter in China and optimizing Social Business.
Yesterday, in Singapore, I attended the last of 4 legs of the Dachis Group’sSocial Business Summit tour.The event was described as a day, focusing on Social Business with a community of practitioners, thought leaders and industry experts. It lived up to that billing and more.The day was kicked [...]
Do it for Me and Make it Look Beautiful
This morning I was reading a recent Forrester Report – ‘Marketing Technology Adoption 2011’They surveyed 137 ‘Customer Intelligence’ professionals with a view to understanding their priorities, plans and budgets.Previously identified issues and challenges continue to frustrate those surv [...]
Dump the GPS, feel your way through Napa Valley
Don't ever listen to your GPS. Everyone told us that when driving from San Francisco Airport to Napa Valley you have to take the Golden Gate Bridge route, thus following HWY 101. And yet the GPS insisted that we take the Bay Bridge which yes, is shorter but less scenic.By the time we realized where [...]
Egypt focuses on Asia & joins ITB Asia as partner country; show goes mobile
Egypt has made known its intention to target the Asian market with the announcement that it will be official partner country for ITB Asia 2010.This means that Egypt, led by its First Assistant Minister, Ministry of Tourism, Mr Hisham Zaazou, will join the ITB Asia opening press conference and will [...]
Europe’s travel industry on road to recovery
It’s looking bright for Europe’s travel industry, which reports stable business in 2010 with gradual recovery expected in 2011. Germany is one of the beneficiaries from the expected rise in European tourism.Europe’s tourism sector saw a slight upturn in 2010, and will see a slow recovery from [...]
Travelzoo Lv You Zu launched in China
Travelzoo Asia Pacific has launched a new Chinese brand identity as part of its move to accelerate growth plans in China."Travelzoo has clearly emerged as a publisher of high quality travel deals in China," said Jason Yap, CEO, Travelzoo Asia Pacific. "The Chinese identity reinforces our global pos [...]
Failure hurts but you learn, and you focus
The first time Morten Lund went bankrupt was when he was 21 years old. He remembers cycling home from the bank. “I was so ashamed and could look no one in the eye.”That however did not stop the serial entrepreneur from taking more risks. Saying that at least seven out of 10 start-ups fail and th [...]
Finally, even you can create a travel app with ease!
Everyone these days is talking about apps! Of course, I have several downloaded on my iphone, each performing a different specialized task. But what if I had a stream of content that I wanted to share, and wanted to relay the info in an app format? How does one do that?That's where I get stuck [...]
Firefly flies high with new aircraft order
Armed with an order of 30 new aircraft, Firefly, Malaysia’s only community airline, is flying high.The wholly-owned airline of Malaysia Airlines is expanding its reach domestically, going up against AirAsia, and will start flights to ASEAN countries from the KL International Airport in Sepang fr [...]
Firefly going hot and spicy to win passengers’ hearts
The way to every Malaysian's heart is through food and no one knows this better than Firefly which has introduced a new menu of hot and spicy dishes to endear them to their customers and is also in keeping with its “community airline” positioning.Left: Firefly's B737-800 aircraftWhich brings m [...]
