Air Asia exceeds expectations with Q3 results
On Nov 25, we listened into AirAsia's press conference where they released their latest group wise figures and as expected, the results were all-around impressive. The 3rd quarter results were the best ever, as were the first 9 months of 2010, greatly exceeding expectations. The group wise reve [...]
Air New Zealand introduces Sabre Branded Fares
Air New Zealand and Sabre Travel Network have introduced Sabre Branded Fares to Sabre Connected travel agents who can now shop and book the airline’s branded fares.This enables the airline to market its products consistently with its own website, while ensuring Sabre Connected customers have effic [...]
TravelClick acquires channel management provider, EZYield
TravelClick’s recent acquisition of EZYield enables it to improve hotels’ ability to grow its distribution reach and manage reservations electronically.EZYield’s integrated solutions suite allows hotels to send and update availability, rates and inventory on more than 650 travel websites vi [...]
TravelDaily to host 2011 China Travel Distribution Summit
TravelDaily will partner with PhoCusWright to host the 2011 China Travel Distribution Summit in Guangzhou from Sept 21 to 22, 2011.The China Travel Distribution Summit 2011 will bring together some of the world’s and China's most influential travel industry leaders and executives to discuss cor [...]
TravelTainment shows off its iPad app
Bringing existing search and booking to the Apple iPad has seemingly opened up a world of opportunity to simply improve the user experience.In fact, if the search and booking experience was better, travel websites would perhaps have better conversion rates. That's the wider argument.So the iPad is t [...]
Travelzoo Local Deals launched in Australia, Banyan Tree Bangkok first to trial
Travelzoo Australia has launched Local DealsTM, offering deals to its subscribers in Australia, and one of the first hotels to offer a deal was Banyan Tree Bangkok (left).The deal, offered on March 30 through Travelzoo Asia Pacific, offered a 3-night luxury stay at the Banyan Tree Bangkok for $354. [...]
Up In The Air: What’s Ahead & What’s Been
Which airlines are the ones to watch and what must you keep your eye on as the new year unfolds? Insights from three airline watchers.Peter Harbison, Executive Chairman, Centre for Asia Pacific AviationQ: What are the three things you think will happen in the airline space in 2011?• A return of (t [...]
Utility or hospitality: What do you vote for?
After two scorching hot days in Melbourne, I woke up this morning to clouds and rain. Tomorrow it’ll probably snow – it wouldn’t surprise me. Melbourne’s a city that constantly surprises with its weather.Despite the cloudy, gloomy outlook, I feel rather cheerful like a robin in spring.Pictur [...]
Video debate continues: Get brainy and look to movies for inspiration
Morris Sim, CEO of Circos Brand Karma, who was on the Glee team of the WIT Cross-fire, believes that when it comes to videos, we should take cues from the movie industry.There's an exciting new field that's opened up called neurocinematics with groundbreaking work done out of Princeton and Cornell t [...]
Video debate continues: New grammar or ‘load of c…’?
The Cross-fire continues post-WIT. On Day One of the conference, PhoCusWright’s Ram Badrinathan (right) proclaimed video to be the new grammar of the web and said that literacy would be redefined.A few days later at the WIT Ideas Lab, Brett Henry of Abacus International pronounced this notion of � [...]
