The Wrap: Habits of Malaysian online shoppers unveiled
In the news this week: Habits of Malaysian online shoppers, international tourists up for H1 2014, specialist training for Etihad Airways' trainee butlers Habits of Malaysian online shoppers unveiledMost Malaysians are shopaholics, and shopping is a national pastime for them. In fact, the country ha [...]
The dragon’s being held back while rats and elephants fight for turf
As China’s travel market continues to grow, with an 11% uptick in the number of travelers last year, adoption of online booking is picking up as well. While only 10% of 2009 trips were booked online, that proportion should double by 2011, forecasts China-based Internet research firm iResearch.How [...]
The End of Colonial Commerce – Time For A New Guard
“Hello World!”
As we enter a new phase of the world order, we can see that the traditional first and second Worlds are entering a period of stagnation perhaps even decline.
Just as the New World eclipsed the Old World so too is Asia rising to take on the role of the world’s leading e [...]
The making of MakeMyTrip, and what will drive future growth
Looking at India’s largest online travel agent, MakeMyTrip.com, from the perspective of the Chinese market, it is most easily described as “India’s Ctrip.” From a US perspective, it can be seen as “India’s Expedia”.While its business model shares the same DNA as its Chinese and global [...]
The New King is Experience – All Hail the King
It’s been a couple of weeks now since we were all at WIT. Siew Hoon’s had her decompression trip to Phuket, and just today I saw a wonderful compilation video from the event. Oh and, of course, WIT won the Trade Conference of the Year in the Singapore Experience Awards 2010.We all enjoye [...]
The romance of travel – I thought it had gone
Botany Bay, Beijing, Bangkok, Bombay, Botany Bay – what do these all have in common? Other than the letter B, not much but this is the route that I have taken for my current business trip with IDeaS. Unlike the short duration raiding visits that sometimes occur on business trips, this one has bee [...]
This is Vegas. It happens
I am sharing a room with myself at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas. See, when I checked in, they couldn’t find my reservation at first but then found it under Ms Hoon Yeoh Siew.I asked if this could be changed in case someone asked for me by my right name, Ms Yeoh.The woman checking me in said it cou [...]
Tide changes for global brands as mass market takes hold
I took away three key messages from last week’s HICAP in Singapore – one, hotel development continues unabated in our region, two, the boom in the mass market is going to change everything and three, when that happens, global brands are going to have a hard time competing with the locals if they [...]
Top travel websites in Singapore in October
TripAdvisor, Agoda and booking.com continued to top the Travel - Destinations and Accommodation category in the month of October 2010, based on Singapore online users.Leading global online competitive intelligence service, Experian Hitwise identified these as the most popular travel sites accessed [...]
To grow, hotels must have greater integration between business and IT priorities
A new report by Amadeus, Transform Your Growth Strategy Now, says that if hotels are to secure growth in the next three years they must align strategic business and IT priorities now.Developed by RockCheetah, a leading travel industry marketing strategy and technology consulting practice, and aut [...]
