Trust making strong inroads in Asia
Trust International is continuing its growth in the Asian markets with the announcement of a Chinese version of yourVoyager CRS and a new Hotel Internet Booking Engine (IBE) at the recently concluded ITB Asia and Web in Travel (WIT) in Singapore.In the Asian market, Trust reported an 8% increase in [...]
Tune hits the right notes with 1m guests, 100 hotels by 2015
Tune Hotels, the budget hotel chain established by AirAsia’s Dato’ Seri Tony Fernandes, recently welcomed its one millionth plus guests since opening its first hotel, Downtown Kuala Lumpur, in 2007.It's a huge achievement for a chain, which pioneered the “limited service concept" of providing [...]
Turning gee-whiz into something sticky
A long long time ago in a place far far away I used to work for a software company. It was a time when the company I worked for could afford offices in Leicester Square and there was an air of compelling optimism and energy. At least to start with. As with so many companies at the time, the end [...]
US travellers favouring Asian destinations, says Skyscanner
Asian cities prove popular with US travelers, as flight comparison site Skyscanner reveals the top 10 emerging destinations for overseas travel. Search data from flight comparison site Skyscanner.com shows US travelers are increasingly interested in travel to Asia; with eight of the top ten biggest [...]
US, UK and Japan tops with travellers
The United States, United Kingdom and Japan have been voted the top global travel destinations, according to the Visa Global Travel Intentions Survey 2011.The survey, conducted among 11,620 respondents from 23 countries and territories around the world, showed that one in five (20%) said they are li [...]
Victoria’s secret lies in her statistics
Tourism statistics to Victoria tells an interesting story and gives an idea of how the Australian state is reviewing its digital and social media strategy to attract a new kind of traveller.When I left Melbourne, Australia a week or so ago, the state was getting ready to elect a new government – a [...]
We want more mobile tech, say business travellers
New research findings, recently released by Travelport, indicate a rapid increase in the use of mobile technology in the business travel sector.The survey, which polled over 600 corporate travel buyers, agents, hospitality and travel professionals globally, explored hotel experiences and expectatio [...]
What exactly is a ‘Social Media Job’ and how do you get one?
I was listening a to a panel the other day where the participants were discussing what a ‘Social Media’ job might involve nowadays and how someone might go about getting one.It wasn’t that long ago that I used to hear lots of stories about companies not knowing where their social media compete [...]
When Dolphins Attack (or rather, when people unhappy about their treatment attack)
In the last couple of weeks there has been much activity on one particular Facebook wall here in Singapore – that of Resorts World Sentosa. RWS is an integrated ‘resort’ – home to Universal Studios, several hotels and one of Singapore’s two casinos.Plans are well advanced for the openin [...]
The Wrap: Abu Dhabi a hot spot for Asian travellers
In the news this week: Abu Dhabi trending for Asian travellers, Hilton's new Japanese lanaguage website, Europe tourism on the rise, TripAdvisor's new commercial director for APAC.Abu Dhabi a hot spot for Asian travellersAbu Dhabi is now one of the hottest new destinations to trend in Asia. Travel a [...]
