Is the travel industry ignoring Android to its peril?
The industry has been slow to embrace Android. In a recent review of the top 10 airlines (by passengers) and the top 10 hotel brands (by number of rooms), Mobile Travel Technologies Ltd. (MTT) determined that only 3 of the airlines and 3 of the hotel brands had implemented downloadable Android Apps. [...]
It is now July 4 for the date with Lady Branson
It’s not Labour Day but American Independence Day that will see 60-year-old billionaire Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin Group serving as a flight attendant on AirAsia's London-Kuala Lumpur charity flight.The first postponement came in February when Branson ruptured a ligament after colliding int [...]
ITB Asia 2011 announces largest ever conference programme
Messe Berlin (Singapore), organiser of ITB Asia, ‘The Trade Show for the Asian Travel Market’, has announced the largest conference programme line-up ever for this year's show with the addition of two new conference partners – TTG Asia and theSingapore Tourism Board.Currently in its fourth [...]
How Google+ will reshape search, social media and travel
How will Google+ reshape search, social media and the travel industry? Here are some solutions for quick wins and strategic planning The impact on searchGoogle doesn’t tell you about their algorithm, but they’ve dropped enough hints to suggest that they’re now using human factors to determine [...]
ITB Asia Stickman helps children smile again
Messe Berlin (Singapore), organiser of ITB Asia, has launched a special social media project to help raise funds for its adopted charity – Operation Smile Singapore.The star of the project is the ITB Asia Stickman (pictured left), a smiling, bendable rubber figurine in the signature ITB orange. T [...]
ITB Asia survey tips rise in social media spending
An ITB Asia survey has revealed that 98% of travel industry respondents said they would increase or maintain travel industry marketing spend in 2011. Some 56% said they would increase; 42% said they would maintain budget levels.The findings were based on a survey of 212 travel industry professiona [...]
ITB Asia to stay on in Suntec, Singapore for 3 more years
Messe Berlin (Singapore), the organiser of ITB Asia, has extended a new three-year deal with Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre to host ITB Asia from 2011-2013.Each October since 2008, ITB Asia has attracted over 6,000 participants from the leisure, meetings, and corpo [...]
Jetstar Asia/Valuair expand network by codesharing with Quantas
Jetstar Asia and Valuair are to launch a codeshare partnership with Qantas on major Asia Pacific routes, strengthening the Jetstar Group’s fast-growing hub at Singapore Changi Airport.Since 2004, Qantas has codeshared with Jetstar across most of its Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific services [...]
Jetstar signs with China’s Alipay
Jetstar has announced a cooperation with China’s largest third-party payment company Alipay, giving hundreds of millions of Alipay users the ability to transact directly from their Alipay accounts when purchasing fares from Jetstar.comThe cooperation will support Jetstar’s growing Chinese custo [...]
Kuoni India, Abacus form strategic partnership
The new partnership will accelerate Abacus International as India’s premium Global Distribution Network and enable Kuoni Travel (India) to leverage on the former’s full suite of solutions including Abacus WorkSpace and Abacus PowerSuite.Additionally, Kuoni India will benefit from access to A [...]
