Leaders envision a simple world ruled by a super, duper, meta app
Imagine a world where simplicity rules, global companies act really local and perhaps not even have a headquarters, something else emerges to take on TripAdvisor, a super-duper-meta travel app is developed and, despite the paranoia of having to stay on top of all the changes, we never lose sight o [...]
Learn about good travel management at ITB Berlin
ITB Berlin is inviting all travel managers, business travel bookers and event planners to find out first hand from experts on good travel management at ITB Business Travel Days 2011.All the experts agree that good travel management has the potential to save vast amounts of money for the economy. Bu [...]
Lessons in revenue management and an OTA experiment
I was catching up with a Singapore hotelier the other day. I say this because this is a very rare occurrence these days. They are very busy because their occupancy’s going through the roof, as are their average rates because they’ve been spending a lot of time yielding them.As I understand it, t [...]
Lost in the silence of the Sounds of Marlborough
The weather couldn’t quite make up its mind whether to be autumn or winter the day we left for Nelson, gateway to the northern tip of New Zealand’s South Island.The last time I had been in Nelson was to attend the Wearable Arts Festival and I remember meeting the then-Prime Minister Helen Cl [...]
Luxury’s back and SLH to pump more into web and mobile
At the lunch of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World recently in Singapore, I asked Paul Kerr, CEO, how many of his 527 hotels in 24 countries still charge for Internet access on top of the room rate.He couldn’t give an answer straight away but he did a random poll around the table we were at. O [...]
ITB Asia 2011’s sold out
All available booth space for ITB Asia 2011 has been sold out four months ahead of the event scheduled for October 19-21, 2011 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre.Nino Gruettke (pictured left), ITB Asia’s executive director, said close to 800 exhibiting comp [...]
The Wrap: UnionPay, world’s largest payment card scheme, integrates with Amadeus Payment Platform
In the news this week: China’s UnionPay’s on Amadeus Payment Platform, Abacus BSP air ticketing in China, top overseas destination for Singaporean travellers according to Hotels.com UnionPay, world’s largest payment card scheme, integrates with Amadeus Payment Platform UnionPay International, [...]
Tip #11 to listening better: Get your teeth into this one
Don’t ask me how it happened but on the most recent flight I was on – my 12th I think in 4 weeks, I lost count – a flying headphone hit the top of my mouth. I think I let out an almighty swear word but no one appeared to hear it in the darkness of the cabin.
Headphones, like everything else i [...]
Multi-mode play GoEuro secures $27m in new funding
A sign that the next hot thing in search is in multi-modal – GoEuro, a multi-mode travel platform, has raised $27 million in Series A funding, led by New Enterprise Associates, a global venture capital firm with approximately US$13 billion in committed capital. All three existing inves [...]
What women and men want from hotels
It’s friendly service, stiff drinks and a sweet pool for the women when they visit a hotel, while their male counterparts go for the Internet and look at the pricing of room and services.Therein lie the differences on what the male and female travellers care about most during their hotel visits, a [...]
