Amadeus enhances Extreme Search
Amadeus is enhancing its Extreme Search solution which allows travellers to ask open questions in real-time such as “where can I go on a beach holiday in Europe for less than €600 per person?”Extreme Search was first launched in 2009 and won the Top Innovation Award at the PhocusWright confere [...]
Amadeus posts 30% rise in profit
Adjusted net profit for the nine months ended September 30 increased 30.1% to reach €354.6m at Amadeus IT Holding. This was backed by a growth in revenue of 12.1% to €2,053.6m and an improvement in EBITDA of 16.9% to €816.6m.Consolidated net financial debt on 30 September 2010 was €2,700.3m [...]
Amazon sites attract largest number of Internet visitors
A report by comScore Media Metrix service revealed that Amazon had the largest global audience among the retail and auction sites analysed in June, with 282 million visitors or 20.4% of the worldwide Internet population aged 15 and above accessing the Internet from a home or work location.Other to [...]
APAC airlines see positive passenger growth
Preliminary traffic figures for August, released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines(AAPA), showed continued growth in international air passenger market, but air freight demand remained weak.Asia Pacific based airlines carried a combined total of 17 million international passengers in Augu [...]
Are you excited about the possibilities of tomorrow or burdened by the legacy of the past? (Part One)
The other day I presented at a Webinar. It was called Social Media Marketing @ your Desk with my presentation being:A Design Thinking Approach to Online Engagement - Create richer and more long-lasting engagementWith my ‘Design Thinking’ hat being firmly on for the last few years I have no [...]
Are you ready for a Groupon-ised kind of life?
I had my first group buy meal with my girlfriends the other evening, it was a Teochew steamboat feast in Joo Chiat – 50% off , and all the prawns you can eat for free.I must say it was scrumptious and the fact that we were saving half our money through the superdeals voucher while putting on twice [...]
Asia dominates APAC’s tourism boom
International visitor arrivals into Asia Pacific destinations grew by 6% year-on-year in June 2011, reveals a report by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).Southeast Asia: The region saw a growth of 15.5% growth during the month of June, maintaining the positive momentum of the previous [...]
Asia the place to be, says UNWTO boss
Shifting global travel patterns on the back of economic challenges in Europe are delivering new opportunities for Asia.Yet, at the same time, travellers from Asia – and in particular those from Singapore - are more than ever heading in the opposite direction to take advantage of the sickly UK po [...]
Attitude’s changing but are travel agents ready to ride the next wave?
One of the things that did please me about the Web In Travel conference this year was the increase in the number of traditional travel agents attending the event.And the ones that did and sat through the programme were visibly excited to learn about what’s going on and said they learnt a lot – t [...]
Australians love watching videos online
More than 10.7 million Australian Internet users watched nearly 1.2 billion online videos in May, reveals a report on the online video market in Australia by comScore from its Video Metrix service.YouTube is the most popular channel with more than 8.6 million viewers, or three out of every online [...]
