Increases in airfares, hotel prices across APAC expected in 2015
The 2015 Global Travel Price Outlook jointly released by Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) and GBTA Foundation, the education and research arm of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), indicates an upward pressure on rates next year particularly in high-demand travel markets.According to the stu [...]
Pandabed.com declares multiple winners for #BestInternship contest
It was meant to be a simple experiment: find an intern to travel across Asia documenting PandaBed.com properties and their hosts. The applicants had to create a video of why they think they were the best for the internship. In a short span of two weeks, several thousand people shared the opportunity [...]
Valadoo and Burufly merge to form a new Valadoo.com
Valadoo’s curated travel packages and e-commerce expertise are to be combined with Burufly’s vibrant million-member social travel community to create an Indonesian online travel & lifestyle super site.Valadoo, the online expert in Indonesian travel and Burufly, the largest social travel comm [...]
Asians most attached to mobile devices while travelling
Travellers from Asia are mobile “addicts”, not willing to give up their devices while on vacation, according to the new Disconnect to Reconnect survey from Hotels.com.The study, which looks into digital holiday habits across 28 countries, found travellers from Thailand were the least prepared to [...]
The Wrap: Hotel guest reviews – the good, the bad and the unusual
In the news this week: Hotel guests reviews from Wego, PeerMatch from PandaBed, WiFi for the masses on AirAsiaHotel guest reviews - the good, the bad and the unusual We all have things to say about our stay in hotels - from praising the “great food at the buffet” to complaining about “no hand [...]
Letter from Bhutan, Pt 3: Punakha for spirituality and a Karma break
At Dochula Pass, 3,000m above sea level, low clouds partly shroud the 108 stupas that were built to commemorate fallen warriors.This is the midway point between Thimpu and Punakha Valley, where we are headed on Day 3 of our journey through Bhutan, the Land of Thunder Dragon.The drive uphill has been [...]
Letter from Paris: It’s like falling in love again
I am sitting backwards on a TGV from Paris to Pornic via Nantes. It’s not the best direction to be facing but the train is full. It’s August and technically, the whole country is on holiday and so it’s full of Parisians heading to the coast for their annual vacation.At boarding, we meet a youn [...]
AirAsia entices business travellers with new flexible product
Low cost carrier AirAsia is looking to grow the business travel segment with its latest offering, Premium Flex, which gives business travellers numerous perks including the flexibility of changing their flight up to two times with no change fee.The new product, which was launched in Kuala Lumpur on [...]
AA fight with GDS about price and control – they will settle, says Terry Jones
Terry Jones, founder and former CEO of Travelocity and now consultant, investor, professional speaker and industry captain, believes a compromise will be reached in the dogfight between American Airlines and Travelport and Sabre.In the latest development, American Airlines said it had signed a new [...]
Abacus conference highlights changing corporate travel landscape in Central Asia
Business leaders from around Central Asia met to exchange notes on travel industry developments, and to explore new business opportunities at the 1st Abacus Corporate Conference held on September 22 in Almaty.The 200-plus participants were updated on latest hot topics such as the evolution and predi [...]
