Abacus holds Hack Day with WIT Conference
Abacus International, in partnership with Web In Travel, Tnooz and e27, is holding its Abacus Hack Day in conjunction with the WITConference from Oct 19-22 in Singapore.Abacus Hack Day, which will see participants from all over Asia gather to take part in a 24-hour coding marathon, will be held f [...]
Abacus, Transaero to jointly increase footprint in Central Asia
Abacus International and Transaero Airlines, Russia’s second largest air carrier, have inked a marketing agreement, which will enhance the airline’s growth across the region.The two companies will work closely together to increase the volume of bookings on Transaero Airlines’ flights via the [...]
Accor makes economy all about Ibis, and puts more money into Accor brand
Accor today unveiled a major new strategy that will see it put all its economy eggs into one Ibis basket and, at the same time, will put the Accor brand more in the face of the general consumer “to meet distribution challenges”.The changes, announced by chairman and CEO, Denis Hennequin, aim to [...]
Air China teams up with Abacus in expansion strategy
Air China has upgraded its reservation inventory participation system to Direct Connect Availability (DCA) by Abacus International, and embarked on a three-year marketing programme with Abacus as part of its expansion strategy.Abacus DCA connectivity is a highly evolved system interface, which ena [...]
Japan’s Solare sets sights on rate and inventory parity with new connectivity
Solare Hotels & Resorts has become the first hotel group in Japan to be able to manage and control its rate and inventory distribution with both domestic and international OTAs.The breakthrough comes after it and its technology partner, Trust International, implemented a direct interface with wi [...]
AirAsia’s profits drop, hit by fuel costs
Low cost carrier AirAsia posted a 47.6% decline in net profit to RM104.25 million (US35 million) for the second quarter ended June 30, compared to the same period a year ago on higher fuel costs.Revenue for the quarter under review increased 15.2% to RM1.08 billion compared to the quarter a year a [...]
Airline ancillary revenue soars
The "Amadeus Worldwide Estimate of Ancillary Revenue for 2011" reveals ancillary revenue increased to US$32.5 billion worldwide, lifting the airline industry from losses and provides an effective hedge against runaway fuel bills. Amadeus and IdeaWorks, which earlier this year reported on the ancil [...]
Airlines must prepare for the mobile consumer revolution
Mobile technology is set to transform both airline operations and the overall traveller experience, according to a new industry report published today by Amadeus. ‘The always-connected traveller: How mobile will transform the future of air travel’ is a global report that identifies changing tra [...]
WITovation Entrepreneur Bootcamp – Innovation Exchange
So here we are at the WITovation Entrepreneur Bootcamp at the HQ of the Singapore Tourism Board here in Singapore.The day got off to a great start with an inspirational presentation from Morten Lund. More about that session from Siew Hoon so look out for her post.But now the session is Innovation [...]
2 in 3 Hong Kong travellers use multi-devices to book flights
A survey carried out among Hong Kong travellers by market research company, GfK, showed that two thirds of purchasers of flight tickets (over 65%) use all three devices - PCs, tablets, smartphones – during the entire purchase journey.The nine-week survey, between March to May 2014, polled more tha [...]
