Ex-MMT executives launch Commeasure to give independent hotels more direct bookings
Two former MakeMyTrip executives, Amit Saberwal and Kunwar Asheesh Saxena, have teamed up to launch Commeasure, a plug and play platform for independent hotel owners in APAC designed to help them generate more direct bookings.
Drawing from their own experience in hotel sales, Online Travel [...]
Watch out, sea change coming to cruising in Asia
I spent most of last week at a cruising conference and you could say it’s taken me into new waters (pardon the pun).
It’s opened my eyes to how big the market is getting, how much bigger the ships are getting and how, for the first time, instead of bringing their older ships to Asia, br [...]
TTS puts together ‘Now I have my own GDS’ music video for Travelport Mobile Agent launch
The newly-launched Travelport Mobile Agent, developed in partnership with TTS-Travel Technology & Solutions, must be the first GDS product to have its very own music video.
Lisbon-based TTS, an active member of the Travelport Developer Network, screened the video at the Travelport Cu [...]
Asians lead global pack in using mobile to search and book travel
Travellers in Asia are leading the global pack in travel bookings online, mobile searches, and mobile purchases, according to a study commissioned by online travel accommodation specialist, AsiaRooms.com, and PC maker, Lenovo.
About 59% of the respondents in Asia indicated they searched f [...]
The Wrap: Mobile-savvy Indonesians a boon for Wego’s travel app
Making the news this week are Wego with its travel app, Goibibo and eRevMax in partnership, TripAdvisor survey on Singaporean travellers, payment solution from Mastercard and eNett
Mobile savvy Indonesians a boon to Wego’s travel app
Wego’s recently launched iOS travel app has been r [...]
Be a “BIG Shot” and win free trips on AirAsia
A joint initiative between Tune Money and Visa International, BIG is an innovative global loyalty programme that allows members to earn points when travelling and shopping, and redeem them for rewards including flight seats.
(Tune Money is the financial arm of Tune Group that has Tan Sri [...]
Lao Airlines to fly direct to Singapore, new routes planned
Happy news for fans of Laos of which we are one – Lao Airlines is launching flights to Singapore from November 24, and potentially to Guangzhou and Seoul.
This follows the delivery of two brand new Airbus A320s, which effectively doubles capacity for the national flag carrier of the Lao P [...]
Travel 3.0 takes centrestage at Amadeus’ Online Connect
Hail the new era of online travel 3.0 and the rise of consumer power. That was the key message that came out of the annual Online Connect event organised by Amadeus.
Held at the Hermitage Hotel, Monte-Carlo, the conference for online travel agencies was attended by over 35 key global delega [...]
Walking In The Rain and Reminiscing
It’s become a common occurrence these days in Singapore to be rained upon. Without fail, every late afternoon, just as the crows are getting ready to curl up to sleep, the skies will open up and kaboom, buckets of water will pour from the sky.
(Picture: Clouds build up in the Singapore [...]
Thoughts from the Conference of Conferences
Last month, at the suggestion of Siew Hoon, I attended ICCA in Leipzig, Germany with a presentation entitled“Building a distinctive event-brand with a unique, irreverent personality”.
There are no prizes on offer for guessing correctly who that ‘personality’ is.
For those of you who [...]
