Radical rethink on how companies manage travel in 2012
As business around the world gets to grips with forecasting for the New Year in the midst of economic uncertainty, companies must embrace change to maximise their travel resources, says Hogg Robinson Group (HRG).
Stewart Harvey, HRG group commercial director, said the economic outlook was dr [...]
Online shopping popular among Indians
The latest report by comScore Media Metrix service on visitation to the top retail and coupon sites in India found that nearly 60% of online users in India, or 27.2 million, visited a retail site in November 2011.Coupon sites are also rapidly gaining in popularity, with 16.5% of the Indian online [...]
Positive image of tsunami-hit Khao Lak, pricing and access remain challenges
A survey of holidaymakers in the beach destination of Khao Lak in Thailand shows that the December 26, 2004 tsunami is no longer a significant factor in tourists' perception of the area. Costs and travel time seem to be dampening modern demand more than any negative feelings about the disaster.
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Ctrip.com taps Pegasus’ global commission processing
China’s Ctrip.com has tapped Pegasus Solutions for its market-leading Global Commission Processing.The world’s third largest online travel agency (OTA), which is also the largest OTA in the ASPAC market, will utilize the preferred financial service to consolidate commission payments from Pe [...]
No more flag-waving group tours for Chinese tourists
The days of groups of Chinese tourists following their tour guides around to the world could well become a thing of the past, according to the latest ITB World Travel Trends Report.Young and wealthy Chinese citizens, fascinated by technology and with a desire to experience individual forms of trave [...]
From Incredible to Pure – a journey into the new year
I guess it was fitting that for my last trip of 2011, I went straight from one of the world’s most populated countries to one of the world’s least densely populated places on earth.From the semi-arid deserts of Rajasthan to the open spaces of New Z [...]
Predictions for 2012, Part 2
Gerry Samuels, CEO, Mobile Travel Technologies Limited 1. Every cloud has a silver lining.In 2012 more and more travellers (even business travellers) of the Apple persuasion will leave the laptop at home in favour of the iPad and/or iPhone. With Apple iCloud, travel app developers can seamlessly sy [...]
South Korea, rising tourism star
Amadeus has predicted that South Korea will be a market to watch in 2012 for both inbound and outbound travel growth.According to the Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO), Korea has already registered a record number of visitor arrivals for 2011 - nine million visitor arrivals as of December 1, exce [...]
Watching online videos popular among billions worldwide
The inaugural data on worldwide online video viewing from comScore Video Metrix service found that in October 2011 nearly 1.2 billion people, aged 15 and older, watched 201.4 billion videos online globally from a home or work location."As global broadband connectivity continues to rise, online vi [...]
MAS slashes routes, capacity to cut costs
Ailing Malaysia Airlines, will axe eight loss-making routes, or 12% of its capacity, from January 2012 as part of its latest business turnaround plan unveiled on December 7.The affected routes are:• Kuala Lumpur - Surabaya (B737) from January 6, 2012• Kuala Lumpur - Dubai (A330) from January 1 [...]
