Asians want to travel
A survey by OTA, Travelzoo Asia Pacific, reveals 70% of its subscribers prefe travel over luxury goods.When asked specifically what they would give up in order to travel more a high percentage of respondents in the markets surveyed were willing to spend less on luxury goods: Australia 60%, mainlan [...]
APAC enjoys rise in tourist arrivals
Statistics from the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) show a 6% increase in international visitor arrivals to Asia Pacific destinations for September 2011.For the first nine months of this year all Asia Pacific sub-regions maintained a positive performance, although at different levels of gr [...]
Predictions for 2012, Part 1
As the year winds to an end, WIT asks its panel of experts to look into their crystal ball and tell us what lies ahead.Fritz Demopoulos, Former CEO, QunarChina1. We'll see a continued shift to online sales vs offline sales, direct-to-consumer vs third-party agency sales, leisure travel vs busines [...]
Pegasus Solutions launches OpenFlex
OpenFlex, a mobile website design solution, allows hotels to deliver promotional offers correctly formatted for any mobile device.By expanding the hotel booking choices hotels can offer guests, OpenFlex ensures hotels are capable of seizing business opportunities wherever consumers are comfortable [...]
Uber’s mantra for success in China – technology supremacy + local connect
For any burgeoning global brand, despite its hefty valuation, if it’s new to China then nothing can be taken for granted. So when San Francisco-based Uber, backed by the likes of Google Ventures and TPG Capital, forayed into China late last year, the move was minutely scrutinized.
The ent [...]
Japan’s travel balance swings to black for first time in 44 years
Glad to know that Japan’s travel balance swung into the black for the first time in about 44 years in April.
This means foreign visitors spend more in Japan than Japanese spent on overseas travel. A Nikkei report cited government statistics that said the surplus of 1.7 billion yen ($171 m [...]
Travelport’s vision for the future
Leading travel commerce marketplace, Travelport, has launched its new global brand vision, The platform that is redefining travel commerce for our customers, in a bid to more accurately describe the role the company now plays in the global travel distribution chain where it has strategically inv [...]
WeChat and LINE displacing traditional social networks; Asian travellers post 53% of luxury hotel reviews
Brand Karma has released a study on the Asian luxury traveller & social media in partnership with International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), analyzing millions of social media posts and online reviews from Asian luxury travellers to provide a unique lens into their behaviors. The findings a [...]
MetaSearch Uncovered
This is a guest blog by Lina Serpil (pictured below left) of Sabre Hospitality Solutions who reveals the importance of Meta Search for hoteliers.
All the hype these days in the Digital Marketing world is around MetaSearch. I hear customers and experts talking about MetaSearch more often th [...]
Root cause of travel disruption is mainly man-made, says Abacus
Travel disruption is typically associated with natural disasters but the real scourge is, more often than not, man-made, according to Abacus in its published metrics on causes behind millions of travellers altering their trips.
The findings are collated from broadcasts of the Abacus Trip [...]
