Transforming the airport experience with the Cloud
Cloud technology is gaining momentum despite lingering concerns around resilience, privacy and risk, and airports are increasingly identifying the need to switch to next generation cloud systems to decrease costs, improve efficiency and transform the passenger experience, according to Amadeus in [...]
Fresh funding for CatchThatBus, plans to expand footprint in South-east Asia
Malaysian start-up CatchThatBus, a mobile and web based bus ticketing platform, will see its vision of being the "Expedia" of bus travel in the region becoming a reality soon with new funding from Singapore VC, Jungle Ventures, National Research Foundation Holdings (Singapore), and angel inves [...]
The Wrap: Hunnu Air drives more visitors to Mongolia with Abacus technology
In the news: Hunnu Air e-tickets Asian routes, special solar eclipse 2016 programme from Asia World Indonesia, gold award for Accor's leadership, healthy April for APAC airlines
Hunnu Air drives more visitors to Mongolia with Abacus technology
Mongolia’s second largest airline, Hunnu [...]
Letter from Singapore: Excuse me, do you grab a lot?
“Do you grab a lot?” the taxi driver asked me as I got into his taxi.
It was a rainy Tuesday morning, a bad time for taxis in Singapore, and I had used GrabTaxi, the new app that’s been grabbing attention in this tiny city state that still manages to chalk up 700,000 taxi trips a da [...]
WIT Start-Up: SavvyMob – mobile hotel booking app for the Indian Millennial travellers
Bangalore-based start-up Cooolio, a digital portfolio company, recently launched SavvyMob described as a mobile only distribution product developed for the Indian Millennial travellers, both business and leisure, who are looking for the best deals specially at the last minute
As to why [...]
Test your website to increase conversions
Kelsey Slater (pictured left) of Sabre Hospitality Solutions shares some tips on how to optimize your hotel website traffic and increase your ROI.
Have you ever ask yourself this question? Should my hotel website use the verbiage Book Now, Search, Check Availability or Reserve on the [...]
We couldn’t tow an A380 so a Heritage Race it became
I am one of those people that if you throw me a challenge, I will worry away at it until I come up with something.
So when I was first challenged by Abacus International – about 18 months ago now – to come up with a travel industry-led fun event to raise funds for a good cause, I though [...]
Trilogy of Cities, Pt 1: Tokyo rises to the global challenge and call of a new generation
In Tokyo, I had my fill of sake. In Dublin, I had more Guinness than I’ve ever had in my life. And in Belfast, I learnt about the history of a city that’s always in the news for the wrong reasons.
Covering these three cities in a span of two weeks, I found interesting parallels in a w [...]
A journey back in time – tracing England’s Olympic history
With less than 200 days to go until the London2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, VisitEngland looks back over the history of the Games - – from humble beginnings in a rural Shropshire market town to the award-winning architecture of 2012.
1850: Once upon a time in Shropshire …
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Stiff upper lip maybe but Olympic excitement is palpable
Waking up every morning at the Royal Garden Hotel to the sun rising over Kensington Gardens is glorious. At first, a pale glow tinges the dawn sky and then like one of those slow switches, it turns orange, throwing the blueness of the sky into stark relief.
I’ve been incredibly lucky with the [...]
