Redefining the Idea of Hospitality: What Hotels Should Know About Digital Travelers
This is a guest blog by Will Pinnell, director of sales & marketing for TripCase.
As the director of marketing and sales of TripCase, I have the pleasure of traveling the world on behalf of Sabre. It’s ironic that while I’m traveling, I get to use the very product that I work in [...]
Healthy Q1 for Accor
Revenue for Accor in Q1 2014 went up 2.1% to €1.135 billion, with solid growth for HotelServices and HotelInvest, , up 4.7% and 1.2% respectively.
The hotel group reported good revenue growth in every country except France (down 3.9%), where demand was dampened in particular by the incr [...]
trippiece brings ‘social travelling’ to Asia, launches English site
Having achieved success in the domestic market, WIT Start-Up Pitch 2012 winner trippiece, an online service for what it calls “social travelling”, is taking its first steps beyond Japan.
It opened an office in Singapore early this year to get closer to potential users in the region and [...]
Keep your eye on Indonesia and what winning WIT Start-Up Pitch did for us
Winner of the WIT Indonesia Start-Up Pitch 2013, Faeez Fadhlillah, CEO & co-founder of Lagisatu, shares his thoughts on the Indonesian market and what life has been like since he won the competition.
When it comes to the travel industry, Indonesia does not seem to appear on the top ta [...]
The Wrap: AirAsia ends impasse with airport operator, agrees to move to klia2
In the news: AirAsia’s move to klia2, Amadeus powers Lufthansa’s revamped website, booking Outrigger on the go, TripAdvisor’s 100 milion downloads
AirAsia ends impasse with airport operator, agrees to move to klia2
AirAsia will move to klia2, Malaysia’s new airport for low cost [...]
It’s well-being over fame, fortune and even sex for global travellers
Well-being is the new status symbol, topping to-do lists for global travellers in this “always-on” culture, even trumping booze and sex, according to a global well-being survey conducted by Westin Hotels & Resorts.
About 62% of the survey respondents consider maintaining a bal [...]
Business intelligence solutions will enhance travel experience for passengers: SITA
According to Smart Thinking, released recently by SITA, more than half of air passengers will use their mobiles for flight status, baggage status and airport directions, and the majority of airlines and airports will offer these services by 2016 (see infographic below).
The paper revea [...]
Can travel take lessons from Hello Kitty? Sanrio MD to share success story at WIT Japan
She’s a phenomenon that has sparked riots on streets in Hong Kong and Singapore. People queue up for hours just to get special pieces of her. She’s everywhere – on bags, purses, T-shirts, even a Fender guitar, cars and oh yes, even on aircraft.
She turns 40 this year but really is age [...]
Tapping UAE’s digital opportunities at ArabNet Digital Summit
Arabnet, the region’s hub for digital investment and innovation in UAE, will host the ArabNet Digital Summit 2014 from June 3-5 at Atlantis the Palm, Dubai, to explore the latest opportunities shaping the Arab digital industry.
One of the summit’s highlights is the Digital Showcase, w [...]
As with Middle East, youths will drive change in Indonesia – are you ready?
Getting rather excited about our second WIT Indonesia coming up in Jakarta (left) next Thursday – as I do my homework for it, I am struck by the similarities between what’s happening in the Middle East and this archipelago (I love how that word just rolls off the tongue).
It’s easy to [...]
