Crescentating buys HalalTrip.com, aims to build it into world’s largest OTA for Muslim-friendly travel
Crescentating, a leading authority on Halal travel, has acquired HalalTrip.com and is re-launching it as the world’s first full-fledged travel booking site specialising in the needs of the Muslim traveler.
Claiming to be the first global OTA platform targeting Muslim travelers, a market [...]
South Korea’s Tidesquare expands South-east Asian presence with investment in BeMyGuest
Singapore-based travel site, BeMyGuest, which specialises in niche travel experiences around Asia, has secured a strategic investment from South Korean online travel agency, Tidesquare, for its regional expansion.
BeMyGuest, however, did not disclose the funding amount. This investment [...]
Quick, what’s the PSI? Haze most searched item in Singapore in 2013
What were Singaporeans most obsessed about in 2013? Well, according to Google’s annual Year End Zeitgeist, it was the haze, followed by diseases, murder and celebrity deaths.
Number one on the search list was the South-east Asian haze as Singaporeans searched for information about the ph [...]
WIT Start-Up Pitch: Maiden-voyage.com connects women on the move
It was on a solo business trip to Los Angeles in 2008 that inspired Carolyn Pearson to come up with the idea of creating a network -maiden-voyage.com - to connect female business travellers so that they may meet for dinner, go out and explore a new city together, see a show or hit the shops w [...]
Food behind choice of travel destinations for Singaporean, Malaysian men
All male respondents in a snap poll of 300 Singaporean and Malaysian travellers by metasearch site, Wego, said they pick their destinations based on local food experiences, while only 26% of women indicated they would do the same.
“Clearly Singaporean and Malaysian men consider food a pivota [...]
The Wrap: Hotel room items “hot” among travellers as souvenirs
In the news: Travellers and hotel’s souvenirs, New Travelport Smartpoint, EMD technology for four Asian carriers, VoA for Chinese and Indian visitors to Malaysia
Hotel room items “hot” among travellers as souvenirs
Shampoo, conditioner, towels, and even TV remote controls in hotel room [...]
Tips for the new romance of 2014
So if you were to ask me what I will remember most about 2013, I’d say it’s the year Asia truly came of age. Sure, she's been noticed before. People have whispered about her attraction. The people who know her well already know that she's special. But I am now talking big-time, mass-scale, globa [...]
Singapore travellers disconnecting while on the road
A large number of Singapore leisure travellers prefer to remain off-the-grid enroute to their destinations, according to Expedia’s latest survey on “The Future of Travel”.
The global study, which dissects the anatomy of the Singapore digital traveller,reveals only 4% are interested in h [...]
Cloud Computing – What is it and Why do I care
If you have been around the technology industry for any length of time, you have encountered a number of “buzz” words. One of the latest is “Cloud Computing” and you are probably asking yourself – What is it and why do I care?
Cloud computing is a term used to describe a variety of co [...]
A world of diminishing space and privacy – like it or lump it
Two things happened on my last trip round the world worth commenting on.
One, the move by US authorities to allow mobiles to be used inflight during taxi, takeoff and landing. Delta Airlines was the first airline to allow this and on my flight from JFK to Fort Lauderdale, I experienced what [...]
