Asians willing to make lifestyle sacrifices for holidays
The desire to travel among Asian consumers is so strong that they are willing to cut back on other areas, such as shopping or eating out, in pursuit of a holiday, reveals TripAdvisor in its latest TripBarometer report.(see full infographic below)The study, which the world's leading travel site co [...]
To crack mobile in travel, loyalty and frequency are key, says Bubbly’s Clayton
Thomas Clayton, CEO and founder of Bubbly (pictured below left), was sceptical about travel apps in the beginning. “I used to think, every travel company is coming up with a mobile app but no one would use them.”Today, as a “passionate frequent traveler who lives on the road” who does abou [...]
Goodbye OTA, welcome MTA – mobile becomes biggest booking channel on Ctrip
Ctrip has become the first OTA in the world where mobile has surpassed the browser as a booking channel – making me wonder if perhaps a new term will soon enter our industry – MTA (Mobile Travel Agency).At this morning’s Travel Distribution Summit in Guangzhou, James Liang, chairman and CEO [...]
Angel Gallego is Amadeus’ new president for Asia Pacific
Amadeus Asia Pacific has undergone a leadership change with the appointment of Angel Gallego (pictured left) as the new president, replacing David Brett who has been with the company for 23 years, 13 in the region.Luis Maroto, president & CEO, Amadeus IT Group, said, “David opened the Asia Pa [...]
Letter from Seoul: Change will come as low cost effect takes hold
Just returned from Seoul – did you know, it may not have the fastest average Internet speed in the world (fourth after Hong Kong, Japan and Romania – Latvia was fifth) but it does have the highest high broadband penetration (10mbps) in the world, followed by Japan, Hong Kong and Latvia in that o [...]
Skyscanner buys Barcelona-based hotel search company, Fogg
Leading global travel search site, Skyscanner, has acquired Fogg, a Barcelona-based company focused on making internet hotel search simpler and faster, as part of its expansion drive across travel offering into other areas of its users’ travel plans.It has also launched a proprietary car renta [...]
The Wrap: Wego steps up presence in the Philippines
In the news: Wego's enhanced presence in the Phiippines, Amadeus’ new technology, Jetstar Asia’s added capacity, inaugural Accor Es-capers hunt Wego steps up presence in the PhilippinesWego, having consolidated its position as the leading travel metasearch site in Asia Pacific and the Middle Ea [...]
Intra-Asian phenomenon will force rethink by hotels
The biggest mega-trend is the rise of the intra-Asian market and that will have a profound change on the way chains develop brands, design their hotels, distribute and market, and look after their customers.
And with 50% of its secured pipeline in Asia/Pacific, Accor is one global company that� [...]
VirtualMalaysia.com goes social with revamp
In tandem with the increasing popularity of user-generated content and social media, as well the rise of a breed of tech savvy travellers, VirtualMalaysia.com (VM) has reinvented itself and recently relaunched its 2.0 version with numerous interactive features.
Developed in 1997 to showcase Mala [...]
#wit2013: Travelport sweetens prize in Developer & Designer Challenge
Travelport, one of the four sponsors of the WIT Developer & Designer Challenge, has throw in the added prize of one year’s free membership of the Travelport Developer Network to the winning team.The Network provides access to Travelport Universal API and Travelport Universal Desktop SDK and a [...]
