Asia’s driver of international air traffic growth
Asia is the largest, fastest-growing and most competitive market for air travel, as well as the world’s most competitive aviation market, according to a study by Amadeus. Analysis from Amadeus Air Traffic Travel Intelligence solution shows that Asia experienced year over year growth of 9% betwe [...]
Glion’s Farmer: Don’t address gender balance and your bottomline will suffer
Just as diverse leadership will improve your bottomline, the converse is also true – a homogenous workforce will have a detrimental effect on your company’s performance.Said Mary K Farmer, director of Glion Online MBA, “It’s the same with anything – if you are not fast or quick enough, ev [...]
Dorsett ties up with Diamond Resorts to expand global footprint
Hong Kong based Dorsett Hospitality International is expanding its brand presence to the US and Europe through an affiliation programme with vacation ownership group, Diamond Resorts International.The partnership, which was inked in Hong Kong recently, will see the two companies doing cross marke [...]
Indonesia’s online potential huge but education is necessary and critical
Holding a Web In Travel in a new country is as much about us learning as it is about us bringing information, knowledge and ideas to the market. And so it was with WIT Indonesia.In my time covering travel in Asia, I’ve always felt Indonesia was the most undiscovered, unexplored, untapped destinati [...]
Alehap uses social to get Vietnamese youths to travel independently
A new OTA in Vietnam, which started out around a social idea, is trying to get young Vietnamese to travel independently by making travel booking “easy, transparent, friendly and sociable”.Alehap’s co-founder Simon Christy (below), who comes from an advertising background (he worked with Ogilvy [...]
The Wrap: Booking rooms on the go with ImpulseFlyer’s iPhone app
In the news: New iPhone app from Impulse Flyer, Travelport launches Merchandising Platform, IHG’s XML connection with CtripBooking rooms on the go with ImpulseFlyer’s iPhone appOnline luxury travel site, ImpulseFlyer, has launched its first iPhone app that features a carefully curated collectio [...]
Women must step up to challenge, says Kefs as Fast Booking gears to grow in Asia
The push to have more women in management positions whether in technology companies or other industries must come from men and women together, and women too must step up to the challenge.This is the opinion of Soraya Kefs who, with her husband Richard, co-founded Fast Booking, one of the pioneers in [...]
“The OTA business is hard”, cost of traffic rising, competition intensifying
The rising costs of customer acquisition was cited as one key challenge for OTAs competing in the Asia Pacific region.During the WIT Indonesia panel, featuring MakeMyTrip, Expedia Inc,Agoda and ITA Software by Google, much was said about the rising costs of search – and as such, OTAs are trying [...]
Amadeus plugs loyalty gap in its airline solutions with latest acquisition
Amadeus has acquired the Loyalty Division of Istanbul-based Hitit Computer Services, finally filling a gap in its broad airline product portfolio.Announcing the purchase (price undisclosed), Julia Sattel, SVP, Airline IT, Amadeus said: “This is an important milestone for both Amadeus and our Airli [...]
Date with Lady Branson in red is (finally) on!
Virgin Group’s billionaire boss, Sir Richad Branson, is set to shave his legs, don a red female flight attendant uniform and serve passengers on a special AirAsia X Perth-Kuala Lumpur flight on 12 May two years after losing a bet to AirAsia group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes ove [...]
