Psy and Penang and what they have in common
Try as I have, I can’t seem to get away from Psy.So there I was on my home island to usher in the snake year with my family and along comes the news that the Gangnam phenomenon had been hired to perform at the Prime Minister’s Chinese New Year gathering in Penang.For those who are unaware, Penan [...]
Four major trends set to shape the future of air travel
Innovation in information technology (IT) used by airlines, airports and passengers will significantly change the way we travel by 2015, reveals SITA in its report “Flying into the Future”. (See full report in slides below)According to the report, the industry will see a major transformation [...]
MakeMyTrip reports 24.5% revenue growth in 3Q
MakeMyTrip Limited (Nasdaq:MMYT), India's leading online travel company, announced its unaudited financial and operating results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2012.Gross bookings for Hotels and packages increased by 67.2% yoy in 3Q13. Gross bookings for Air ticketing increased by 3 [...]
Love is in the air or else it only happens on other flights
Okay, it’s Valentine’s Day so no surprises when we got a press release from Wego telling us that love is in the air.Their latest survey tells us that cupid’s arrow strikes in any location, even at 35,000 feet, and that passengers have reported seeing a number of marriage proposals, break ups [...]
villa-finder.com’s focus on content and customers paying off
A new travel start-up, which aims to make villa bookings easier across the region, is seeing good traction with its first play, villa-bali.com. Managing director David Chambat, formerly of TVTrip, said Sri Lanka would go live next quarter, followed by a rollout to other Asian resort destinations.“ [...]
CEO summit debuts at AIME
Top level executives from the Asia Pacific region will come together to discuss key challenges in today’s macro business environment at the inaugural AIME Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Summit.The summit will be held during the Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (AIME) in Melbourne, on [...]
Wego sets up HQ in Dubai Internet City
Following record growth last year, travel metasearch Wego is setting up a dedicated full-service operation in Dubai as part of global expansion plans.Wego launched the world’s first comprehensive Arabic language travel metasearch site last April, http://www.wego.ae to tap into the desire of trav [...]
The Wrap: No noise and kids please, it’s the “Quiet Zone”
In the new: AirAsia X’s Quiet Zone, Abacus partners with Firefly, Visa POS transactions in Myanmar, Micros Channel Manager launchesNo noise and kids please, it's the "Quiet Zone"AirAsia X, Malaysia based longhaul low fare airline, recently launched the "Quiet Zone" on its A330-300 fleet of aircr [...]
Fare.net returns to help customers find the best fares from anywhere to anywhere
Almost 20 years after he started the first bookable flight engine and first wholesale air fare database (which some say is still unmatched) in tiss.com, Rudi Weissmann is giving flight search another go.His goal remains unwavering from those early days – to give the end user the best fares from an [...]
Rome2rio opens up access to its multi-modal, door-to-door search
Rome2rio, the Melbourne, Australia-based company specialising in multi-modal travel search, has announced new access options that will allow many travel sites to integrate the company's travel search without charge.The company's Basic Access option allows up to 100,000 search requests per month, and [...]
