Aussies lead in mobile flight search, followed by Singaporeans
After Australia, Singapore (left) leads the way in mobile use for travel planning, reveals flight search site Skyscanner as the world’s second most mobile nation of travel planners.Australia is the only country more likely to plan their travel on a mobile device than at their desktop, while Sing [...]
Abacus, Amadeus: Mobile and GDS deregulation will shape China in 2013
Jack Zhai, Chairman, Abacus ChinaQ: What are the three things you think will happen in the travel distribution, marketing and technology space in China in 2013?Mobile will play an increasing role, especially with the development of 3G/4G networks and higher penetration of smartphones, which is expec [...]
Felix Laboy, Morris Sim: What’s in store for hotels in 2013
The president of Sabre Hospitality and CEO of Circos Brand Karma share their take on hotel trends to watch in the next 12 months.Felix Laboy, President, Sabre HospitalityQ: What are the three things you think will happen in the hotel space in 2013? • RevPar will continue to grow, driven primarily [...]
A generational change is gonna come – in a big way
The French have an expression "plus ça change". This means roughly – the more things change the more they stay the same.The travel industry goes through cycles of change. This is driven by a lot of factors. But in the end, travel is about the experience or the utility of leisure or business tra [...]
The Wrap: 2012’s holiday leisure bookings set to overtake 2011’s
In the news: Pegasus Solutions’ findings on leisure travel, MAS shops for ATRs, Chinese language website for RCI members2012’s holiday leisure bookings set to overtake 2011’sLeisure hotel bookings for the 2012 holiday season are expected to outpace 2011, according to Pegasus Solutions. These [...]
Thailand is most searched destination in Singapore, says Skyscanner
In its annual travel trends report conducted by leading global travel search site Skyscanner, Thailand is revealed as the top favourite of 20 destinations for the outbound Singapore market.Thailand’s incredible variety of prime travel spots coupled with a broad number of flight options appeared [...]
Hotels.com aims to win in the Apps space
With the battle heating up on the mobile front, WIT asks Christelle Chan, Global Mobile Director of Hotels.com, what she's doing to adapt the business model to changing customer behaviour. Q: How is mobile changing customer behaviour on hotels.com – any discernible differences between customer [...]
A triple take on the year ahead for hotels
Grahame Tate, Managing Directors, IDeaS Asia PacificQ: What are the three things you think will happen in the hotel space in 2013?• A flattening of demand or at best a slower increase than in 2012 • More brand consolidation • A broader realization that OTA’s cannibalize each other and the ho [...]
No intention to mislead in website pricing, says AirAsia X CEO
Malaysia based low cost carrier, AirAsia, which was fined by the Federal Court in Melbourne, Australia for not including taxes and charges in advertised air fares on its website, airasia.com, stated it did not intend to mislead its customers.Azran Osman-Rani, CEO of AirAsia X, was responding to new [...]
What our panel of experts think will happen in 2013
One common prediction is the world will not end on December 21, and we still be around to do business in the new year.Michael Issenberg, Chairman, Accor Asia Pacific• First there is a 2013 as the world doesn't end on 21/12/12.• The hype of Myanmar tourism and outrage over hotel pricing reache [...]
