Next stop for daily deals – global and personal, says Living Social’s Nazar Musa
To be honest (everybody starts their sentence with these three words these days so I might as well do it too), I had stopped thinking about daily deals until this week when I found myself dining on curry fish head at Samy’s at Dempsey, thanks to a Groupon coupon someone had bought.And then this s [...]
Online travel service Valadoo flying high
Business has been good for the new Indonesia start-up, Valadoo, which reported a 300% increase in order inquiries in Q2 2012 and 500% growth in sales in the past three months. "The growth of our business has been phenomenal. We started this business to encourage people to travel more and enjoy t [...]
Fun before trust for Singapore travellers
Who do you like to travel with? Someone like you or someone totally unlike you? Well, a new survey by hotels.com reveals insights into Singapore travellers that may or may not surprise you.Firstly, Singapore travellers prefer to flock with the same-feathered birds - 61% indicated that having simila [...]
WIT Start-Up Pitch: Call For Entries
The WIT Start-Up Pitch will once again be held as part of the WIT Bootcamp and Conference in Singapore, October 15-17.The annual competition to find the best travel start-up in the digital travel space in Asia Pacific will be run at the WIT Bootcamp on October 15 and the winner announced at the conf [...]
From couches to flats, Hankins on quest to change the world
While other kids in his class were probably asking how can I pass my exam, Weston Hankins was asking, how can I change the world?It’s a question the 29-year-old Mexican is still asking. Currently the chief technical officer for 9flats.com, Hankins was the third employee for CouchSurfing.org an [...]
Internet savvy Arab travellers going online to shop
With growing confidence in ecommerce sites and the safety of web-based transactions, travellers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are rapidly changing the way in which they purchase their flights and hotel nights.Wego is seeing UAE travellers taking control of their own itineraries as they realise [...]
Mining boom leads WA to focus on events and new developments to spread visitation
Western Australia is enjoying an unprecedented mining boom and it's hard to find an empty hotel room these days in Perth. The driver who picked me up at Perth International Airport was gushing at how the boom was benefitting most people in the state, most of all the hotels.Rooms are not only hard t [...]
Airlines in Malaysia step up mobile play and safer payments
The phenomenal growth of smartphones and mobile commerce have spurred Malaysia Airlines (MAS), AirAsia and Firefly to launch new apps and payment options.MAS teams with Paypal for faster. safer mobile paymentMalaysia Airlines has teamed up with PayPal to become the first airline in Southeast Asi [...]
What happens when a tech addict goes cold turkey
So I am currently undertaking it (WIT's experiment in survival). Using the same processes that existed 20 years ago – well sort of… and most of the same tools here is what I am experiencing in a location in Portugal. I have gone cold turkey from Sunday to Thursday morning.For 20 years ago when [...]
Unplugged 480: An experiment in survival. Are you game?
When my god-daughter was undertaking a 40-hour famine at her college in Adelaide to raise awareness of world hunger, she was asked to give up two out of three things – food, furniture and technology.She chose food and furniture. “I felt I couldn’t live without technology.”On the walk to th [...]
