Roomorama’s lofty goal to become ‘Expedia’ of short-term accommodation
Roomorama.com, which merged with Lofty.com yesterday in a deal which also brought seed funding of US$2.1 million, aims to be the biggest online marketplace for professionally-managed properties by year end.The merger, which sees Lofty.com being rebranded Roomorama (the website declares the name ch [...]
Wego launches in Malaysia
The Singapore-based global travel metasearch engine has launched a dedicated website to provide Malaysian travellers with faster and cheaper travel options and packages.Wego Malaysia employs new and
innovative technology to help travellers compare the price and availability of flights, accommod [...]
PATAmPOWER for travel professionals on the go
The real-time travel data platform from the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) provides the latest travel information on tablets, smartphones, laptops and desktop computers.Created in HTML5, PATAmPOWER contains a wide selection of data that includes aviation passenger flows, flight capacit [...]
Focus, execution, people – ingredients for success, says Parkitny
Today, April 4, marks the last day for Jens Uwe Parkitny at Expedia, the organization that changed travel all those years ago. Parkitny, managing director of Expedia Affiliate Network, Asia Pacific, for the last 3.5 years speaks to WIT about his journey with the global brand which brought him to Ho [...]
Travelport fights for room in changing world of hotel distribution
With its Rooms and More product launched late last year, Travelport is not just competing for a slice of hotel bookings but also a change in industry.Niklas Andreen, Travelport group vice president, hospitality & partner marketing, said, “GDSs have to evolve with the times, 70% of Expedia� [...]
Welcome to the Land of Social Smiles
With WITX-Women In Travel taking place in Bangkok on April 27, these findings make interesting reading into Thailand's online travel market - welcome to the Land of Social Smiles.The inaugural report on Thailand’s Internet usage by comScore Media Metrix service found social networking the mos [...]
AirAsia, world’s most tweeted airline
Statistics released by Eezeer.com, a web and mobile social network that provides real-time on-the-spot verified tweets and reviews, showed AirAsia has gained almost double the number of tweets in February 2012 as compared to January.The number of mentions for the airline jumped from 13,500 to 23 [...]
WIT Start-Up: TripFlick launches in Singapore, think Lonely Planet-meet-Tripit
TripFlick, a new travel app (for Android users) wants to be your personal travel guide – think Lonely Planet-meet-Tripit, says its founder Nishant Johri (left). It launches in Singapore today and the Singapore-based start-up nFlick wants to launch it in 100 cities within a year.Q: Describe the bu [...]
Kuoni India gets Sabre Red App
Abacus, Kuoni India, Excellent Management Limited (XML) Hong Kong and Sabre have jointly developed Sabre Red App, a new customer profile app that runs on all Abacus WorkSpace terminals at Kuoni India locations.Similar to what is being done by Apple and Android to develop mobile apps, authorise [...]
ReviewPro to expand to Asia
ReviewPro, the Barcelona-based hotel reputation management and social media monitoring company, is expanding to Asia and will open an office in the region by the third quarter.Europe has been its focus since its establishment in early 2008. CEO RJ Friedlander said, “The region is growing and the [...]
