Spare us the pain, what travellers want in their online experiences
Consumers in less developed countries are more frustrated with the destination selection, shopping and booking process than travellers in more developed markets, a new study shows.The study, Empowering inspiration: the future of travel search, attempts to uncover the pain points travellers face d [...]
Pinterested yet?
Time Magazine named it among the “50 Best Websites of 2011”. There is news doing the rounds that it is driving more referral traffic to third-party sites than Google Plus, LinkedIn and YouTube combined. CNN covered it as 2012’s hottest website and tech blogs can’t stop raving about its succ [...]
CAPA, WIT launch new event, Airline Cloud9
Airline Cloud9 event to explore the magic of simultaneously achieving customer satisfaction and improving ancillary revenues: a joint event by CAPA and WITA new airline technology and distribution conference will be jointly launched by the Sydney-based CAPA - Centre for Aviation and Singapore-bas [...]
Consumers in APAC embrace ethical shopping
Shopping with a conscience is taking off in Asia Pacific with an increasing number of people inclined to buying items that are environmentally friendly and based on fair trade principles, according to the latest MasterCard survey on ethical spending.The survey revealed respondents from Indonesia, [...]
Leading Hotels experiments with removal of transaction fees
Three-and-a-half years after he took up the reins at Leading Hotels of The World and shook things up at the 84-year-old luxury hotel collective, Ted Teng (left) may be shaking up things again.He is piloting a project to remove transaction fees and move to a flat membership fee. With transaction f [...]
Mobile driving growth at Venture Republic’s travel sites
Japan’s Venture Republic (JASDAQ 2177) beat the odds in a challenging economic climate to post a year-to-year 22.5% increase in revenues and a 107.8% jump in profits in its 2011 financial year. Revenues totalled US$26 million and profits US$3.7 million in the year under review.The company, that o [...]
Stunning views and some good legal pointers on social media
Now, I wouldn’t blame you for thinking that a presentation on ‘The Law and Social Media’ at a firm of lawyers in a CBD office might not be the most exciting part of Singapore’s Social Media Week … but, for this attendee, Lionel Tan’s presentation was one of the week’s highlights.Whilst [...]
Local OTAs rule in Japan
Online travel agencies (OTAs) lead all travel categories in terms of monthly unique visitors, attracting more than twice as many visitors as airline websites, the most popular supplier website category. According to PhoCusWright's Japan Online Travel Traffic Report (a Global and Asia Pacific Edi [...]
Yes, I can – social media experiment traveller survives in Singapore
So it’s been proven, man can live on social media alone. Well, at least, in Singapore he did. Okay, it's hardly Survivor stuff but hey, it's still worthy of an adventure worth sharing.Armed with no money, just the new Nokia Lumia, and a backpack containing 10 survival items, Parisian Martin Pasqu [...]
Armed with funds and tech know-how, SilverNeedle out to build NEXT Gen hotel
Did you know that Silver Needle is a rare white Chinese tea that’s harvested over a two-week period every year? Well, I didn’t know that and neither did Bill Black, I suspect, until he started researching for a name that would infer a sense of welcome for the new hospitality company that he’ [...]
