Is the fun over? ‘This is the year of government regulation’
I left this morning's opening session of Social Media Week Singapore with the distinct feeling that we may have had our fun in the sun as far as social media is concerned and now it’s time for the parents to come spoil the party.With Twitter planning to allow country-specific censorship of twe [...]
Ok, wifi issue tackled, time to wash other dirty laundry in public
On January 1, the Dusit group of hotels freed up its wifi across all properties. Every guest now gets a user name and password and hey presto, you are in. It works per device but I suspect soon one login will get you across multiple devices.Dusit is only doing what’s inevitable – Shangri-La Hot [...]
Collaboration is key to the future of travel
Travel will become more collaborative in the next decade where travel providers and travellers will work together, says the report, “From Chaos to Collaboration”, developed by The Futures Company, a global foresight and futures consultancy, and commissioned by Amadeus.The report details th [...]
New accessibility guidelines boon for people with disabilities
The U.S. government’s new accessibility guidelines, to be implemented in March, marks when hotels, airlines, attractions and entertainment venues must increase accessibility to make travelling easier for people with disabilities.The new guidelines would also allow these companies to penetrate a v [...]
No money, can he survive in Singapore for 5 days on social media alone?
Can man live on social media alone? Well, one young man is about to find out if he can depend on the social web and the kindness of strangers to survive in Singapore for five days from February 9-15.Armed with just a Nokia Lumia 800 and 10 items in a survival pack, Martin (#CanManLondon), from Lond [...]
Fly in comfort with full row of seats on AirAsia X
Don’t like being assigned a middle seat on a long haul flight or sit next to a snoring passenger? AirAsia’s long haul low cost affiliate is making it possible for passengers to escape this "tight" situation with its new Empty Seat Option (ESo) that makes available three seats in a row in econom [...]
The great social experiment is underway at Agoda
Agoda will be experimenting with social media in a big way. And mobile is now mainstream. These two forces which are feeding each other, believes Robert Rosenstein, CEO of Agoda (left), will transform travel.What could have been a great year turned out merely good, due to the floods that afflicted [...]
