New study reveals more Singaporeans are buying travel on the go
Last year one in five online travel transactions were made on mobile, while mobile purchase increased 35% from 2011-2016, and is expected to continue growing.
Tech savvy Singaporeans are among travellers who are increasingly using mobile to browse and purchase travel, revealed marketing technolog [...]
Asian travellers looking further for holiday spots: Sojern
Asian travellers are looking further for holiday spots, choosing North American and European destinations over local and regional ones as they did previously, according to Sojern’s latest second quarter Global Travel Insights report.
The report analyses travel intent data from 350 million trave [...]
Eight lessons for startups from the sci-fi world
I believe every now and then we should venture into uncharted territory, whether that’s in travel or in life in general, and so when I was asked to get involved in the first science fiction conference in Hong Kong, I didn’t hesitate.
Melon, founded by Fritz Demopoulos, serial entrepreneur and c [...]
The Wrap: Amadeus pilots first VR travel search and booking service
In the news: Amadeus’ VR booking service, new premium classification for Salam Standard, Qualtrics’ survey on managing traveller experience
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: AMADEUS PILOTS FIRST VR TRAVEL SEARCH AND BOOKING SERVICE
Navitaire, which Amadeus acquired in January last year, is testing a [...]
AirAsia: The journey to becoming a digital airline has begun
AirAsia always has big ambitions, evident from its growth from a two aircraft airline in 1993 flying to a handful of destinations to currently the biggest low cost carrier in Asia with 165 destinations in 25 countries.
Now its group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes has another visio [...]
Travellers to Malaysia rely on reviews to pick hotels
Most travellers are influenced by three factors when it comes to booking accommodation: price, ratings/scores of accommodation on a review site, and proximity to key attractions (not necessarily in that order).
For example, almost all visitors (95%) to Malaysia are influenced by price, while 91% [...]
Letter from Penang: Beyond food to tech, heritage and startups
I have in my Dropbox a food guide to Penang. It saves me time whenever a friend tells me, “Hey I am going to Penang, what shall I eat and where?”
The problem with Penang is the good food is found in places which I don’t even know the name of, just the location – for example, right across [...]
The Wrap: British Airways is investing £500m to boost customer travel experience
In the news: British Airways’ large investments in products and services, Amadeus APAC’s enhanced team to drive airlines business, Tourico Holidays’ new push service
AIRLINES: BRITISH AIRWAYS IS INVESTING £500M TO BOOST CUSTOMER TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
British Airways has launched its [...]
AirAsia strengthens ancillary portfolio with purchase of travel planning startup Touristly for US$2.6m
Asia’s largest low cost carrier AirAsia has acquired a 50% stake in Malaysia-based online travel planner, Touristly, through an asset injection and loan deal valued at RM11.5 million (US$2.6 million).
Launched in June 2015, Touristly describes itself as a “travel platform that helps trav [...]
It’s a Spanish welcome to metasearch for alternative accommodation
Spanish tech company Hundredrooms has found a niche entering the metasearch space within the disparate alternative accommodation market in Europe. Establishing itself first within Spain in 2014, it has since branched out to Italy, Germany, France, Mexico and the U.K. It is soon to expand into the La [...]
