The Wrap: Tokyo overtakes Hong Kong as most expensive city for business travel
In the news: ECA International’s Daily Rates research report, IATA's NDC aggregator certification for Travelport, CarTrawler and Justfly team up, H.I.S. Travel and Amadeus’ expense management solution
MARKET INTELLIGENCE: TOKYO OVERTAKES HONG KONG AS MOST EXPENSIVE CITY FOR BUSINESS TRAVEL
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Amadeus heads into new year with strong 2016 showing
Amadeus has attributed its strong profit figures to its distribution and IT solutions businesses and also its acquisitions.
According to the recently released financial statements on its full year results ending December 31, 2016, Amadeus achieved adjusted profit of €911.0 million (US$963 milli [...]
WIT Specials: “Regulations around alternative accommodation overdue”
The big news to hit the newstands in past weeks was of Singapore being the latest city to crackdown on alternative accommodation, leaving a noticeable fissure in Airbnb’s global profile. Singapore follows suit behind New York, Los Angeles, London and Barcelona.
While consumers are up in arms ab [...]
AirAsia Foundation plans Destination Good marketplace through its support of social enterprises
It all started with her involvement in the rebuilding of Banda Aceh after the devastating tsunami of December 26, 2004 which killed 167,000 people and destroyed most of the Indonesian coastal city.
Yap Mun Ching, then holding the role of strategic planner at AirAsia, said that the airline had bee [...]
The Wrap: TRIPBAM, TrustYou partner to offer hotel review data integration
In the news: TRIPBAM and TrustYou partner, Blacklane and Groundspan team up, HRS’ healthy growth in 2016, Wego Indonesia’s and Hong Kong Tourism Board‘s joint marketing campaign
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: TRIPBAM, TRUSTYOU PARTNER TO OFFER HOTEL REVIEW DATA INTEGRATION
TRIPBAM, the hotel rat [...]
NIDA Rooms raises US$5.6mil, to use fresh funds for expansion
Malaysia-based NIDA Rooms has completed its Series A financing with new investment of US$5.6 million.
The round was led by global private investment firm Shanda Group, headquartered in Singapore, and other Southeast Asian investors.
This brings the total raised by NIDA Rooms to over US$11 [...]
HARDTalk with Stephen Sackur on role of media, the craft of interviews and succession
It was an invitation hard to resist – an opportunity to listen to Stephen Sackur of BBC HARDTalk share his knowledge and experience with the Foreign Correspondents Association of Singapore.
After all, how often does one get a chance to turn the tables on the man who’s grilled politicians, cel [...]
Metasearch needs evolution and innovation
A guest blog by Prasanna Veeraswamy, Head of Products – Hotels, Cleartrip.com
A decade and a half ago, when the first set of OTAs (Online Travel Aggregators/Agents) were born, travel planners were suddenly empowered with tools that enabled them to do all kinds of hotel and flight bookings witho [...]
Hotel guests are changing but hoteliers not keeping up with their IT needs
The year 2020 will see a new breed of highly sophisticated and ‘digital native’ hotel guests who will be better informed, seek unique experiences, have higher expectations and also expect recognition.
However, while hoteliers anticipate such future guests their plans for industry technology r [...]
First non-air loyalty redemption in China on offer
Loyalty programme specialist Kaligo Travel Solutions has partnered with Hainan Airlines’ loyalty programme Fortune Wings Club to launch China’s first non-air redemption programme on its travel booking platform.
This enables 18 million Fortune Wings Club members to redeem Fortune Wings Club Po [...]
