Why the older guy-meet-young techies thing worked for Rome2rio
Interviewing Rod Cuthbert, CEO of Rome2rio, and Michael Cameron, one of the two co-founders of the multi-modal search site is like watching a ping pong match in action – Cuthbert incidentally was a table tennis coach in his hometown of Tasmania.
There’s a sense of camaderie and mutual respect [...]
Why we should all fear Google: Open letter from Axel Springer to Eric Schmidt
An open letter to Eric Schmidt from Mathias Döpfner (While his comments are specific to Europe they are also relevant to Asia where the only market Google is not dominant is China and, in particular, travel as it rolls out its plans to get deeper into the sector.)
Dear Eric Schmid [...]
Fancy staying a night at the Eiffel Tower?
Eiffel Tower is a “must-visit” attraction for almost all visitors to Paris. Now you can spend a night there, courtesy of HomeAway.
The vacation rental service is giving away the chance to four contestants to sleep over at the Eiffel Tower in a competition as part of its sponsorship of this su [...]
Dreamers may still win the day in online travel as brands go “upper funnel”
Ten years ago, we struggled to get the word “inspiration” mentioned at online travel conferences. Everyone was more interested in clicks, conversions and transactions.
I remember a debate we had at the WIT Conference over “Inspiration vs Transaction” and the dreamers among us voted with o [...]
The Wrap: What Singapore travellers want when flying
In the news: Expedia Sky Conduct Report, Carlson Rezido’s acquisition of India’s Country Inns & Suites, Sabre and AWS Cloud
What Singapore travellers want when flying
Comfort, sleep and staying hydrated during their journey are what Singapore flyers value, reveals findings from Ex [...]
London is world’s most connected city, HK leads in Asia
London is the most connected city in the world with direct flights to 351 global destinations, while Hong Kong takes the same ranking in Asia connecting to 147 cities.
These are findings from the inaugural Global Connectivity Ranking produced by multimodal search specialist, Rome2rio, and social [...]
The intent behind Air Black Box and how it got to power Value Alliance
The technology powering the just-announced Value Alliance, which sees eight low cost airlines partnering on a sales and distribution platform allowing customers to book on all of them, including ancillaries in a single booking, was developed by UK-based startup, Air Black Box.
ABB was set up by c [...]
Value Alliance, a breakthrough in low cost airline distribution
When you think about it, the first pan-Asian low cost airline alliance, Value Alliance, launched today in Singapore is a pretty big deal in the annals of airline distribution.
One, it’s a world first and shows Asian LCCs ahead of in their innovative thinking and two, it is primarily a technolog [...]
Meet China’s new wave of travellers – young, free, independent, affluent, sophisticated
A new breed of Chinese travellers is emerging in China, dubbed free independent travellers (FITs), who increasingly shuns escorted travel in favour of spontaneous exploration.
Travel site TripAdvisor shared findings from a Phocuswright study, which provide insights into the behaviour, spendin [...]
Rome2rio launches instant bookings for train journeys
Rome2rio, the Australia-based multi-modal search specialist, has made available on-site bookings for train journeys in the UK.
Launched in partnership with SilverRail Technologies the new feature allows Rome2rio users to search its site for available transportations between any UK locations. They [...]
