Sensational Singapore – ‘Oh yes, Mum, I thought again, you should see it now’
A few months ago my Mother and step Father were staying with me in Singapore. Towards the end of the week they were here we had a great evening out starting with an al fresco dinner along by One Fullerton with the extraordinary Marina Bay Sands doing that ‘you can’t quite keep your eyes off me, [...]
MCM group makes its first social play outside Indonesia
Indonesia’s MCM Group, which owns media brands such aslintasberita, Kaskus, KrazyMarket and Daily Social, is launching a new social group site called Mindtalk, which will also mark the company’s first digital media play outside its home market.The English-language site, in beta, will allo [...]
A bird’s eye view of Beijing
I am sitting in my China World Summit Wing hotel room in the tallest tower in the capital city of the world’s second largest economy. The world, literally, is at my feet.Through the haze – it’s that in-between time between summer and autumn – I spot the tops of buildings upon buildings as fa [...]
Vietnam’s hotels go high tech
On your next visit to Vietnam you'll be unlocking your room door with your mobile phone, sign on an iPad when paying for dinner, and transact through a host of gadgets throughout your stay.Yes, hotels in Vietnam are jumping on to the tech bandwagon and are using innovative high-tech gadgets and late [...]
Vietnam’s online travel poised for growth, says Buffalo Tours’ Kien
Recently, Wotif Group signed a joint venture with Thien Minh Group which will see the two parties establish an OTA under the brand of iviVu. WIT interviews Tran Trong Kien, a medical doctor turned travel entrepreneur, and founder of Buffalo Tours in Vietnam and Indochina.Q: What was the intention [...]
Walking round Melbourne with a spring in my step
I woke up this morning to find a big, burly man standing over me. His arms akimbo over my seat on which I was still lying flat, he asked, “Would you like breakfast?”Caught like a kangaroo in the headlights at 2am (my time), I blinked and muttered, a response he took to mean a “Yes”.“Toast, [...]
WIT Australia gathers massive local support as forecasts point to Asia for growth
Web In Travel’s first outing in Australia on June 21 in Sydney is getting strong local support and check out the views from Shangri-La Hotel where it will be held – photo was taken yesterday. Tourism Australia is the founding partner of the one-dayWIT Australia themed “Marketing to the new t [...]
Targeting enables Sprice to score in S’pore, M’sia and India
Singapore-grown Sprice Travel Network, which was acquired by Travelport in 2010, made the ranks with the highest number of unique visitors and page impressions in Malaysia, Singapore and India, according to comScore Media Metrix May 2011 data.The network comprises top regional publishers includi [...]
Top travel websites in Singapore in October
TripAdvisor, Agoda and booking.com continued to top the Travel - Destinations and Accommodation category in the month of October 2010, based on Singapore online users.Leading global online competitive intelligence service, Experian Hitwise identified these as the most popular travel sites accessed [...]
Travel bookings to Indonesia growing rapidly
Expedia, Inc. released data showing the number of international bookings made on Expedia and Hotels.com global sites for travel to Indonesia has grown nearly 70% over the past twelve months, with the majority of the travelers coming from Australia, the U.S., and the U.K. “Indonesia is growing in [...]
