TripAdvisor reveals key trends driving travel in 2016
One in four Asian travellers have chosen to visit a destination because of a cheap flight, while two in five hoteliers in Asia plan to increase room rates in 2016. These are some of the findings in the latest TripBarometer study from TripAdvisor highlighting key trends shaping the travel landscape n [...]
The Wrap: New Delhi is top Asian city on the rise for 2016
In the news: Winners of TripAdvisor's Travellers’ Choice Destinations 2016, Kaligo Business Plus from Visa and Kaligo, eNetts VANs for Mobile Travel Agents as supplier payments.New Delhi is top Asian city on the rise for 2016Two Indian cities, New Delhi and Bengaluru, topped the Asian ranking as t [...]
Virgin Atlantic boosts online bookings with SaleCycle’s remarketing solutions
Virgin Atlantic, one of the UK’s leading long haul airlines, has seen an increase in its online bookings by more than 5% using email and on-site remarketing solutions from SaleCycle.The behavioural marketing company said booking abandonment was a huge challenge for the airline industry, with over [...]
We shouldn’t stop travelling but we should ask, what if something goes wrong?
I don’t know if it was this post about a writer whose father died in a house rented on Airbnb that moved me and got me thinking – or if it was the terrorist attacks in Paris, or that bomb that downed a Russian jet, or the terrorist alert in Bali, but there’s no denying we live in frightening t [...]
The Wrap: Travelport ups stake in Aussie tech start-up, shuffles management team
In the news: Higher stake for Travelport in Locomote, AccorHotels and Samsung partner, enhanced CWT mobile app Travelport ups stake in Aussie tech start-up, shuffles management teamTravelport has increased its investment in Australian corporate travel technology company, Locomote, to 55% to become i [...]
Travellers spending more time to purchase hotels than for airlines
Sojern’s new Interactive Hotel Insights Report reveals two major consumer behaviour changes – travellers are spending more time on the hotel path to purchase than for airlines and last-minute bookers are increasing in numbers.Summarising the report, based on the analysis of more than a billion t [...]
Shangri-La’s Golden Circle celebrates fifth birthday with #LoyaltyIs campaign
Golden Circle, the loyalty programme for the Shangri-La family of brands, has launched #LoyaltyIs that it bills as its "biggest consumer campaign to date" to celebrate its fifth anniversary.From December 2015 to May 2016 Golden Circle will roll out programme benefits, new partnerships, exclusive off [...]
US$500m new wings to fly for Tuniu, Chinese outbound still powering on
The US$500 million investment to be made by HNA Tourism into Tuniu, the Chinese online leisure travel company, will give Tuniu wings to fly and, more importantly, “greatly help us when we are organising our own package tours”.Conor Yang, CFO of Tuniu, told WIT that HNA’s ownership of 12 differ [...]
The more travel consolidates, the more freedom for differentiation
No sooner had I uttered the word “consolidation” then another piece of news arrived in my inbox. This time, Sabre Hospitality Solutions buying the Trust Group of companies which include Trust International, Nexus and InnLink for US$154 million.The deal, to be finalised early next year, immediate [...]
Peach wants to be Muji or Uniqlo of airlines as it champions Japan inbound
Peach CEO Shinichi Inoue wants his airline to become the Muji or Uniqlo of aviation. Accepting the Low Cost Airline of the Year award at the CAPA Asian Aviation Summit on Monday night, Inoue said with those two brands, you don’t think of them as where they come from but as global household names.T [...]
