Letter from Kuching: Excuse me, do you want my hot spot?
I’ve just returned from Kuching where we ran a Digital Marketing Bootcamp for the travel trade. The objective was to basically arm industry players with information and knowledge of how to make their business, and their destination, easily discoverable in the digital world.If you’ve been to Kuch [...]
The Wrap: Marriott welcomes Chinese travellers with Alipay
In the news: Alipay in Marriott hotels, GfK Travelscan for Vietnam's travel agents, Japanese ardent F1 fans.
Marriott welcomes Chinese travellers with Alipay
Chinese travellers staying in Marriott hotels and resorts can settle their bills with Alipay, a third-party online payment platform with [...]
Best of TW Asia Global Wrap: Indonesia haze blows beyond own borders, emergency declared
Featured stories from TravelWeekly Asia: Worsening haze in Asean region, cash incentives for booking Tasmania cruises, new air terminal in TaiwanIndonesia haze blows beyond own borders, emergency declaredWhile Indonesia has declared a haze emergency in Sumatra's Riau province, the smoke has already [...]
Airline ancillary revenue soars 21% in 2014
Airlines are seeing healthy revenue from ancillary activities, going up nearly 21% in 2014 to US$38.1 billion from the previous year.The data is revealed in the 2015 CarTrawler Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue by IdeaWorksCompany that compiled disclosures from 63 airlines worldwide, out of researched f [...]
AccorHotels sees jump in direct bookings thanks to Chinese website
One year after revamping its accorhotels.cn Chinese-language website, and proving the power of the Chinese market, AccorHotels has seen a 53% increase in direct bookings revenue across its Asia Pacific network and an increase of 93% for China hotels year on year between July 2014 through June 2015.* [...]
Priceline Group and its plans to cast its integrated web over China
This is a guest article by Ritesh Gupta, a reporter for ChinaTravelNews.It was almost a decade ago when The Priceline Group’s Glenn D. Fogel (Head of Worldwide Strategy and Planning) spoke to me in Shanghai about the timing of making of a foray in the Chinese market.Fogel said, “While early par [...]
Best of TW Asia Global Wrap: Hunter Valley seizes opportunity to showcase MICE offerings
Featured stories from TravelWeekly Asia: MICE offerings from Hunter Valley, Hugh Jackman’s Qantas’ global ambassador, self check-in at Jetstar AsiaHunter Valley seizes opportunity to showcase MICE offeringsAustralia’s regional areas are keen to let the MICE industry know of their capabilities [...]
The making of Cempedak Island and the bamboo that went missing for a month
Writing about clicks all the time, it makes a nice change to write about bricks or, in this case, bamboo.Just caught up with Andrew Dixon, the former banker-turned-hotelier of Nikoi Island fame, who's right in the throes of building his latest resort, Cempedak, on an Indonesian island he bought more [...]
The Wrap: Hilton and Uber ride together in a new partnership
In the news: More new partnerships formed with Hilton and Uber going to bed together and Shijie99 teaming up with Amadeus, while Skyscanner discloses cheapest month to travelHilton and Uber ride together in a new partnershipHilton Worldwide, as part of its efforts to streamline the travel experience [...]
No travellers left behind with Rome2rio’s new alert service
Rome2rio’s newly launched Advance Booking Alert advises travellers when they must book in advance and when they can “wing it”, ensuring that its users are not left behind.The alert function makes sure travellers are fully informed when transport operators require or recommend advance reservat [...]
