Hotels.com and Columbus Internet launch ‘Hotels WithMe’ app in Asia Pacific
The 'Hotels WithMe' Facebook app enables friends, families and colleagues to get together through Facebook and collectively choose and book a hotel, ensuring that everyone is happy with the choice.For the first time, groups can collaboratively choose a hotel without having to sit in front of the sam [...]
Google+. Huh? You what?
Do you use Google+? I do, or perhaps I should say, I have an account and I’ve added some people to some circles and had myself added to some circles by some some other people ‘friends’? ‘circle-owners’? Apparently the ‘Circles’ bit is critical in as much as it helps differentiate its [...]
For Fernandes, it was love at first sight; for Diller, ‘I ain’t no fool’
It’s being hailed as a “marriage made in heaven” and a “perpetual partnership” and I guess only time will tell if it will be a “happy, till death or loss do us part” kind of union but at the launch of the joint venture between Expedia and AirAsia this morning in Singapore, the bride an [...]
Forget about calling home … social media is the way to keep in touch
Don’t sit by the phone to wait for a call from a loved one on the road as a Sheraton Hotels & Resorts survey reveals that road warriors are increasingly using social media, email to keep in touch while on the road.According to the recently released global social media study by Sheraton Hotels [...]
The future of loyalty is social
SimpliFlying recently released an exclusive infographic on The Future of Loyalty Programs will be powered by Social Media, which offers an sight into how social platforms are becoming increasingly important to these programmes.Here's a summary of the report:• There are more airlines on Twitter t [...]
Now, it’s much easier to fly with family and friends
I love shopping online at Amazon as it’s such a hassle-free process, from search to the completion of the order. As a regular customer all my personal details, from my address to my credit card, are stored with Amazon. All I have to do is click a few times and my purchases are confirmed with date [...]
Getting to know the real outliers on TripAdvisor
Malcolm Gladwell wrote a book called Outliers a few years ago that examined what makes people successful (his other book, The Tipping Point, has become a must-read for many businesspeople worldwide -- particularly those involved with marketing). Outlier is really a statistical term that describes [...]
Excuse me, Sir Richard, could I have a drink please?
Virgin Group's billionaire boss Sir Richard Branson will serve as a "stewardess" on an AirAsia flight after losing a bet to AirAsia group CEO Dato' Sri Tony Fernandes over which of their Formula One team would outperform each other in the 2010 F1 season.Pictured left: Photoshop pic of Branson by Lot [...]
Feng shui or green stone, Qantas needs it
As I write this, I have completed my third Qantas flight in a week. Yesterday’s service to Auckland was delayed by about three hours. Thank goodness I logged onto the internet to check in online – thank you, Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney, for the free Internet access so that I could dip in and out of [...]
When you’re travelling, you depend on the kindness of strangers
Today a friend of mine, Intan, would have turned 50. She missed it by a couple of days. The day she left us, there was a lone star in the Singapore sky. I believe that was her telling me she was in peace somewhere out there.Last night, at the stroke of midnight, I stood under a star-studded sky in [...]
