Study: First Quarter Trends in Online Hotel Reviews for APAC
Service Shines, Internet Lackluster
With the volume of online reviews at an all time high, hoteliers must be acutely aware of what is being said about their destination. TrustYou analyzed a random sample of 6.1 million global hotel reviews to understand travelers’ opinions so far in 2014. [...]
It’s well-being over fame, fortune and even sex for global travellers
Well-being is the new status symbol, topping to-do lists for global travellers in this “always-on” culture, even trumping booze and sex, according to a global well-being survey conducted by Westin Hotels & Resorts.
About 62% of the survey respondents consider maintaining a bal [...]
The Age of Lost Innocence
I can’t help but think that the age of innocence in social networks is over.
Remember that first day you set up your Facebook account? It was so cool. A way to connect with real friends, to share with them what you liked, what you were doing.And then it grew and people you didn’t really kno [...]
Three different perspectives on Shame
The challenge – for each of us to write a review about the movie “Shame”. So here it is, in consecutive posts, three different perspectives on the new Steve McQueen movie. As a journalist, I rarely miss deadlines, a consequence of working under an editor who said this was one word which me [...]
Magic – intrepid women travellers share their experiences at WITX
Singapore’s first professional female magician and escape artist Ning Cai (left) and her travel companion radio DJ Pam Ho, will be joining the all-woman’s cast at WITX 2012 in Bangkok this April.The two adventurers, both of whom have just completed a year-long trip around the world, will be tal [...]
How to tame the black water dragon
On Sunday midnight, the Dragon will leap into our circle and as with any good Chinese girl, I’ve been reading up the predictions for the year.So first up – it is going to be a “challenging” year, say the feng shui experts with happenings in three main areas – money, natural disasters and [...]
‘Tighter budgets but expect more to go social’
The first thing you should know about Graeme Beardsell is that he was born in Penang. His father was in the Royal Australian Air Force stationed in Butterworth at the time. At the age of one, he left the Malaysian island.
The second thing you should know about the Chief Customer Development and [...]
TrustYou wants to be ‘the alternative to TripAdvisor’
How many reviews can anyone possibly read before deciding on a hotel? Well, a recent TripAdvisor study commissioned byPhoCusWright shows that travelers read at least six to twelve reviews prior to booking.
Now imagine as the universe of user reviews grows – TripAdvisor now boasts more th [...]
Asia’s best 10 beaches are in the Philippines, Thailand, India
White Beach in Boracay (pictured) heads the top 10 list for Asia in TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice awards for Beaches 2014, followed by two in India – Radhanagar Beach on Havelock Island and Agonda Beach in Agonda.
In its second year the awards recognise more than 322 beaches globally, [...]
Asia’s emerging middle class an untapped consumer force
The Emerging Middle Class (EMC) is a rapidly growing global market of consumers newly entering the middle-income group, whose immense opportunity remains untapped by many multinational corporations, reveals a study by social innovator, Eden Strategy Institute.
According to the Asia Emerging Mi [...]
