Food behind choice of travel destinations for Singaporean, Malaysian men
All male respondents in a snap poll of 300 Singaporean and Malaysian travellers by metasearch site, Wego, said they pick their destinations based on local food experiences, while only 26% of women indicated they would do the same.
“Clearly Singaporean and Malaysian men consider food a pivota [...]
Singapore travellers disconnecting while on the road
A large number of Singapore leisure travellers prefer to remain off-the-grid enroute to their destinations, according to Expedia’s latest survey on “The Future of Travel”.
The global study, which dissects the anatomy of the Singapore digital traveller,reveals only 4% are interested in h [...]
Social media on the rise in airports
More airports have invested in social media this year, and are set to increase their budgets in 2014, according to Airport Social Media Outlook 2013/ 2014 - a research survey conducted by SimpliFlying with 46 of the most active airports online across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
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Secrets of social media in APAC unravelled
Accor, in its inaugural Accor Hotels Asia Pacific Social Media Monitor, reveals that Thai and Chinese travellers are most active online, while Australians and New Zealanders are the least social media users.
Singaporeans are also very active in the social media space, with 84% interacting onlin [...]
Uttara, a woman in her element in Shangri-La
In his book “The Element”, Ken Robinson argues that a person is in his or her element when they are at the intersection between what they love to do and what they are good at.
Going by this, I’d say that Uttara Sarkar Crees is squarely in her element. In fact, I’d even go so far as to s [...]
Maturity, Millennials and Motivation: Changing of the guard
WIT at 9 mature? Yes. This year the WIT team made a run at bridging the gap between fantasy and reality with the WIT Developer & Designer Challenge.
The first crop of 9 – auspicious number – revealed a sense of maturity. We had three student teams, one of whom went on to win the overall [...]
#wit2013: SGD100,000 raised for Phare the Cambodian Circus
WIT Conference 2013 ended on a high note at Dorsett Singapore’s rooftop party hosted by Dorsett Hospitality International (DHI) with a record SGD100,000 raised from the charity auction.
The highlight of the auction were two beautiful paintings by Myanmar's leading contemporary arti [...]
Why travel and mobile is an amazing fit
Until a few years ago, a traveler couldn’t leave home without a credit card. Today, she can’t leave home without a smartphone.
The smartphone is pervasive and the use of the mobile device by consumers to address and enhance their travel needs makes it an area for focus for Samsung’s conte [...]
Trailblazing Myanmar artist to produce ‘Art For Good’ at WIT
The artist who has been commissioned to produce a live painting on-site at the Web In Travel conference in Singapore next week is one of Myanmar’s top contemporary talent, NCS (Nyein Chan Su).
NCS will be on-site at the conference on October 22 to collaborate with delegates to produce an [...]
It’s coffee over sex for the morning buzz
Believe it or not, the ubiquitous beverage, coffee, surpasses sex as the ideal wake-up call for most people as Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts reveals in its newly-commissioned survey on global coffee and travel habits.
The study finds more than half (53%) of the global respondents pref [...]
