Luxury travel hotspots shifting eastward to Asia; Millennials redefine luxury as “Instagram-able” experiences
At Brand Karma, we’re fascinated by what social media can tell us about the future of travel. We’ve just produced a report called "The Luxury Traveller & Social Media: The Americas" in partnership with the International Luxury Travel Market, which aims to understand the preferences of luxu [...]
The Wrap: Visas top list of information provided to business travellers
In the news: Travelport and ACTE mobile study, Wego and the Middle East, Singapore’s New Park Property soldVisas top the list of information provided to business travellersTravelport and ACTE (Association of Corporate Travel Executives) have released a global research paper on the impact of mo [...]
Asians willing to make lifestyle sacrifices for holidays
The desire to travel among Asian consumers is so strong that they are willing to cut back on other areas, such as shopping or eating out, in pursuit of a holiday, reveals TripAdvisor in its latest TripBarometer report.(see full infographic below)The study, which the world's leading travel site co [...]
VirtualMalaysia.com goes social with revamp
In tandem with the increasing popularity of user-generated content and social media, as well the rise of a breed of tech savvy travellers, VirtualMalaysia.com (VM) has reinvented itself and recently relaunched its 2.0 version with numerous interactive features.
Developed in 1997 to showcase Mala [...]
The Wrap: New openings at Skyscanner as it kicks off recruitment drive
In the news: Skyscanner's recruitment drive, Singapore's Changi Asia's best airport, good July for APAC airlinesNew openings at Skyscanner as it kicks off recruitment driveWant to be part of the Skyscanner’s team? Here’s your chance to join this global travel search company as it is creating 2 [...]
Art competition launched in Singapore to boost travel
Achieve Thru Art (ATA), an online visual art competition, has landed in Singapore after a successful run in Australia last year. This is the first year ATA is brought to Singapore through partnership with Singapore Changi Airport and participating airlines.The ATA is a three-month art initiative aim [...]
Parrots Alive! Things left on a plane
I have left many things behind everywhere. Indeed, pieces of me are strewn all over the globe wherever my footsteps have taken me and where my memory has failed.The one incident that sticks with me is when I left my coat on my seat on a flight from London. I only realized it after I had left Changi [...]
Lessons from Inverted Edge: Fashion & travel for the global sophisticate
Travel has lots to learn from fashion retail and vice versa and Debra Langley, founder of new start-up Inverted Edge, definitely has her pulse on the fashion industry.In her two decades in fashion, based in New York, Hong Kong and now Singapore, she’s seen how the web has revolutionized [...]
#BarondaMaluku – a social initiative to revive Maluku’s tourism
Since the Maluku Islands (Moluccas) sectarian conflict broke out in early 1999, travellers, including Indonesians, have been avoiding the region even though the conflict ended in 2002. Acmad Alkatiri, from the islands, decides to use social media to lure back the tourists.Acmad Alkatiri, or Mad as [...]
Russians prefer booking their holidays at the last minute
A survey by IPK International’s World Travel Monitor, commissioned by ITB Berlin, revealed that booking one’s holidays at the last possible moment continues to be a popular trend among the world’s most important travel markets, which make up the biggest percentage of holidays.The habit of boo [...]
