Don’t be a grumpy traveller, be a happy one – follow these Vacation Rules
You’ve met Rod Cuthbert, the travel entrepreneur, the founder of Viator and currently the interim chairman of Rome2Rio. Now meet Rod Cuthbert, the author.The Melbourne-based executive has self-published a book called “Vacation Rules: A Guide to Travel Happiness”, co-authored with psychologi [...]
Facebook dominates social networking sites, Google leads in search
comScore recently released its annual Digital Future in Focus reports, which looked at what happened in 2012 and how the prevailing trends in social media, search, online video, online advertising, mobile and e-commerce are defining/impacting the current digital marketplace this year.The U.S. editi [...]
Love is in the air or else it only happens on other flights
Okay, it’s Valentine’s Day so no surprises when we got a press release from Wego telling us that love is in the air.Their latest survey tells us that cupid’s arrow strikes in any location, even at 35,000 feet, and that passengers have reported seeing a number of marriage proposals, break ups [...]
The Wrap: Chinese travelling abroad to celebrate Year of the Snake
In the news: Travel trend of Chinese travellers for the Lunar New Year, first Harrods Hotel in Malaysia, PhoCusWright@ITB Berlin, UK’s McDonald Hotels partners with SiteMinderChinese travellers celebrating Year of the Snake abroad A large number of Chinese travellers are not staying home to welc [...]
Asians’ fervour for travel not dampened by economic uncertainty
The appetite of Asians for leisure travel remains strong despite expected global downtrend, and mainland Chinese will lead the region in travel frequency fuelled by a strong renminbi, reveals Travelzoo Asia Pacific in its annual regional subscriber survey.The survey on trends, which will shape thi [...]
Aussies love London
London is the top destination among Australians reveals Wotif.com, based on bookings by its customers in 2012.The Australian travel website, in its listing of the top 10 ten most popular travel destinations in Europe, ranked London in the number one spot followed by Paris, with Rome making the top [...]
When the rich shop, they do it online and they like it social and mobile
A new study reveals how affluents use the internet, social media and mobile devices and apps and have fully integrated the internet into their luxury lifestyles.The study entitled “Affluents Online” conducted by Unity Marketing found that among nearly 1,000 affluent consumers (avg. income $248 [...]
I love to fight, it brings out the best in me, says new AirAsia Expedia boss
Caught up with Kathleen Tan, the new CEO for AirAsia Expedia, the weekend after the news was announced and she was visibly thrilled about the new challenge. With this move, she returns to Singapore after almost nine years away, takes on a chief executive role in a company that has great expectation [...]
My Predictions For The Year of the Water Snake
Well, it's the Year of the Water Snake, according to the Chinese calendar which begins February 10, so I thought I'd find myself a snake on New Year's Day to help me predict what will happen in the next 12 months.So here goes.1. More than half of OTA revenues in Japan and Korea will come from mobile [...]
It’s all about me and I’m on the move, baby
I was sitting at the Foxy Café in Glenorch, Middle Earth, which had a pig as part of its welcoming signboard (pictured right, not left). Other than noticing this slight misalignment of animal references, I also noticed that most of the patrons were people from my part of the world.There was an Indi [...]
