The Wrap: Voluntourism on the rise among Singaporean travellers, inclined towards Asia: ZUJI
In the news: ZUJI’s “Giving Back is the New Black” study, British Airways’ survey on Hong Kong travellers’ habits, Wego’s Apple Watch appVoluntourism on the rise among Singaporean travellers, inclined towards Asia: ZUJI Volunteer travel or Voluntourism is on the rise among Singapore-base [...]
Cheaper holidays for APAC travellers, says report
The drop in air ticket prices for Asia Pacific (APAC) by 7%, and savings in packages from travellers's favourite cities worldwide spell cheaper holidays for travellers from the region.These are the findings of a global report, Travel Check-Up: Air Travel Trends 2015. A mid-year review on air travel [...]
The Millennial Traveller: Beyond city limits, parallels between Perth and Singapore
From a tourist’s perspective, it seems both Singapore’s and Western Australia’s tourism industries are beginning to make a conscious and strategic effort to battle past public perceptions as, most simply put, one-dimensional business destinations.
Singapore and Perth, Australia could be (an [...]
The Wrap: 3.2 billion Internet users by end 2015
In the news: ITU’s report on global Internet usage, TripAdvisor’s new Chinese brand name, Travelport’s merchandising solution for TTS, Hotels.com’s awards programme for hotels
3.2 billion Internet users by end 2015
A staggering 3.2 billion people, or half the world’s current 7.2 [...]
The Millennial Traveller: The Tourism Games
Is too much information and too much choice creating a breed of over-anxious consumers, travellers who fear missing out on some stuff while doing others?
Going on your dream holiday is a little bit like being faced with your teenage crush. Everything your hyper emotional heart has ever desired i [...]
It’s local experiences over shopping for mainland Chinese travellers
Chinese travellers are less obsessed with shopping when they travel overseas and are now opting for local experiences, according to insights by GfK and ForwardKeys.
The report reveals Hong Kong as a shopping haven is losing its shine for the mainland visitors, as their numbers intending to visit [...]
The day the earth shook in Nepal: A traveller’s account of what happened and how he got out
This is a first hand account by Chris Sweeting, who was touring Kathmandu when the earthquake happened. Sweeting, who worked as publisher for several travel trade titles including TTG Asia and TravelAsia, is a frequent visitor to Nepal, having written a book of his travels there.
Saturday April [...]
More Singapore travellers booking vacations on the go, says Hotels.com
With the proliferation of mobile many travellers are booking holidays on the go, and holidaymakers in Singapore are among them, increasingly using their smart devices to plan their vacations according to Hotels.com Hotel Price Index. (infographic below).
The report revealed that mobile bookin [...]
The Millennial Traveller: The Global Gastronome
These days, the world comes to us on a plate. But there’s nothing like eating the real thing in real places.
Some of us march on our stomachs (myself included). The idea of travelling to some of the world’s top ranking foodie destinations is enough to get me on Google, searching up how long w [...]
Postcard & Tag aims to revolutionise the online travel space
Postcard & Tag, a new visual social travel directory that allows users to discover and share photos of travel destinations around the world, will have its global launch in Jakarta, Indonesia tomorrow (21 April).
Using digital postcards, which are geo-mapped and categorised into a variety of [...]
