The low-down on social media and hotels
Given the enormous rise in the use of social media across the hotel sector, IDeaS a SAS Company, recently held a conversation with a few industry members on what were some of the best practices being seen in the industry.The panel comprised:• Grahame Tate, Managing Director Asia Pacific, IDeaS a S [...]
Tough Love turns to Sweet Love
Tough love turned into sweet love for Web In Travel last night when it won the Trade Conference of the Year in the Singapore Experience Awards 2010 held in Singapore. It beat two other finalists, CommunicAsia and International Maritime Week, in the Events category of the awards. WIT won for its 20 [...]
Travel folk meet as Vietnam gets social and change is nigh
So I am in Saigon with about 500 travel agents, media and travel technology professionals – it’s quite an experience, being with such a gathering in this town. Travel folk know how to have fun even when they are at work.It’s the Abacus International Subscriber Conference and I don’t think I [...]
Shangri-La’s first dip into social media ‘exciting’ and ‘touching’
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts' foray into social media has opened up a whole new level of customer engagement for the group, says Kent Zhu, group director of sales and marketing, when we met up at the opening of the new Kerry Hotel, Pudong, Shanghai.“We were getting about 250 comments with each p [...]
Sing It Loud and even geeks can cry
With this post, I’d like to thank kd lang for unlocking something in me. I caught her live at the Esplanade in Singapore the day she turned 50. I liked the way she declared it in front of 1,800 “fellow freaks” as she called us.The day I declared turning 50, I did in in front of only 20 close f [...]
Postcards pushed off the edge, social networks take over
Social networks are not only influencing the way that people obtain information and make their bookings in advance of a journey, but also provide an important channel for communications during the trip. Facebook and other social media are used during their trips by 37 per cent of international trave [...]
Power shift in conferences & exhibitions as social media takes hold
It was an interesting experience speaking about social media to an audience of conference and mostly exhibition organisers in Bangkok last week. (UFI is the global association of the exhibitions industry.)This is one industry segment that, to me, is heaven-made for social media. After all, what are [...]
Shangri-La grows Facebook fans with birthday treat
It’s good to see a brand like Shangri-La engage with Facebook – for its 40th anniversary this year, it is inviting all its Facebook friends and fans to have a free meal on their birthday at any of the hotels’ operated restaurants in any city throughout the year.That gives customers a choice of [...]
My Venice: Best pool in the world, and more
Why would anyone choose Venice in the height of summer? Veterans avoid it in July – too hot, too humid, too crowded. But I’m here and loving it. Because there’s a lifeline on the laguna to beat the heat. Well, sort of in it actually. Filtered sea water, lightly chlorinated with a splash of fr [...]
My-Strok@WIT to raise funds for Burmese foundation for the needy
Web In Travel will once again be featuring the My-Strok@WIT initiative where delegates will have a chance to create their doodles depicitng their love for travel on a canvas. These will be turned into a work of art by artist Alpana Ahuja.Alpana, whose paintings reflect her deep love for nature (righ [...]
