Social media as whinge outlets and the pool with Brag Plus Factor …
I was having lunch with a hotelier this week when our conversation turned to social media and tools such as Local Measure which allows businesses like hotels to pick up location-based chatter among guests. The idea is then to surprise customers with something unexpected or to pre-empt complaints. (W [...]
WIT Day Two – New Zealand’s House of Travel is WIT’s Groovy Marketer
House of Travel, New Zealand was hailed as Web In Travel’s first Groovy Marketer at its annual conference this week as part of its inaugural WITovation Awards 2011, presented by Amadeus Asia.The Christchurch-based tour operator was chosen by WIT for an innovative mix-and-match game on Facebook [...]
WIT Ideas Lab – The new image of luxury
It seems that after a hiatus, luxury is back, especially in Asia. Hotel and airline revenues are up, occupancies are up, average room rates are recovering and there is in general more activity in the market, something we haven't seen since the heydays of 2007/08. Today's panel, consisting of Paul K [...]
A call to WITNext: Don’t make the mistakes I made
Like many students graduating from high school I was unsure what I wanted to do. I thought that working in the travel industry would be great and that the languages I had studied in high school would come in handy.Mistake #1 – believing what I heard that if I studied tourism I would end up cleanin [...]
Melbourne’s rocking, ProjectWander’s Robertson joins WIT*e
I couldn't have asked for finer, sunnier weather to be in Melbourne. Plus, things are looking good for the capital of Victoria. From my first day here, I have learnt that tourism’s up, hotel occupancies are healthy, RevPAR is on the rise and there is no more low or high season for city hotels.Th [...]
Book your seat for WIT Ideas Lab & WIT Clinics
The WIT Ideas Lab at ITB Asia will once again serve up a world of opportunities from 9-11am on October 21 and 22, 2010.Travel leaders will share insights on the latest trends in corporate travel, cruising and hotel sales and marketing. Experts in the digital space will summarise what’s new in sear [...]
WIT Ideas Lab – The art of taming the Dragon
Taming the fiery dragon is not easy – it takes bravery, creativity and stealth. However great rewards await those who achieve this feat. The session on “How to tame your Dragon” at WIT ideas Lab at ITB Asia shows you the ways to do it.Pictured left: Taming the DragonAlmost every other compan [...]
WIT Speakers Corner: William Bao Bean on the difference between a whale and a VC
If I had only realized earlier that William Bao Bean was based in Shanghai. I had called him while I was in Europe, having just arrived from Shanghai a few days earlier, where I had visited the World Expo.Given the circumstances, the discussion had to start with me asking him about the World Expo. H [...]
WIT’s Bootcamp gets the week off to a great start!
It’s been an excellent day at #wit2011 with Bootcamp kicking off the week’s proceedings. We heard in the morning from a number of key players in the region, each giving the attendees valuable insights into their areas of expertise. What’s clear is that, although we are one region (in so [...]
WITNext: How sticking to one groove and building up networks paid off for me
Vera Lye started her career as a travel journalist in TTG Asia and has worked for publications like Travel Asia and TravelWeekly. She now runs RAVE, which handles media relations and communications projects for travel companies. January 1994Just returned from a four-year-university sojourn to the U [...]
