Asia
Airbnb takes Trips to Singapore and Bangkok
Following its global debut last November, Airbnb’s tours and activities platform Trips has now made its way into South-east Asia, officially launching in Singapore earlier this week followed by Bangkok […]
Ctrip’s Strategic Threat to Expedia, Priceline and Everyone Else
If you want to understand the nature of Ctrip’s global ambitions and strategy, just let the CEO take you on a guided tour of China’s largest online travel agency, and […]
PolyU Study Finds Chinese Hotels Must Act on OTAs
Hotels in China have “little negotiating power” with online travel agents (OTAs) and could do more to resist their increasingly dominant role, suggest MSc student Lorraine Zhang, Associate Professor Basak […]
Home sharing platforms take a hit as Singapore government bans short-term rentals
Singapore has moved to ban short-term home rentals in the city, directly impacting popular ‘alternative accommodation’ companies like Airbnb and HomeAway Asia. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) introduced new ‘guidelines’ […]
The future of everything in travel (hint: don’t look to Silicon Valley)
The Chinese believe that what happens at New Year influences your fortunes in the year ahead. Indeed, understanding China offers an insight into what is going to happen globally within […]
4 new traveller ‘types’ emerging within Asia Pacific
A study released today by Sabre Corporation, a leading technology company serving the global travel industry, reveals a series of highly contrasting traveller preferences behind the growing Asian Pacific travel […]
Loyalty, analytics & digital are driving forces in an Asian luxury alliance
By doubling their footprint, Taj Hotels and Shangri-La are hoping to secure a foothold in the world’s fastest growing travel markets The Asian luxury travel segment is growing rapidly, and […]
Key Trends that Matter in Online Travel
At WIT 2016 Conference in Singapore last month, Lorraine Sileo, vice president research of Phocuswright, shared the key trends that mattered in online travel. Q. What are the big global […]
In AsiaPac social media overtakes traditional marketing metrics
Brands in Asia Pacific are placing social media at the heart of their strategy as they strive towards 360-degree customer engagement, according to a study released by TNS. The results […]
Asia and digital will transform aviation
Asia and the digital revolution are two of the global forces that will have a long term impact on aviation, according to CEO of Qantas group, Alan Joyce. Speaking at […]
