Sleeping giant, slumbering dragon, next big thing Рclich̩s to describe mobile travel but also the enormous opportunities for the travel industry when it comes to Asia-Pacific.
Hotel prices – Australia-New Zealand – July to September 2011
July 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Australia-New Zealand from July to September.
RatesToGo to change hotel business model
May 5, 2011 By 4 Comments
RatesToGo will begin to take merchant-model hotel bookings as one of several steps parent company Orbitz Worldwide is taking to improve its hotel business in Asia-Pacific.
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Google on social, new travel business models and mobile
April 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We managed to grab some time recently with Ali Yilmaz, travel head for South East Asia at Google.
Why Singapore is no longer the sleepy backwater of online travel
February 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Online travel agencies have not been particularly active in Singapore despite the market being a solid adopter of the internet.
Expedia on mobile, Asia-Pacific expansion, Google Places, American Airlines
February 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Expedia, which operates Expedia-branded points of sale in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and India, plans to launch five to eight new country sites in Asia-Pacific in 2011.
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Part Two of Two: The Asian online travel zeitgeist
October 27, 2010 By 3 Comments
In Part One of my WebinTravel reflections, I shared ten things I overheard about the plans and strategies of various travel companies.
Part One of Two: The Asian online travel zeitgeist
October 26, 2010 By 4 Comments
Over the course of the WebinTravel conference in Singapore last week I collected a series of tweets, notes and comments.
Asia-Pacific online travel by numbers
October 19, 2010 By 4 Comments
Some fascinating data and detail into the growth of online travel in the Asia-Pacific region from Joe Nguyen, vice president in South East Asia at Comscore.
Travelzoo Asia-Pacific deal a family affair
October 9, 2009 By 4 Comments
Travelzoo, a pubicly traded company controlled by founder and Chairman Ralph Bartel, has agreed to sell Travelzoo’s Asia-Pacific division, including Travelzoo Hong Kong, Travelzoo Japan, Travelzoo China, Travelzoo Taiwan and Travelzoo Australia, for $3.6 million to companies controlled by — Ralph Bartel.
You’ll notice I used Bartel’s first name, Ralph, twice in the preceding sentence. That’s because I don’t want to get you confused with Holger Bartel, Travelzoo’s CEO, who’s Ralph’s brother.
You may see where I am going with this.
Apart from the coziness of the pending transaction (which could still be upended by a rival bid, but I am not holding my breath), the deal actually could be a clever move by Travelzoo — not to mention Ralph Bartel — and fuel Travelzoo’s expansion in Europe and Asia-Pacific.
