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Coupon and daily deals sites popular with India’s Internet users
One in 10 Indians going online in June visited websites offering special deals, with SnapDeal.com as the most visited destination. This trend is paving the way for increased e-commerce in India, as...
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How travel opened my door to new worlds
If anyone were to wake me up in the middle of the night and asked me what was my passion, my response would be, without a doubt, travel. When I was five years old, my family moved from what was then...
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Holiday IQ brings its travel review model to Asia
Holiday IQ, which says it is India’s answer to TripAdvisor but with a local twist, is setting up base in Singapore to expand into the region. According to Hari Nair, founder & CEO of Holiday IQ,...
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Visitation to travel sites in India surges in past year
Top travel brands witness double and triple-digit growth as consumers take to the web in search of deals, says latest comScore report. Traffic to the Travel category in India grew to more than 14...
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OTAs – The Coming Wave: Lessons from abroad and local nuances
Lorraine Sileo Lorraine Sileo, senior vice president, research of Phocuswright, kicked off the “OTAs – The Coming Wave” session at the WIT Conference by painting the big picture of how OTAs were...
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What the Global Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Must Learn from the...
Douglas Quinby of Phocuswright wrote this article with inspiration from Ram Badrinathan Douglas Quinby, Vice President, Research @ PhoCusWright Nearly two decades ago, early in my career, I had an...
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The year that was in travel and predictions for 2015 from Wego
The management teams from travel search site, Wego, in Asia Pacific and the Middle East look back at the travel trends in 2014, and give their forecast for the new year. Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand,...
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The five elephants in India’s tourism closet
This is a guest blog by Carolyn Childs, co-founder of MyTravelResearch.com, a market research and marketing firm specialising in the travel, tourism and aviation industries. Promoting India is as much...
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How to engage with India’s tech-savvy travellers
This is a guest blog by Carolyn Childs, co-founder of MyTravelResearch.com, on how responsive mobile-ready websites are vital for India, a country where all age groups don’t bat an eyelid using...
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The Wrap: AirAsia X takes flight to Hawaii and Europe in December
In the news: Two new destinations for AirAsia X, more hotels in India for Carlson Rezidor, new partnership between Mama Shelter and Accor AirAsia X takes flight to Hawaii and Europe in December It’s...
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China’s travel market tears into 2016
Ctrip enters India; Qunar spars with airlines; BAT kingmakers take on travel By Maggie Rauch, Senior Research Analyst, Phocuswright Maggie Rauch The Lunar New Year is still a month away, but China’s...
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The Wrap: The Crest Collection from Ascott – luxury with a sense of home
In the news: Ascott’s new The Crest Collection, Lion Air flies with Sabre, Amadeus’ revenue management solution for SIA, GfK-ForwardKeys on inbound travel to India The Crest Collection from Ascott –...
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WIT CONFERENCE 2016: We’re our own competition, says Ctrip’s Jenny Wu
Ctrip, China’s largest travel brand, believes that being its own competitor has enabled it to grow to be where it is today. “Whether it is for a company or person, the most competition should be...
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Letter from Delhi: Inflection is nigh, disruption is here, let the games begin
My first thought on arriving at Delhi airport was how different things are today for a visitor. Firstly, the visa application process was a breeze compared to two years ago when I last visited....
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Deep dive into MakeMyTrip’s culture – meet Sid and yes to more women at...
On International Women’s Day, Yeoh Siew Hoon speaks to Deep Kalra, CEO & co-founder of MakeMyTrip, on the people who make his company tick and how the integration with Ibibo Group will affect the...
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India’s Paytm beds Booking.com
India’s Paytm, a new disruptor in the travelscape, continues to make inroads with the big travel boys, announcing a booking.com partnership. Under this partnership, all domestic and international...
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Guest Post: The evolving landscape of the world’s largest business travel...
Bertrand Saillet (below right), general manager at FCM Travel Solutions Southeast Asia, shares some insights into the rapidly expanding Asian business market, and what lies ahead for travel companies...
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India’s Cleartrip acquires Flyin, Saudi Arabia’s largest online travel...
Mumbai-based online travel company Cleartrip has bought Flyin, the largest online travel aggregator in Saudi Arabia, marking its first overseas acquisition and strengthening its presence in the Middle...
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WiT Singapore 2018: MakeMyTrip’s Deep Kalra shares thoughts on the “secret...
MakeMyTrip’s chairman and group CEO Deep Kalra is often a favourite on our WiT stage because India is just that exciting and MakeMyTrip has been a key figure in the online travel community there. This...
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The story of Mary Li: From ASLAN to Mystifly, from China to India, and truths...
I first met Mary Li when she was introduced to me as the co-CEO of Mystifly, the India-based global airfares marketplace. My curiosity stirred, I did some research on her and found her back story. With...
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