HotelsCombined launches iFindHotels app in Arabic
HotelsCombined.com has released iFindHotels version 1.31 for iPhone and iPod Touch, an update that enables full support and browsing for the Arabic language to their hotel price comparison app. A first...
View ArticlemTrip Travelguide review – Augmented Singapore on the iPhone
This morning I read about the mTrip travel guides – Android and Apple application guides to about 20 destinations. So I downloaded the app from the Apple App store – GBP3.99 (approx US$7 or so). Each...
View ArticleDiscovering Hong Kong the virtual way
Cathay Pacific and the Hong Kong Tourism Board have created an app, in conjunction with McCann Erickson and XS2Theworld, that is touted as “a world class app for a world class city”. Whether you want...
View ArticleYourSingapore app to offer personalised experiences
YourSingapore Guide app is now available for iPhone and Android users (sorry Blackberry, you are excluded again) who want to create personalized experiences of their stay in the Little Red Dot....
View ArticleFast food makes us fat, tech makes us shitty, let’s take a detour, says...
Holiday times are good for epiphanies and Andrew Mason, founder of Groupon, had his during a one-month break in South-east Asia after he left the company he founded. Andrew Mason: Came up with idea for...
View ArticleMake five tourism marketing resolutions for 2015
Tourism marketers should resolve to adopt five marketing practices if they want to achieve digital breakthrough in 2015. MyResearch’s Bronwyn White Mobile digital technology and apps have led to a...
View ArticleThe Millennial Traveller: The Tinder Trap
A close friend recently asked me how I felt about Singapore’s dating pool. As a prospective newcomer to the city, he held a rightful amount of curiosity paired with a subtle dose of concern. Given this...
View ArticleAirbnb launches Trips platform, giving guests more direct access to local...
Airbnb has ventured beyond the accommodation space after eight years with the launch of Airbnb Trips – a mobile platform designed to give consumers a new resource for local information, tours and...
View ArticlePorter & Sail and Design Hotels unveil ‘fresh way’ to book hotels in new...
Two curated online travel platforms, Porter & Sail and Design Hotels, are collaborating to deliver what is described as “an ultimate mobile hotel experience.” New York-based Porter & Sail, a...
View ArticleAfter growing roots in Sri Lanka, Findmyfare wants to fan out to “similar”...
Returning to Sri Lanka in 2012 after having studied and worked in London for most of their adult life, university mates Thushan Shanmugarajah and Abishek Sithampalam looked around for something to do....
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