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#witroadshow: Lessons from Froggy and proof of leapfrogging
For some reason, I’ve got frogs on my mind. Perhaps it’s the fact that my favourite character in Phare, The Cambodian Circus I caught on Saturday night in Siem Reap was named “Froggy”. (What a...
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Spring prepares for low cost revolution, mobile now at 50% of sales
China is on the verge of a low cost revolution and Spring Airlines, the country’s first privately-owned low cost airline, is preparing itself for a future of increased competition by adopting an...
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Social media on the rise in airports
More airports have invested in social media this year, and are set to increase their budgets in 2014, according to Airport Social Media Outlook 2013/ 2014 – a research survey conducted by SimpliFlying...
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Year of the Chat
“What are you doing?” I asked my 19-year-old god-daughter whose nose was buried in her smartphone. She has an iPhone 4 and its screen is cracked and she complains about how slow it is. She’s looking...
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WeChat and LINE displacing traditional social networks; Asian travellers post...
Brand Karma has released a study on the Asian luxury traveller & social media in partnership with International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), analyzing millions of social media posts and online...
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Travelport Opinions launches in Asia, will agents embrace it and express...
The positive response thus far to its social networking site for travel professionals was what led Travelport to launch Travelport Opinions in Asia. Asked if any targets had been set for the Asia...
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In Search of Groove Inspiration
You could say I travelled the world and the seven seas in search of inspiration for this year’s conference programme although unlike Annie Lennox, I didn’t have a lot of sweet dreams about it....
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Monopoly, disruption and game changers at the centre of the universe
I landed in Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou past midnight this morning and felt like I arrived in the middle of an industry cocktail party. At immigration, I met a group of travel agents from...
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Study reveals the use of technology and its influences in developing countries
A new Pew Research Center report of 32 emerging and developing country countries finds that the increasing use of the Internet has been a good influence in education, personal relationships and the...
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Letter to Jukka: The lost art of waiting and conversations
Finland’s always been on my list of places to visit. One main reason is that when I was about 10, I started a correspondence with a Finnish boy, which lasted a few years. Those were the days before you...
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