Storm in a pad
 It's a Brave Me World we are entering, says Yeoh Siew Hoon, as she watches the battle unfold in the land of hand-held devices.
It will be another two months before that much-talked-about device is available in Singapore, and already it's raised a storm. Well, actually it raised a storm before the launch and is continuing to rattle the teapot.
From really bad jokes about its name to claims that it copied the name from Fujitsu, Steve Jobs' latest baby sure has got people talking, and fighting. MORE
A need to blend face time with screen time
 Yeoh Siew Hoon heads to Subic Bay to attend a meeting on meetings at a time when the way people communicate is changing.
I am headed to the Philippines this afternoon. It's been a few years since I've been there. I know I will enjoy it. It's one of those places I don't yearn to go to but when I am there, I always have a great time and wonder why I don't visit more often.
Fact is, we only have so much time and there are so many places out there to choose from.
I am attending their national MICE industry conference. In short, it's called MICECON 2010. Only the Philippines would come up with an acronym like that and not think twice about it. MORE
It's a jungle out there, be armed, independent hoteliers
 It's been said that this is the year of independent hotels. They are faring better in search rankings and they tend to fare better with reviews. Less chained to processes and procedures, they have the independence and flexibility to manouevre. The challenge is, independent hotels tend not to have the resources than their chain counterparts do.WIT asked Kohlmayr, Director IDeaS Advantage, for tips on how independent hotels should prepare for the upswing in travel.
1. Independent hoteliers need to ensure they have detailed data that is both historical and forward looking. Historically, the data should include (at least) the number of occupied rooms, coupled with revenue by Market Segment by day. In terms of forward looking data, ensure that number of rooms and revenue on the books by day (by Market Segment) for at least the next 90 days is included. If data is collected every day it will allow the hotel to establish simple booking pace forecasts by segment and day of week, from which they will be able to compare to historical data. If this is done consistently it will allow hoteliers to quickly pick up any changes when demand picks up and enable them to tweak their strategies accordingly. MORE
Meet the Boomer Women
 Boomer women are the latest consumer segment to come under the spotlight. A survey by VibrantNation.com, an online community for "smart, successful women over 50", finds that close to 80% of them already have leisure travel planned for 2010.
"While our ongoing online surveys and polling give us an up-to-date pulse of what Boomer Women want and what truly matters to them, the results of our recent travel survey even caught us by surprise with a staggering 79% of Boomer Women already having leisure travel planned for 2010," said Stephen Reily, founder and CEO of VibrantNation.com. MORE
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