Hong Kong Airlines, Jet Airways ink codeshare deal
Hong Kong Airlines and Jet Airways have entered into a codeshare partnership aimed at enhancing connectivity between India and Asia-Pacific.
The agreement will allow Hong...
Biometric technology to define the airports of tomorrow: SITA
Airports in the region are opening up to biometric technology that allows major airport processes, from check-in to boarding, to be entirely electronic.
SITA’s president...
Amazing spirit of Thai flight attendants
Who better to get Amazing Thailand Tourism Year 2018 off to a bright and beautiful start than this bevy of flight attendants from Thai Airways International, Thai Smile, Bangkok Airways, Thai AirAsia and Thai Lion Air?
New hotels: citizenM Taipei North Gate, Santa Grand Hotel Boat Quay...
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week.
citizenM Taipei North Gate
Asia's first citizenM has arrived with the opening of citizenM Taipei North Gate,...
Japan, China to get world’s first Muji hotels
Japanese minimalist lifestyle brand Muji will open its first hotel on domestic grounds in Tokyo's Ginza district come spring 2019.
Ryohin Keikaku, the company behind...
Millennials, LCCs prop up Chiang Mai’s rising popularity: C9
With the rise of LCCs and millennial preferences, passenger volume into Chiang Mai grew 13 per cent to hit 4.6 million arrivals in 2016,...
Still gaps to fit in Asia’s travel distribution market
Despite the waves of consolidation currently seizing the marketplace, Daryl Lee, director of WebBeds FZ – which owns B2B travel distributor Fit Ruums –...
Bus tour operator hops on Ctrip partnership
Ctrip.com International has partnered Big Bus Tours, said to be the world's largest operator of open-top sightseeing tours, to offer bus tours in 19 cities...
IHG shocks with Asia regional HQ shift to Europe, Smits leaving...
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced a new operating region that combines Europe, Middle East, Asia & Africa (EMEAA) to be based in the...
Thai beaches still hot for Chinese New Year despite floods in...
Coral Cove, Koh Samui
Although much of southern Thailand is facing its worst flooding problem in three decades, forward bookings for Phuket and Koh Samui...
