North America, Europe higher up on APAC travellers’ radar: Sojern
Travellers from Asia-Pacific are venturing to North American and European destinations in 2Q2017 compared to local and regional ones in 1Q2017, bucking the global...
Hyatt Place Tokyo Bay to open in 2019
Hyatt Hotels will introduce its Hyatt Place brand to Japan in 2019 with the opening of Hyatt Place Tokyo Bay in Urayasu City, Chiba...
Coast is clear for more change
Agents say a cleaned-up Sihanoukville still doesn’t provide enough draw to keep visitors in Cambodia.
Improvements to Cambodia’s main coastal resort of Sihanoukville are helping...
New UNWTO tool to measure tourism impacts holistically
UNWTO will launch the Measurement of Sustainable Tourism (MST) index as a holistic measure of tourism at its International Conference on Statistics in the...
Virgin flies HK agents to Melbourne
Tourism Australia partnered Virgin Australia and Visit Victoria to host a trade fam trip last week to introduce the airline’s new Melbourne-Hong Kong route.
A total...
Real Madrid plans China attraction to net fans, tourists
Reigning European soccer champions Real Madrid are to participate in a giant new leisure park in southern China as part of their promotional campaign...
Amadeus lends a hand to DMOs with Destination Insight suite
Amadeus has rolled out Destination Insight, the latest product suite from its Travel Intelligence division, to equip DMOs with timely insights into the competition...
Paying the price at national parks
Tour operators in southern Thailand are adjusting their business strategies following The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation’s (DNP) announcement that the...
Nickelodeon dives into Philippines for undersea resort
Coral World Park
Viacom International Media Networks has revealed plans to partner with Coral World Park Undersea Resorts to build its first undersea attraction in...
Niccolo Chongqing opens; offers special opening rates
Wharf Hotels has opened the second hotel in its luxury portfolio, the Niccolo Chongqing; also a member of Global Hotel Alliance’s Ultratravel Collection.
Niccolo Chongqing...
