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JAKARTA – Christmas in Bali will go on for tour operators, despite the island hosting its largest conference, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is expected to draw 10,000 delegates. They have the good timing of the conference, in the first two weeks of December, to thank.
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HONG KONG – InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) CEO, Mr Andrew Cosslett, said he picked Mr Peter Gowers to replace Mr Patrick Imbardelli as CEO for Asia-Pacific because he wanted a person “who knew our strategy and who really understood the brands and the systems” to take IHG forward.
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HO CHI MINH CITY – Vietnam’s commercial capital is becoming a serious player in the tourism market with a slew of new and upcoming tourism infrastructure projects.
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HONG KONG – Expedia Inc, which claims to be the world’s largest online travel marketplace, will launch its full-service point
of sales, Expedia.com, in India in 2008 and in New Zealand this month.
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KUALA LUMPUR – A launch grant from the tourism ministry will give the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) B2B trade fair, MATTA Travel Exchange (MTEX), a boost going into its second year.
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Other airlines are watching Singapore Airlines (SIA) – the torchbearer of standards – on how it works the A380. TTG Asia’s aviation correspondent, Sim Kok Chwee, was at the delivery in Toulouse to capture first glimpses of the aircraft.
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