Yearly Archives: 2014
SATS-owned airline caterer receives halal kitchen cert
A LEADING airline caterer in Tokyo, TFK Corporation, has received halal certification for its halal kitchen, becoming another example of how the travel industry...
Hot air balloon services bounce into Inle
TWO hot air ballooning companies are preparing for first flights over Inle Lake before the end of the year, giving travellers another way to...
SIA, Virgin Australia bring loyalty programmes closer
FREQUENT flyers with Singapore Airlines (SIA) or Virgin Australia can opt to convert Miles and Points between both programmes and receive new benefits in...
Japan sharpens marketing edge with new entity
A NEWLY created marketing body has been set up to bring Japan's national tourism agencies together in order for the country to meet its...
JNTO takes aim at Singapore’s MICE buyers
JAPAN is holding a targeted roadshow for Singapore MICE buyers next month to showcase itself as an ideal meeting destination for international conventions.
In partnership...
Have a lifestyle brand
Now my question is, if hotel groups keep on reinventing, shouldn’t travel agencies be doing the same?
We’ve seen how the hotel industry reinvented the...
Outrigger acquires resort in the Maldives
HAWAII-BASED Outrigger Enterprises Group has bought over the Konotta Island Resort in Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll in the Maldives.
The transaction, which was brokered by JLL’s...
Regent Bali rebrands under Fairmont flag
FAIRMONT Hotels & Resorts has been appointed to manage an all-suite beachfront resort in Bali, which will shed its current name as the Regent...
Best Western adds midscale property in Luzon
OPENING in the second quarter of 2015 on Luzon Island, Best Western Bendix Hotel is Best Western International's latest property to join its Philippine...
Thailand gets second Ozo hotel in Pattaya
THE BOUTIQUE Group of Companies has developed an Ozo hotel in the seaside town of Pattaya, now open to guests.
Ozo Pattaya is located within...
