Yearly Archives: 2014

MAJOR Chinese OTA Ctrip.com is buying over Royal Caribbean Cruises' Celebrity Century, and the two companies will set up a joint venture company to...

SINGAPORE'S travellers are remaining loyal to destinations, with past favourites Europe, South Korea and Japan topping the list of most popular places purchased at the...

BAHRAIN will see the launch of the first One&Only resort in the country in 2016, with the 150-key resort in Seef to offer private...

MANAGEMENT of the Rihiveli Beach Resort Maldives has been passed on to Castaway Maldives, as HPL Resorts (Maldives) disposes of its interest in the...

HOSPITALITY and leisure distributor GTA has reported a surge in bookings for Singapore for 1H2014, resulting in the city-state overtaking Bangkok as Asia's most...

PEER-to-peer ridesharing service Uber is making headway in the travel trade by striking up new partnerships, most recently with Le Royal Méridien Shanghai. Uber will...

FOLLOWING yesterday's roll-out of an e-visa system for arrivals through Yangon International Airport, the Ministry of Immigration and Population will expand the scheme to include...

VISITOR arrivals, tourism receipts and foreign investments are on the rise for Indonesia, putting the country on track to achieve its targets for 2014. Speaking...

ANGIE Vaux has been appointed commercial director, APAC, TripAdvisor for Business, tasked to grow TripAdvisor for Business' presence in the region from TripAdvisor's APAC...

FAIRMONT Hotels & Resorts have welcomed two new general managers at its properties in China, Jeff Cheng at Fairmont Yancheng Lake and Graham Hewitt...