Yearly Archives: 2014
Region’s first P2P boat rental service sails into Asia
DESCRIBED as an "Airbnb for boating", Boatbay was launched yesterday as the first boat rental marketplace based in the region with the intention to...
Business events get their game on
GAMIFICATION is a new buzzword in the business events industry, and meetings organisers and incentive planners can best leverage this concept to keep meetings...
Government meetings move beyond New Delhi
THE Indian government is making an effort to take its major meetings and conferences outside the national capital of New Delhi in order to...
Great Ideas comes to Asia
THE American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) will bring its Great Ideas Conference to Asia next year.
Hong Kong has been chosen as the venue...
Penang engages expert consultant for CVB set-up
THE Penang state government has unveiled the appointed of David Hall, senior partner at David Hall & Associates, as a consultant to set up...
ICCA Malaysia names its leaders
ICCA Malaysia has nominated Ho Yoke Ping and Fu Kei Cheong to lead the charge in strengthening Malaysia's profile as a business events destination...
Indonesia chases Indian weddings
INDONESIA is stepping up its courtship of the Indian weddings market, with marketing efforts going beyond major cities and now extending to B2C.
“We have...
Minor Hotel Group catches the Sun in Africa, eyes casino projects...
MINOR Hotel Group (MHG) announced yesterday a strategic tie-up with Sun International to own and operate eight properties across five African countries.
Under the terms...
Samhi receives US$21 million funding injection for expansion
WORLD Bank Group member International Finance Corporation (IFC) has pumped US$21 million into India's Samhi Hotels in its maiden investment in the country's hotel...
Air India resumes New Delhi-Moscow flights after 15 years
AIR India's restarting of direct flights between New Delhi and Moscow last month are expected to boost the Russian inbound market, even as the...
