Yearly Archives: 2014
Thailand waives visa fees for Chinese, Taiwanese tourists
IN AN attempt to lessen the blow to tourism that Thailand's political unrest has had over the last few months, the National Council for...
Five-year plan to repackage India’s Buddhist heritage circuit
INDIA has come up with a new five-year strategy to rejuvenate the Buddhist heritage circuit across the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, announced...
Pan Pac opens global sales office in Beijing
PAN Pacific Hotels Group is adding extra resources into the China market with the opening of a new global sales office in Beijing, its...
MH17 crashes in Ukraine, no known survivors
THE tragic end to Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 after it went down in Ukrainian airspace has shocked the world, and authorities are scrambling...
Singapore partners PCMA to boost local associations’ capabilities
KEEN on drawing more US meetings while also equipping Singapore's associations with know-how, the Singapore Exhibition and Convention Bureau (SECB) teamed up with the...
Major international events to proceed in Thailand
AS A signal of returning confidence in Thailand's MICE sector, major international conferences and events scheduled to take place in Thailand from 2H2014 to...
Chiba gains more monetary muscle to compete for business events
AN ADDITIONAL 50 million yen (US$493,412) has been added to Chiba Convention Bureau and International Center's (CCB-IC) 2014 budget, bringing its spending power this...
The Sanchaya offers meetings in colonial settings
LUXURY colonial estate The Sanchaya Bintan is rolling out full- and half-day meeting packages ahead of its opening on September 1.
The Dahlia function room...
TTGmice clinches its 4th PATA Gold for travel journalism
TTG Asia Media continues to convert glittering journalistic prose to gold as it celebrates its 40th year in the travel and tourism industry, winning...
Rainy season’s first typhoon cancels flights, claims 20
TYPHOON Rammasun sped through Manila for three hours yesterday, stripping the capital city of power and tragically taking 20 lives, while shutting down flight...
