Yearly Archives: 2014

Why do some hotel owners prefer to be independent and how do they choose a hotel marketing company to represent them? Raini Hamdi, Xinyi...

ETIHAD Airways has announced plans to fly to six new destinations within the first half of 2015, namely Hong Kong, Kolkata, Madrid, Edinburgh, Entebbe...

THE new Union Budget for 2014/2015 unveiled yesterday proposing a Rs10 billion (US$166 million) investment to develop India as a more attractive tourism destination...

LAST-MINUTE hotel booking app HotelQuickly has raised US$4.5 million in its latest round of funding from Japanese Internet media company Gree and veteran hotelier...

THE Asian Surfing Championship will be hosted in the Maldives this September, the first time the islands will hold the Maldives Open. Main sponsor of...

OVOLO Hotels is expanding in Australia with the purchase of three hotels Down Under – Blue Sydney, Hotel 1888 in Sydney and Oaks on...

TOURISM Malaysia is on an aggressive mission to recover Chinese arrivals, striking up marketing partnerships with airlines and working with outbound operators in China...

INDUSTRY professionals keen on a deeper understanding of the different Asia-Pacific travel economies can now purchase the second volume of PATA's Asia-Pacific Visitor Forecasts...

MYANMAR'S first floating hotel at Botataung Jetty, Yangon will be launched in early August following extensive renovation to convert the engine-less vessel into accommodation. Pyae...

THE much talked-about Asian Century is expanding its influence into the travel sphere, with Asian destinations clinching five out of top 10 positions in...