Yearly Archives: 2015
Trade lauds India’s VoA grant to Sri Lanka
INDIA has added Sri Lanka to the list of countries accorded visa on arrival (VoA) through the electronic visa authorisation, effective April 14, announced...
New helicopter tours lift off from Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi
LUXURY helicopter tours for Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi Island, together with exclusive chartered flights to several popular tourist destinations around Malaysia, have been launched...
Middle-earth lands at Changi Airport’s Terminal 3
TOURISM New Zealand and Changi Airport Group have come together to launch a life-sized Hobbit Hole as part of the NTOs Naturally New Zealand...
Capital Region USA steps up marketing in China, Hong Kong
REGIONAL DMO Capital Region USA, which represents Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland, is keen to boost the China market with an extra US$800,000 marketing budget this...
Manathai launches third Thailand property in Khao Lak
FOLLOWING the opening of a global sales office in Bangkok, new Thai hospitality entrant Manathai Hotels & Resorts has rolled out beachfront resort Manathai Khao...
Abacus, GfK link arm on big data analysis
ABACUS has signed an agreement with research company GfK to supply anonymised booking data for the latter's Travelscan report.
Under the agreement, which follows National...
Seoul’s Myeong-dong welcomes first ibis Styles hotel
ACCOR Ambassador Korea has opened its first ibis Styles property in Seoul to meet growing demand from leisure and business travellers.
The group already operates...
Switzerland trains sights on Indonesian FITs, incentives
SWITZERLAND Tourism is aiming to grow the Indonesian FIT market as well as increase the length of stay of incentive groups.
At the Switzerland Travel...
‘Singaporeans knowledgeable, frequent travellers’
SINGAPOREANS are frequent flyers with almost all (91 per cent) surveyed in a study by DataSpark having gone overseas often either for business or...
Ascott adds third property in Nusajaya, Iskandar Malaysia
THE Ascott has secured a contract from UMCity Medini Lakeside Development to manage the group's third property in Nusajaya, stepping up its presence in...
