Yearly Archives: 2015

TOURIST expenditure on shopping came up tops in 1Q2015, according to first quarter receipts released by Tourism Malaysia today. Tourist expenditure on shopping took the...

LUXURY vacation rental service LuxuryVilla.com is now offering villa rentals in Phuket, its first South-east Asian destination. Each villa rental in Phuket features lush tropical...

THE Indonesian government’s intention to open up the destination by giving 30 additional countries visa-free access have received international applause, but the trade finds...

PLATENO Hotels Group is planning to launch a new luxury resort, the Portofino Ocean’s Edge Resort, in Boracay, in June 2016. Located on Isla de...

Gordon Wilson, CEO, Travelport, is bent on providing travel agency customers worldwide with the broadest possible travel content - and he's got more ammunition after the IPO last September. He talks to Raini Hamdi

Chains and independent hotels to me are an oxymoron...For one, independent hotel groups tell the stories of their individual hotel members, while chains spend...

THE PATA Investment Forum is set to take place in Bangalore, India on September 7, prior to the PATA Travel Mart 2015. This year’s...

KHIRI Travel has put together a 4D3N itinerary to the Mogok gem area in northern Myanmar that sidesteps the well-trodden visit to a gem...

ONLINE travel marketplace Responsible Travel has spoken out against the UK government’s negative travel advice towards Greece and on the media frenzy surrounding the...

Credit: Alila Hotels & Resorts ALILA Hotels & Resorts will debut Alila Solo in Surakarta Central Java this October. A 15-minute drive from Adi Sumarmo International...