Yearly Archives: 2016
Air Astana brings Iran closer to Asia with Tehran service
AIR Astana is launching direct thrice-weekly flights from Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, to Tehran, Iran’s capital, which its senior vice president sales...
New hotel openings: June 27 to July 1, 2016
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week
Holiday Inn Express Singapore Katong
The new 451-room hotel is the third and largest Holiday Inn Express...
Roxy-Pacific grows own brand, Noku Roxy, in Asia
Entrance to Noku Kyoto
ROXY-PACIFIC Holdings, which owns the 500-room Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel Singapore, is expanding beyond the Lion City with its own upscale...
Marwood worries CWT which urges corporates to rethink negotiations
Scott Brennan, CWT's executive vice president and head of global supplier management
MARRIOTT International’s acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts worries Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT)...
Corporate Traveller launches Singapore operation
CORPORATE Traveller, a subsidiary of Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG), has launched operations in Singapore, targeting a growing small and medium enterprise (SME) market.
It...
Who says Chinese travellers are more trouble than they are worth?
A NEW study by management consulting firm Oliver Wyman seeks to dispel common misconceptions about Chinese outbound travellers, including views they are more trouble...
Agents welcome Cambodia government’s law to certify halal food
Vandy: halal certified food options integral to growth
SPECIALIST Muslim tour operators in Cambodia have welcomed government plans to finalise a draft law on halal...
Paris hotels are dropping rates like never before, says JacTravel
Paris hoteliers are dropping their room rates like never before in an unprecedented move to attract business, according to wholesale hotel room buyer, JacTravel.
“We’ve...
Philippine agents resign to IATA’s new remittance terms
Victoria: PTAA is working to counter the fallout
IATA-accredited travel agencies in the Philippines have resigned themselves to a shorter airlines payment period beginning Friday...
Wharf to redevelop iconic Murray Building into a hotel and it’s...
Murray Building
WHARF Holdings is redeveloping the iconic Murray Building in Central, Hong Kong into a “sophisticated urban chic hotel”, which is a near giveaway...















