Yearly Archives: 2016

PRIVATE car hire companies Grab and Lyft have joined forces to integrate each other’s platforms into their own, granting users access to a combined...

The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week Pan Pacific Hanoi Pan Pacific Hotels Group (PPHG) is set to debut the Pan Pacific brand in...

ONLINE hotel reseller Nida Rooms has partnered with OTA and wholesale platform Via.com in a bid to widen its distribution capabilities. Before joining the 90,000 resellers in...

ASEAN tourism ministers and top executives linking hands at the opening ceremony of AEF 2016 THE first-ever ASEAN Ecotourism Forum (AEF), currently held in Laos’...

Arief Yahya being escorted around BBTF at the opening yesterday INBOUND travel mart Bali and Beyond Travel Fair (BBTF) will be transforming into an international...

Masaru Takayama, founder of Japan Ecolodge Association THE absence of an authoritative body to represent the voices of ecotourism and sustainable tourism players in Asia...

INBOUND leisure travel from the UK into some South-east Asian destinations popular with the market has so far remained unaffected by today’s Brexit votes,...

Melvin Lim, general manager, Marina Mandarin Singapore MERITUS Hotels & Resorts has appointed Melvin Lim as general manager of Marina Mandarin Singapore. He joins Meritus following two...

Screenshot of Airbnb's website homepage INTERNATIONAL news media have descended upon Airbnb this week as the largest short-term accommodations rental company in the world contends...

Ceremony held to celebrate the launch of Vietjet's inaugural HCMC-Tainan flight LCC Vietjet yesterday launched its first direct route between Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)...