Yearly Archives: 2016
First WTM Connect Asia plugs the gap for Malaysia
Zulkefli Sharif, CEO of Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau
THE inaugural edition of WTM Connect Asia in Penang next month aims to connect South-east Asian...
Halong Bay gets first five-star hotel
Artist impression of the Wyndham Legend Halong lobby
HALONG Bay’s first-five star hotel, Wyndham Legend Halong Bay, is slated for a June opening in Vietnam’s...
Airbnb to surpass Uber by 2019
SHARED space providers including Airbnb and WeWork will surpass ride-sharing providers Uber and Lyft by 2019 in terms of revenue, according to new data...
GBTA expands into India, teams up with ProKonsul
Gaurav Sundaram, president, ProKonsul has also been named regional director, GBTA India
THE Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has launched GBTA India, and is looking...
Website to demystify Japanese love hotels for foreigners
LOVEINN Japan, said to be the first English-language website dedicated to Japanese love hotels, has been launched. Its hotel booking function is expected to...
Starwood hotels to enhance meetings with choice of value-adds
MEETINGS held at select Starwood Hotels & Resorts properties in Asia-Pacific by the end of this year are entitled to a choice of two...
STB to spend S$700 million over five years to court tourists
THE Singapore Tourism Board (STB) will be getting S$700 million (US$520 million) to support its destination promotion activities over the next five years, and...
Amway China to boost New Zealand’s tourism fortunes with 2018 event
David Craig, Tourism New Zealand general manager Asia: Hosting is what New Zealanders do best
NEW Zealand has bagged hosting rights to Amway China's 2018...
Hotel veteran Ocasio to lead opening of second Mövenpick in the...
Jose Alberto Ocasio has been named general manager of the Mövenpick Resort Boracay
SWISS hotel company Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has appointed Jose Alberto Ocasio...
Large proportion of TripAdvisor reviews suspicious, university researchers warn
Rob Law, professor in Hotel and Tourism Technology Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
A “large and considerable proportion” of online hotel customer reviews...
