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Yearly Archives: 2016

Tasmania sees record MICE visitors in 2015

BUSINESS event visitor numbers in Tasmania has reached new heights in 2015, according to statistics from the Tasmanian Visitor Survey released last week by...

Budgets, venue choices still a bugbear for MICE planners

LEADING event and incentive travel programme specialist Maritz Travel, headquartered near St Louis, Missouri, says negotiating for lower hotel rates and finding availability of...

Photo of the Day: GTA debuts Thailand strategic partnership programme

(From left) Niti Vongvichasvadi, chief, marketing action plan section, ASEAN, South Asia and south market division, TAT; Cyndi Ng, head of market development and...

CS Travel license suspended for a month

Screenshot of CS Travel's website on March 23 SINGAPORE-BASED CS Travel (CST) has been suspended from carrying on the business of a travel agent from...

Amadeus rolls out airport taxi booking service

AIRPORT taxis will soon be available globally on Amadeus booking solutions in partnership with Dutch-based company Taxi Tender, allowing travellers to pre-arrange taxi pick-ups...

Myanmar gets its first contactless travel prepaid card

MASTERCARD in collaboration with Co-operative Bank (CB Bank) have launched a contactless travel prepaid card for Myanmar’s citizens, the first of its kind in...

Tourism contributes US$7.2 trillion to global economy in 2015

ACCORDING to the annual Economic Impact Report 2016 by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), the tourism sector added 7.2 million jobs to...

Indonesia grants Australians visa-free access

INDONESIA has finally decided to grant Australia’s travellers visa-free facilities despite the unlikelihood Indonesian passport holders will get the same treatment from the Australian...

World tourism bodies stand in solidarity with Belgium

Exterior of Brussels Airport after the bombing. Credit: @News_Executive TOURISM organisations worldwide have swiftly shown their support for those affected by the bombings in Brussels...

Ascott partners with Tujia for new brand

Unit at Tujia Somerset West Coast Haikou THE Ascott has unveiled the Tujia Somerset brand of serviced residences, the result of a joint venture with Tujia.com,...