Yearly Archives: 2016
Parkroyal Yangon
A two-year revamp has lifted Parkroyal Yangon into new realms of luxury in rapidly developing Myanmar, finds Marissa Carruthers
Location
The centrally located Parkroyal Yangon sits...
The lure of Arabia
Asian travellers no longer regard the UAE as just a transit stop or business travel location, enticed by an expansion in its mid-market hotel...
Rediscovering Persia
Freed from the baggage of sanctions, Iran is coming onto the radar of curious travellers but faces the uphill task of attracting mainstream tourists,...
New hotel openings: September 12 to 16, 2016
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week
InterContinental Shanghai NECC
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has opened the 536-room InterContinental Shanghai NECC in Shanghai’s Hongqiao...
New adventure tour operator Rove to open this year
Holly Richter
A NEW adventure tour operator helmed by industry veterans is set to launch by the end of this year.
Rove, co-founded by Holly Richter...
Singapore F1 races ahead despite Zika fears
Credit: 2015 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix
WHILE last year’s Singapore Grand Prix saw a blanket of haze overshadow the event, this year, gloom is...
Royal Caribbean launches Singapore season agent contest
AS Royal Caribbean International’s Singapore season approaches, the cruise line has unveiled a contest to reward top selling agents.
For the first 30 bookings made...
Dorsett appoints South Korean GSA
A premier room in Dorsett Wanchai Hong Kong
DORSETT Hospitality International has appointed Hotels & Resorts Representative Service (HRS) as its GSA for the South...
Talking robots that aid travellers deployed at Haneda airport
HUMANOID robots with speech capabilities have been deployed at Tokyo's Haneda International Airport to act as mobile information providers.
Built by Hitachi, the EMIEW3 robots...
Explosion goes off on Bali boat ferrying tourists
Passenger boats from Lombok to Gili Trawangan
TWO passengers were killed and 20 others injured when a boat carrying international travellers exploded at Padangbai, Bali...
















