Yearly Archives: 2016
Online sales overtake agency sales for Best Western
Best Western Cebu Sand Bar Resort
BOOKING revenue arising from online sales channels has overtaken sales derived from traditional travel agents for the first time...
Flights, trains cancelled as typhoon batters northeast Japan
A POWERFUL typhoon has battered large parts of northeast Japan, with airlines forced to cancel more than 100 flights and operators of trains and...
The Nam Hai to become a Four Seasons hotel from December
Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai
SINGAPORE-BASED GHM (General Hotel Management) bows out proudly of The Nam Hai in Hoi An, Vietnam, as the luxury...
Let’s catch ‘em all in tourism
Unless you live under a rock, it’s almost impossible to miss the hype Pokémon Go has unleashed around the world in the last two...
It’s game on for tourism players
Agile travel and hospitality players are capitalising on the Pokémon Go craze in their marketing. Have they reaped tangible benefits from the game and...
Dream come true
His role is as large as a ship: making Asia’s first luxury cruise line a dream come true. Thatcher Brown, president of Genting Hong...
Travel employers offer fresh look at younger generation workers
WHILE the new generation of workers have routinely come under criticism for being coddled, idealistic and lacking in resolve, travel industry leaders in Asia-Pacific...
Thailand’s oldest travel agency sheds 80 per cent of staff
THAILAND’s oldest travel agency is shedding about 80 per cent of its staff in an overhaul its general manager says is essential for survival.
World...
Accor finds momentum in Thailand’s economy hotel sector
Paul Stevens
THE recovery of the Russian market, coupled with the Chinese tourist wave and a steadily growing domestic base, are giving strong impetus for...
VietJet increases frequency, adds more connections to Taiwan
LCC VietJet will be operating two more routes between Vietnam and Taiwan by the end of this year.
The first will connect Hanoi with Taipei...
