Monthly Archives: June 2018
Sabre partners Microsoft to expand cloud services
Sabre has sealed a long-term partnership with Microsoft to expand its cloud-based distribution and retailing solutions, weeks after it signed a similar agreement with...
Victoria Dockside rises along Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront
With the first phase of Victoria Dockside, an ambitious 27.9ha mixed-use project, launched last week, developer New World Development is touting the new US$2.6...
The growing importance of gastronomy tourism in Asia
The 4th UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism, which took place in Bangkok last week from May 30 to June 1, concluded with industry...
Six Senses Laamu appoints resident manager
Six Senses Laamu has appointed Graeme Freeman as resident manager, where he will be in charge of the resort’s overall operations.
He joins Six Senses...
New DOSM for St Regis Bangkok
Sam Chia has joined The St Regis Bangkok as director of sales & marketing.
Chia was most recently leading the sales, events and marketing communications...
Dirty thoughts of ASEAN
Will it come to the day when health concerns related to bathing in cesspools will force tour operators to conduct their own assessments?
The pressure is on
After years of pursuing growth by the numbers, the global travel industry is finally getting a grip of the problems that mass tourism brings. Industry leaders tell Xinyi Liang-Pholsena why the sector needs to act now
Lessons from Agung
Mt Agung’s eruption may have shaken travel confidence in Bali, but from this seismic event the tourism sector also discovers fertile ground for lessons on crisis management
and market diversification
A whole new start at Radisson
When she joined then Carlson-Rezidor Hotel Group last September as president Asia-Pacific, she inherited what was largely seen as an unstable regional office while the whole chain was seen as lacking direction. Katerina Giannouka tells Raini Hamdi why that’s old news
Exit interview with Lionel Yeo: High and low points in helping...
Singapore travel agencies are rising to the challenge of transforming their business models to suit current demands, according to Lionel Yeo, who left the...
















