Yearly Archives: 2018
Tours and activities platform KKday gets support from Alibaba
As it forays into mainland China, KKday has kicked off a collaboration with Alibaba by launching a flagship store under Fliggy, Alibaba Group’s travel...
PAL seeks longhaul edge with A350 XWB
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has taken delivery of its first A350 XWB aircraft, Airbus' new family of mid-size widebody longhaul airliners, which it believes will...
Hong Kong’s Madera Group partners Deliveroo to broaden in-room dining options
Hong Kong's Madera Group has rolled out in-room Deliveroo menus to three of its boutique hotels in the city – Hotel Madera Hong Kong, Hotel...
Michael Gaehler joins Oriental Residence Bangkok as GM
Onyx Hospitality Group has appointed Michael Gaehler as the new general manager of Oriental Residence Bangkok.
Prior to his appointment, Gaehler was group general manager...
Preferred focuses on residences as mixed-use developments become popular
Preferred Hotels & Resorts is putting priority on growing its residences collection and sees a huge opportunity in Asia where hotels with a residential...
New GM for U Chiang Mai
Absolute Hotel Services has promoted Suchitra Sirirak to general manager of U Chiang Mai.
Suchitra first joined Absolute Hotel Services in April 2015 as a...
Tourism ministry to toss out much-derided Visit Malaysia logo
The much criticised Visit Malaysia Year 2020 (VMY2020) logo will soon be replaced, a decision made shortly after a new tourism minister was sworn...
STB issues suspension warning to Asiatravel.com
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has served a Notice of Intent to Suspend to Asiatravel.com and its subsidiary companies – AT Reservation Network, AT Express and...
Western Japan floods disrupt tourism businesses
The travel industry in western Japan has been hard-hit by the floods in the region, some of the worst the country has seen in...
Marriott partners Alibaba to trial facial recognition at China properties
Marriott International is teaming up with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group to test facial recognition check-ins at two of its China hotels.
The facial recognition...
