Yearly Archives: 2018
Solo travel more popular among Thais: Visa
Over a quarter of Thais (28%) have travelled overseas solo in the past two years, ahead of the global (24%) and Asia-Pacific (23%) averages,...
Iconic Bangkok hotels in midst of renovation
Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok has announced that its River Wing is scheduled to undergo renovation from March to October 2019, right as another iconic name in...
Air Astana’s newest aircraft calls attention to endangered cat
Air Astana yesterday took delivery of its first Embraer E190-E2, which features a special snow leopard livery meant to draw attention to the threat...
New GM joins Alila Villas Koh Russey
Sebastien Menesguen is now general manager of Alila Villas Koh Russey.
Prior to his move to Cambodia, he was general manager at the Alila Jakarta,...
El Nido up next for rehabilitation, but no forced closure this...
Another tourist destination in the Philippines, El Nido in Palawan, is up for rehabilitation but without the complete shutdown as imposed in the case...
Massive data breach of Marriott’s Starwood hotels exposes 500 million accounts
As many as 500 million guests may potentially have had their personal information exposed in an illegal hack of its Starwood database that began...
Radisson, Best Western step up presence in the Philippines
Come 2019, Radisson Hotel Group and Best Western Hotels & Resorts will be opening one property each in Iloilo and Angeles City respectively.
The Radisson...
Garuda returns to London with thrice-weekly flights
Garuda Indonesia will restart its Jakarta-London Heathrow direct services on December 13, after suspending the service on October 29.
The thrice-weekly flights will utilise the Boeing...
A developing palate
Singapore’s tourism and hospitality players are serving up a rich menu of culinary offerings, driven by a publicity blitz from global events.
Naked Retreats welcomes trio of C-suite appointments
Lifestyle brand naked Group has made three executive appointments for its resort business – naked Retreats.
Heading naked Retreats as CEO is Han Zantingh, who...
















