Yearly Archives: 2018
An accessible tourism initiative built on Blind Faith
What was initially borne out of the need to fulfil a one-off request at Hotel Ramada Ajmer has evolved into a scalable and open-source...
SHATEC lends support to hospitality training in Papua New Guinea
The Singapore Hotel Association Training and Education Centre (SHATEC) Global and Papua New Guinea’s Coral Sea Hotels have entered a collaboration to train local executives...
Booking trends for first-time cruisers
While first-time cruisers respond well to upselling by agents when it comes to cabin types, they seem to be more less willing to put...
WorldHotels names two vice presidents for APAC
WorldHotels has appointed James Koh and Ganessan Suppiah as regional vice president of hotel development and regional vice president of sales in Asia-Pacific respectively.
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Quantum of the Seas returns to Singapore for longer homeporting stint
Royal Caribbean International (RCI) has announced that Quantum of the Seas will be back in Singapore for a six-month-long homeporting season from November 2019...
Philippines’ secondary cities get on Cebu Pacific’s radar
Efforts to lure tourists to less-travelled parts of the Philippines have gotten airline support as Cebu Pacific spotlights flights to secondary cities from Manila,...
Maldives tradeshow touts new features in second edition
The International Travel Trade Show of Maldives (TTM), taking place from May 1-3, 2018, is returning for the second year with new components including...
Ascott fast-tracks Asian expansion with deals in China, Japan and Thailand
Ascott is accelerating its expansion in Asia by forging strategic partnerships with developers in China, Japan and Thailand, amid an aggressive expansion expected to...
Houston company wants to launch first luxury space hotel into orbit
Millionaires may be jetting off on zero-gravity holidays as soon as 2022, at least according to Orion Span, a Houston-based company that has begun...
Ramada GM Cousens named president of Skal Singapore
General manager of Ramada and Days Hotels Singapore At Zhongshan Park, Tony Cousens, has been elected Skal Singapore president for the term ending 2019.
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