Yearly Archives: 2018
Getting the long and short of it
No longer catering to the traditional market of long stayers, operators get more creative with their product offering, rolling out new millennial-oriented brands, bleisure amenities and even service robots
Seeds planted for new niche
Tourism stakeholders contemplate upselling strategies, tax holidays and a template to grow its budding farm tourism niche
Why Silversea combines Asia with Europe
Silversea Cruises says its new structure integrating Asia into Europe comes amid a growing business out of Asia towards the Mediterranean, and vice versa...
Trade split as Thailand mulls scrapping travel agent security deposit
A proposal to abolish the collection of security deposits from Thai outbound agents has been met with mixed reactions from the travel industry.
While his...
IHG buys 51% stake in Regent; IC Hong Kong to become...
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is acquiring a 51 per cent stake in Regent Hotels and Resorts for US$39 million as part of its expansion...
Agents say Mega Maldives’ exit is no loss
Mega Maldives Airlines, the troubled private airline which once claimed to carry 10 per cent of all tourist traffic into the Maldives, has gone...
Carnival strikes port development deal with Japan’s Sasebo
Carnival Corporation has signed an agreement with the Japanese port city of Sasebo, which will see the company invest in the construction of a...
Xiaozhu, agoda get cosy with new partnership
Chinese home-sharing platform Xiaozhu.com and global OTA agoda have combined forces in a global strategic partnership that will see both companies collaborating in areas including listings,...
Amadeus invests in airport passenger flow venture
As the global aviation industry faces a boom in passenger traffic, Amadeus Ventures has invested in CrowdVision, an early stage company that uses computer...
Aviation roundup: Air India, Citilink Indonesia and Hainan Airlines
Here’s our weekly roundup of new air routes and codeshare partnerships.
