Yearly Archives: 2018
Courting China’s wired travellers
Cindy Choo, regional account director of Reuter Communications, rounds up the top travel apps and platforms in use in China, and how best to target the Chinese luxury traveller
Sabre expands Beyond NDC programme, achieves IATA Level 3 NDC certification
As Sabre achieved IATA's level three NDC certification as an aggregator, adding to its existing level three capability as an IT provider, it has...
Holiday Inn to open in prime HCMC district
Holiday Inn & Suites Saigon Hi-Tech Park will open in 2021, the result of a management agreement between the InterContinental Hotels Group and Công...
Centara brings three more hotels in Laos in 2020
Thai hospitality group Centara has inked an MoU with Asia Investment, Development & Construction Sole to manage three hotels in Laos with a combined...
Best Western appoints new regional director sales – Asia
Luckrada Lucksanawimol has been appointed regional director sales – Asia of Best Western Hotels & Resorts, based in the Bangkok regional head office.
Luckrada, better...
CLIA announces inaugural ITB Asia cruise seminar for agents
To support travel agents in Asia, CLIA is organising a cruise seminar at ITB Asia 2018 in Singapore in partnership with eight cruise brands...
Growth isn’t the enemy as Asia’s tourism hotspots hit breaking point
As overtourism becomes a growing challenge in Asia’s tourist hotspots, industry stakeholders are calling attention to the importance of tourism management.
“While it’s right to...
Industry-first API launched to allow digital distribution of Umrah packages
With the introduction of an industry-first Umrah API, Muslim-friendly hotel booking portal Tripfez and Malaysian digital marketing specialist Media Prima Digital have launched a...
Former STB chief Lionel Yeo is CEO advisor at Grab
Former Singapore Tourism Board head Lionel Yeo has joined Grab as CEO advisor in addition to his involvement on several boards.
“Grab is honoured that...
Mark Meehan heads Travelport’s newly formed APACMEA region as MD
Travelport has appointed Mark Meehan as managing director of its newly formed Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APACMEA) region.
The Travelport veteran has held a...
















