Yearly Archives: 2018
Tujia teams up with SiteMinder to improve homestay management for overseas...
Chinese homestay booking provider Tujia has partnered Siteminder to streamline its back-end stock management and pricing system as well as provide a single lodging...
Smart airports take flight
The era of robotics, biometric check-in and augmented reality has arrived in airports, promising to make the passenger travel experience more efficient and comfortable. Here’s a look at the latest technologies in Asia-Pacific airports, and new innovations ahead.
Will Norwegian-Alibaba cruise on as Joy gets shipped out?
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings' (NCLH) announcement to pull out its China-centric ship, Norwegian Joy, from China to the US appears to have taken its...
Mauritius steps up air corridor promotion as Asia comes into greater...
Three years since its launch, a landmark initiative to revive Mauritius’ status as a transit hub between Asia and Africa is looking set for...
Airbus projects passenger fleet will more than double in 20 years
The world’s passenger fleet will more than double to 48,000 aircraft in 20 years with traffic growing at 4.4 per cent per year, driving...
Six Senses heads to Caribbean island offering citizenship for investment
St Kitts & Nevis, an Eastern Caribbean island with a Citizenship-by-Investment programme, will soon welcome a Six Senses property.
Six Senses St Kitts – resulting...
Jakarta hotel to be rebranded as Wyndham
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is expanding the presence of its upscale Wyndham brand in Indonesia with the Wyndham Casablanca Jakarta.
The 280-key Wyndham Casablanca Jakarta,...
W Kuala Lumpur names Christian Metzner as GM
W Hotels Worldwide has appointed Christian Metzner as general manager of the soon-to-open W Kuala Lumpur.
Metzner joins W Kuala Lumpur from The Andaman, a...
W Hong Kong marries VR with diamond facial treatment
The bliss spa at W Hong Kong is launching The Mindful Touch Spa VR X-perience, which combines virtual reality (VR) with its extravagant diamond...
Cozystay first in vacation rental space to use blockchain solution
Cozystay Holdings has partnered Singapore-based Share Everything Lab (SEL) to bring blockchain technology to the vacation-rental sharing economy.
The Vancouver-based vacation rental platform, which has...
















