Yearly Archives: 2019
Oyo grows distribution through RateGain partnership
Oyo Hotels & Homes has gained access to RezGain, RateGain's distribution platform, making the Oyo inventory available on over 700 OTAs across more than...
Asian millionaires favour food, culture over shopping, ILTM study finds
This year is likely to be another year of strong growth for the region's luxury travel market, with particularly high willingness to travel manifested...
Accor to bring first MGallery to South Korea
Accor Ambassador Korea, a joint venture between Accor and Ambassador Hotel Group, will launch the first MGallery hotel in partnership with Pungnong to expand...
Melbourne Airport steps up tech transformation with SITA
Melbourne Airport has extended its contract with technology partner SITA for flexible and passenger-friendly technology.
The technology is part of the airport’s multi-billion dollar pipeline...
The Murray, Hong Kong welcomes new GM
Wharf Hotels has appointed Adriano Vences as general manager of The Murray, Hong Kong, a Niccolo Hotel, who joined the property after a four-year...
Down, but not out
Sri Lanka was one of the world’s hottest holiday destinations until the Easter Sunday bomb attacks dealt a devastating blow to country’s fast-growing tourism sector and travellers began shunning the Indian Ocean island in droves. Can Sri Lanka’s tourism sector make a comeback from this setback? Feizal Samath assesses the situation
Experiences arms race heats up as long tail of tours &...
Tours and activities have been one of the longest tails in the travel industry, as the sector’s slow rate of online adoption is encumbered by challenges including fragmentation of small disconnected suppliers and buying habits of travellers...
Why quality isn’t enough
As Singapore crests a multi-year wave of strong tourism growth, a bigger set of challenges looms ahead. The Singapore Tourism Board’s (STB) chief executive, Keith Tan, tells Pamela Chow about his ambitious plans to boost sustainable quality tourism
Thailand hotels look to India to fill gap amid plummeting Chinese...
China might have been a darling source market for Thailand in the last couple of years, but if last year’s Phuket boat tragedy has...
Minor Hotels to hit the tracks in central Vietnam
Minor Hotels has bought a train carriage from the Vietnamese state-owned railway, with which it hopes to reimagine transportation between two Anantara resorts in...
















