Yearly Archives: 2019
New GM joins Alila Villas Koh Russey
Teddy Susanto Wiryawan has joined Alila Villas Koh Russey as general manager, moving to Cambodia from his most recent appointment as general manager of...
Hospitality veteran Mark Simmons joins Forbes Travel Guide as SVP partner...
Forbes Travel Guide, a global rating system for luxury hotels, restaurants and spas, has appointed Mark Simmons to the role of senior vice president,...
New GM for Dusit Thani Maldives
Dusit International has appointed Thomas Weber as general manager of Dusit Thani Maldives.
The Swiss national brings with him more than 25 years of international...
High hopes for Indonesia’s new tourism minister to scale greater creative...
In a move that signals the acknowledgement of the growing significance of the creative economy in tourism, Indonesia's Ministry of Tourism has been renamed...
Thai Airways not at risk of shutting down: president
Thai Airways International (THAI) has refuted recent news reports that the company is at risk of shutting down.
THAI president Sumeth Damrongchaitham said in a...
Cruises dangle more exciting concepts to hook Asian travellers
To get more Asians on board cruising holidays, industry leaders are rolling out more immersive and pampering products that regular travel cannot offer, from...
ATF TRAVEX 2020 to host inaugural business speed-dating session
ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2020, set to take place in Brunei from January 14 to 16 at the BRIDEX International Conference Centre, will boast...
APAC’s hotel investments to exceed US$11 billion in 2019: JLL
Asia-Pacific’s hotel transaction volumes are expected to increase by 25 to 30 per cent year-on-year to more than US$11 billion in 2019, as investors...
Why relevance is key to future-proofing travel brands
Stuart Stacy, vice president, managing director Asia-Pacific at Adara, shares how travel marketers need to gain deeper audience insights and adopt data-driven solutions to ramp up personalisation and deepen brand loyalty amid a flattening trajectory of the travel market.
IHG names Steve Carroll as SVP for capital investments & transactions
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has appointed Steve Carroll as senior vice president, capital investments & transactions Europe, Middle East, Asia & Africa (EMEAA) and...
















