Yearly Archives: 2019
Hotel investment sales in Singapore likely to hit new high in...
Singapore is on course to close out 2019 with record high hotel transaction volumes of S$2.5 billion (US$1.8 billion), buoyed by increasing tourist arrivals,...
Non-Asian destinations gain popularity among Chinese travellers during National Day holiday
Thailand, Japan and Singapore have topped Hotelbeds' list of the top 10 destinations for Chinese outbound tourists during the seven-day Chinese National Day holiday...
Radisson goes to New Zealand
Radisson Hotel Group has signed its "biggest hotel management deal in 2019 in Australasia" to enter New Zealand with four new hotels comprising 777...
Travelport, SIA strengthen NDC collaboration with KrisConnect
Like Sabre, Travelport has also implemented Singapore Airlines' (SIA) KrisConnect programme – the airline’s initiative to leverage IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard.
Damian Hickey,...
Pop musical Six gets on board Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Cruise Line has debuted Six, the critically-acclaimed British pop musical about Henry VIII’s six wives, on board Norwegian Bliss, Breakaway and Getaway beginning...
Fusion appoints first spa director to oversee wellness portfolio
Vietnam-based hospitality group Fusion has appointed Aye Mon to the role of group spa director.
In this newly-created role, she will oversee and expand Fusion’s...
What’s in a Thomas Cook name? Ask Madhavan Menon
To keep or not to keep? Such is the quandary that is facing Madhavan Menon, chairman & managing director of Thomas Cook India (TCIL),...
Jakarta trade calm but cautious after student protests take to streets
It's been a week of apprehension for many inbound tourism players in Indonesia after demonstrations broke out in Jakarta to demand lawmakers to halt...
Hyatt writes new Caption for lifestyle brand
Hyatt Hotels has rolled out Caption by Hyatt, a new select service lifestyle brand "designed to inspire personal connection" through "comfortable, flexible and communal...
Nay to proposed tourism tax in Macau
The Macanese trade is casting doubt on the effectiveness of the government’s proposal to impose a tourist tax to tackle overtourism, instead seeing other...
