Yearly Archives: 2020
Echo Resorts uses lockdown to engage staff, support local community
With the temporary closure of Gayana Marine Resort, Bunga Raya Island Resort and Borneo Eagle Resort due to Malaysia's Movement Control Order (MCO), Sabah-based...
Labour crunch threatens Indonesia’s tourism recovery, says trade
As Indonesia moves to restart its tourism engine, industry stakeholders worry that talent shortage may pose a key threat to the country's tourism recovery,...
Health clearance may be needed for all future arrivals at Sri...
Tourists arriving in Sri Lanka in the future must be armed with Covid-19 health clearance certificates approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) and...
Porter & Sail’s Hotel Credits platform touts “ultimate flexibility”
Porter & Sail, the New York-based mobile concierge app and e-commerce company, has created a Hotel Credits marketplace where customers can purchase credits now...
Malaysian tourism players urged to focus on domestic travel, events for...
The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry is looking at ways of strengthening domestic tourism and restoring the travel confidence of locals, once it is...
Road to Recovery tutorial made available to Australian tourism stakeholders
The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) has created a 12-week Road to Recovery online tutorial series to arm tourism stakeholders with tools and knowledge...
Regional passenger traffic at all-time low: ACI
Airports Council International (ACI) announced a 95 per cent year-on-year decline in regional passenger traffic for the month of April, based on preliminary figures....
Kayak rolls out curated virtual tours
As lockdowns worldwide continue, more and more destinations are taking the virtual route to keep the travel dream alive. Following Airbnb and Viator, travel...
Singapore extends circuit breaker to June 1 as tally tops 9,000
Singapore’s circuit breaker measures holding all non-essential businesses and community activities on lockdown will be extended for another month to June 1, announced prime...
Japan’s tourism industry sinks deeper ahead of Golden Week
Japan's struggling tourism industry has been dealt a fresh blow ahead of the Golden Week holidays, as the government declared a nationwide state of...
