Yearly Archives: 2020

TTG Asia's weekly roundup of new hotel openings.

Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) has introduced a contactless experience for its passengers, in what SITA has called its most extensive biometric deployment to...

The travel crisis has not disrupted New Distribution Capability (NDC) progression and has instead emphasised the standard’s ability to improve critical servicing and communication functions for airlines and agencies. Mark Ridley, head of airline distribution solutions and NDC [X] program, Amadeus, discusses its progress, challenges and what is being done to ensure it works for agencies

UNWTO is urging governments around the world to get the tourism sector back on track, with stringent health and safety protocols in place, stressing...

More than 50 Agoda employees, including CEO John Brown, recently worked alongside the local Chiang Mai community to kick-start the planting of 6,000 trees,...

Come 2021, the new international airport in the south-western Chinese city of Chengdu is expected to start operations. The Chengdu Tianfu International Airport will make...

Qatar Airways has paid out over US$1.2 billion in refunds to almost 600,000 passengers since March, after the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted their travel plans. This...

Hospitality and tourism marketing company The Delivering Group (TDG) has activated a global partnership with European-based AI-powered chatbot platform HiJiffy to accelerate post-pandemic sales...

Standard International has secured two flagship projects for The Standard brand in Bangkok and Singapore, as well as debuted The Peri Hotel brand, with...

Hotelbeds has signed an agreement with US-based lodging franchisor Choice Hotels International (CHH) that will allow the latter access to the bedbank's distribution network...