Tune gets airing in Thailand and India
MALAYSIA'S Tune Hotels will welcome guests in Thailand and India by next year, as part of the low-cost brand’s expansion across Asia.
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UFTAA to open doors to individual travel agents
THE UNITED Federation of Travel Agents Association (UFTAA) recommended at a board meeting in Kuala Lumpur last week that membership to the association be...
PATA chapters mull outbound strategy
PATA has called for a paradigm shift among its local community network, nudging chapters in Asia, which have traditionally been inbound-oriented, to put on...
ICCA engages with Singapore youth
IN A BID to attract talent and clarify the role that meetings play in the tourism industry, the International Convention and Congress Association (ICCA)...
Singapore Cruise Centre establishes cruise supplier alliance
SINGAPORE Cruise Centre (SCC) has partnered five maritime players to form Asia's first structured network of cruise resource suppliers, Cruise 360, which promises to...
Gujarat flaunts new MICE centre
THE WESTERN state of Gujarat has opened the Mahatma Mandir Convention & Exhibition Center in Gandhinagar, which is said to be India’s second largest...
FIT hopes up for Taiwan
TAIWANESE sellers who were anticipating a jump in the number of younger mainland Chinese visitors after the China government approved Taiwan-bound FIT traffic starting...
Marriott to add 49 properties to global portfolio
MARRIOTT Hotels & Resorts has a global pipeline of 49 new hotels and resorts, which are scheduled to open over the next four years.
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Travelport sells GTA to Kuoni for US$720 million
TRAVELPORT has reached an agreement to sell its Gullivers Travel Associates (GTA) business to Kuoni for US$720 million in line with plans to focus...
Millennium & Copthorne partners with China’s TravelSky
MILLENNIUM & Copthorne Hotels & Resorts (M&C) has signed a global distribution partnership with China-based air travel and tourism IT solutions provider, TravelSky.
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