New flights between Hong Kong and Malaysia
HONG KONG Express Airways will start twice-weekly services from Hong Kong to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah from April 22.
B737-800 aircraft with eight business-class and...
Hajj cost and capacity constraints deter Malaysian pilgrims
MALAYSIAN hajj tour operators offering packages for Muslim pilgrims said that the ever-escalating hotel prices, insufficient facilities and long waiting list are discouraging many...
Express Rail Link: Boon and bane for Hong Kong tourism
THE EXPRESS Rail Link railway, set to connect Hong Kong's west Kowloon to southern Chinese cities like Guangzhou and Shenzhen by 2015, may not...
Indonesia sees rise in credit card travel payments
CREDIT card use for travel payment has significantly increased in the last couple of years, prompting banks to support many consumer travel fairs in...
Advantage Abu Dhabi spurs agent towards MICE
AN ADVANTAGE Abu Dhabi initiative launched February last year is incentivising its agents, such as DBA & Sons Travel & Tours, to focus more...
South African direct services a fillip
THE FIRST-EVER direct service to Beijing to be launched by South African Airways later this year is expected to substantially grow South African corporate...
Cheap habits make China a challenge
DESPITE a thriving outbound MICE market (see related story), groundhandlers and suppliers observe that Chinese incentive groups drive a hard bargain, doing away with...
Leads return to Japan
EVENT negotiations that were put on hold following the triple-whammy Japan disaster are being restarted, with new enquiries from planners trickling in slowly but...
Next wave incentives
AFTER the first upsurge in China's leisure outbound, the country's MICE business is being touted as “the next wave”, and the trade is homing...
Apple Vacations promotes Japan itineraries
A MAJOR Malaysian outbound player to Japan, Apple Vacations & Conventions, is promoting new itineraries to the destination, with twice-weekly group departures starting in...
