2011 Articles Archive

ONE of Thailand's long-established tour operators, East West Siam, will be managed by Bali's Asialink Holidays, a DMC with operations in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia,...

HILTON Worldwide and Hilton Cebu Resort & Spa's owning company Oikonomos International Resources Corporation will end their management agreement on March 31, 2011. In...

MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) will hand over to its low-cost subsidiary, Firefly, domestic routes from Johor Bahru to the two East Malaysian state capitals. Firefly...

PACTO has won the account to handle Iberojet's clients for Indonesia, adding a second Spanish tour operator to its portfolio. It is already the...

SEVERAL tour operators in Myanmar and Cambodia are reporting robust interest in Myanmar Airways International's (MAI) new twice-weekly Yangon-Siem Reap flight launched on February...

WHILE inbound agents have said that Japanese arrivals to Singapore have dipped, not all accommodation providers here are hanging off the edge of their...

THE ASSOCIATION of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) plans to step up marketing efforts in other potential Asian countries as Thailand steels itself for a...

WITH a new managerial staff on board, Santika Indonesia Hotels & Resorts will make further refinements to its three brands: the four-star Hotel Santika...

INDONESIAN hotel chains are increasingly jumping onto the budget bandwagon to meet the growing travel demand for low-cost yet reliable properties. Aston International has...

FRASERS Hospitality kicked off its ambitious expansion plan of 25 new properties worldwide over the next two years with the opening of its 72-unit...