Increased QTR services boon for Malaysia inbound travel
MORE travellers from Europe and the Middle East are expected to make their way to Malaysia with the increased frequency of Qatar Airways' (QTR)...
Melbourne scores historic coup with Amway India
MELBOURNE won the bid to host the largest Indian incentive in Australia’s history—Amway India’s Leadership Seminar for more than 4,000 delegates in 2012.
Victorian...
Philippines gets more brochure pages
MORE European tour operators are putting the Philippines in their brochures this season.
Kuoni UK is featuring the Philippines for the first time in its...
New India tax ruffles Marco Polo Reisen
MARCO POLO Reisen, which described last year as the “India year” for it, has warned the destination not to spoil the gains with a...
Egypt to expand charter subsidies
EGYPT’S tourism authority is now considering subsidising charter flights to a larger number of destinations within the country as part of a concerted push...
Asia urged to be strategic about restive Middle East
EGYPT is expected to bounce back quickly with the UK market, even causing a small percentage of clients to switch from Asia, but there...
Hotelplan mulls GTA takeover
THE SHIFT of business into dynamic sales and sourcing will not stop and will change the way traditional tour operators source and distribute in...
Good one Kuoni, says trade on GTA
KUONI Travel Holding has made the market sit up with its announcement last Monday that it was buying Gullivers Travel Associates (GTA) for US$705...
Hotels must embrace the Internet to stay ahead
HOTELS need to recognise the importance of the Internet if they wish to remain competitive, according to field experts at the Indonesia E-Tourism Summit...
SIA and SilkAir to raise fuel surcharge yet again
SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) and regional subsidiary SilkAir will raise the fuel surcharge for tickets issued on March 17 and onwards, the third time the...
