Hotel boom spurs members to seek HR help from one another
AHEAD of their massive room expansion, emerging ASEAN countries are seeking assistance from their counterparts that have advanced human resource (HR) training programmes.
Indonesia Hotels...
ASEAN countries want Russian interest to peak
RUSSIAN outbound feed to the ASEAN region grew to 562,000 last year, from 458,000 in 2009, with Thailand receiving the bulk of Russian travellers,...
ASEAN agents battle staff shortage
THE FEDERATION of ASEAN Travel Association (FATA) has earmarked human resource development as one of its key priorities this year to nip the problem...
Access spurs alliance between Cambodia and Myanmar
FIRST-EVER direct air access between Yangon in Myanmar and Siem Reap in Cambodia is spurring ASEAN tourism cooperation, with the two destinations wasting no...
Six Senses enters Sri Lanka
SIX Senses Resorts & Spas has partnered Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings for a US$45 million dual project, its first development in Sri Lanka.
Six Senses...
Upscale rooms in Vietnam on the rise
VIETNAM'S inventory of four- and five-star rooms is poised to balloon over the next three years.
Last December, Six Senses Resorts & Spas opened its...
Strong showing for ATF 2011
ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2011, which kicked off today in Phnom Penh, will welcome 1,600 delegates, including Tourism Ministers, NTO heads, travel suppliers across...
Malaysia woos Chinese business tourism market
MALAYSIA Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB) aims to increase business tourism arrivals from China by five per cent this year, to reach 1.12 million...
China outbound soars
AN ESTIMATED 54 million Chinese travelled overseas last year, spending around US$48 billion, according to findings by the China Tourism Academy (CTA).
CTA expects three...
Sabre loses lawsuit against IATA
A CANADIAN court has dismissed Sabre's claims that the IATA PaxIS products violated confidentiality obligations.
PaxIS is an airline industry business intelligence product based partly...
