Lion swallows pride and gamely stomachs losses
A MISSING 'zero' on its website cost Taipei-based Lion Travel Service more than NT$500,000 (US$16,500) in losses when a number of online customers signed...
Perth heightens focus on South-east Asia
THE PERTH Convention Bureau (PCB) recently launched Redefine Perth, a campaign targeting business event planners from South-east Asian markets, especially Indonesia and Singapore.
Paul...
FastBooking adopts Travelport hotel booking engine
FASTBOOKING, an online solutions provider for the hospitality industry, has reached an agreement to distribute its client properties via Travelport’s recently-launched hotel booking platform,...
Errant travel agent forced to close shop
THE SINGAPORE Tourism Board (STB) has seized Tourist World Travel Services’ (TWTS) Travel Agents License, following a string of complaints against the company since...
Scoot Airlines to launch next April
SINGAPORE Airlines’ new medium- and longhaul low-cost subsidiary (TTG Asia e-Daily, August 26) is slated to take off in April next year.
The Straits...
SilkAir starts Bandung flights
SILKAIR launched yesterday thrice-weekly Singapore-Bandung services, operated using A319 aircraft with business- and economy-class seating.
Flight frequency will be increased to five-weekly from October...
Vietnam MICE club presses on with recruitment
THE RECENTLY-formed Vietnam MICE Club (TTG Asia e-Daily, August 18) has attracted 12 members to-date, and is on track to reach a total of...
Kansai draws a younger crowd
AN INCREASING number of young adults from Singapore are heading to the Kansai region for free-and-easy holidays, according to Japan National Tourism Organisation executive...
SuperStar Aquarius to offer Vietnam cruises out of Sanya
STAR Cruises’ SuperStar Aquarius will be deployed to Sanya in November, where it will be homeported for the coming season.
The five-month deployment will...
Abacus: Asia outbound hindered by economic uncertainty
THE ASIAN travel industry is set to continue growing, albeit at a slower pace, despite the turbulent economic conditions in Europe and the US...
