2011 Articles Archive

SINGAPORE-based Dreamscape Journeys has been appointed by US-based RocketShip Tours to market and sell suborbital space flights to high-end customers in Asia. Dreamscape Journeys...

THAILAND officially submitted its bid to organise World Expo 2020 at the 149th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris...

THE SOFITEL So Bangkok will open early next year, and is banking on its Apple-based digital hotel entertainment system and service directory to give...

THE RECRUITMENT process to fill three key roles at PATA is well underway, according to the organisation’s interim CEO, Bill Calderwood. The first interviews...

SOME Singapore travel agents are expecting a short-term drop in bookings to Australia and New Zealand due to the ash cloud from the Puyehue-Cordon...

SMALL Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) has stepped up its attempts to reel in travel agents through an improved agent-dedicated website and additional...

WHILE recognising the good foresight of the UNWTO's Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (TTG Asia e-Daily, June 13), tourism stakeholders attending the recent...

PHILIPPINE leisure and gaming company Belle Corp is planning a common stock offering next quarter to raise four to five billion pesos (US$93 to...

STARTING July 1, Hong Kong-based outbound travel agents will no longer be obliged to refund transport-related fees to consumers if package tours are cancelled...

EXPEDIA has been inundated with enquiries since the Singapore launch of its Travel Agent Affiliate Programme (TAAP) on June 8 (TTG Asia e-daily, June...