Maldives tourism revenue gets a boost from new tax
TOURISM receipts for the year in the Maldives will be three to four times more than previous estimates because of the tourism goods and...
Tauzia launches seventh Harris hotel
TAUZIA Hotel Management yesterday opened in Jakarta the 88-room Harris Suites fX Sudirman. This is the group’s seventh Harris-branded property and third in the...
Bangkok wants transit passengers to make overnight stays
THE TOURISM Authority of Thailand (TAT) and MasterCard yesterday launched the Stopover Bangkok Project. This is to entice transit passengers to stay in Bangkok...
Accor stretches Vietnam footprint
ACCOR will expand its portfolio in Vietnam, with three new hotels in Hue, Danang and Sam Son.
Novotel Hue will be a newly-built 230-room...
Hainan Airlines connects Kolkata to Southern China
HAINAN Airlines will introduce thrice-weekly direct services between Shenzhen and Kolkata from July 12, using Boeing 737-800 aircraft with a configuration of eight business-class...
Air China to host IATA Annual Conference 2012
AIR China will host and chair the 68th Annual Conference of the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) and the World Civil Aviation Summit, to...
Airlines divert some China services from Incheon to Gimpo
WITH China and South Korea having agreed in May to establish direct flights between Seoul Gimpo Airport and Beijing Capital Airport, four airlines will...
MAS launches second wave of global tactical campaign
CLAIMING resounding success for its first Global Deals, Dream Getaways sale in May (TTG Asia e-Daily, May 6), Malaysia Airlines (MAS) released a second...
TUI Nordic raises Thai stakes
SCANDINAVIAN outbound tour operator TUI Nordic will be sending 150,000 holidaymakers to Thailand during the winter season from November to March, up from last...
Thailand scam package proves too good to be true
THE LURE of a 1,600-euro (US$2,347) Thailand tour package – which turned out to be a con deal – was just too hard to...
