Sendai campaign to boost Japan’s tourism profile
BUYERS at the recent IT&CMA and CTW tradeshow were cheered to hear plans for a Welcome to Sendai campaign to be launched between April to...
GTA founder Babai backs G2 Travel
A NEW wholesale tour operator formed by a group of former Gullivers Travel Associates (GTA) staff is hoping to tap Asian group outbound travel...
Swiss Tourism opens regional office in Singapore
SWITZERLAND Tourism is opening a regional office in Singapore to tap more arrivals from South-east Asia, its fourth “booming” market after China, India and...
Brand Karma’s Blackbooks crunch social media data into meaningful insights
CIRCOS Brand Karma has launched Blackbook reports that offer on-demand analyses of the online reputation of key destinations and individual hotels around the world.
Said...
TACentre.com attracts Philippine, Hong Kong outbound
TACENTRE.COM, a B2B online wholesale platform launched by Asiatravel.com Holdings Singapore earlier this month (TTG Asia e-Daily, October 8, 2012), is aiming to rope...
Manila Central Post Office to be converted into hotel
SEVERAL companies, including Sino Group of Hotels which is behind The Fullerton Hotel Singapore, have expressed interest in transforming the 86-year old Manila Central...
Indonesia maps out niche tourism strategy
THE INDONESIAN Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has earmarked seven specific areas in which it plans to develop its special interest tourism portfolio...
Post-Akapol TCEB chugs along
AKAPOL Sorasuchart's resignation as Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) president has not thrown a spanner into the works for the bureau, which has...
GE leases two modern aircraft to Myanma Airways
GE AVIATION Services (GECAS), a subsidiary of General Electric, will lease state-run Myanma Airways two modern Embraer E-190 aircraft, making Myanmar the 76th country...
Singapore’s compass points toward quality tourism
THE SINGAPORE Tourism Board (STB) has unveiled its new vision and strategy to seal Singapore’s position as a quality, world-class destination.
The brainchild of STB's...
