Indonesia outlines plans to grow special tourism sectors
THE INDONESIAN Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy is developing its special interest tourism portfolio, focusing on six sectors: cruise; culinary; golf and sports;...
SriLankan Airlines to begin direct flights to both Dubai and Kuwait
SRILANKAN Airlines will start direct daily flights from Colombo to Kuwait and Dubai from May 1, replacing the current Kuwait-Dubai-Colombo route.
GT Jeyaseelan, chief marketing...
HRG Nepal launched to tap burgeoning business travel segment
NEPAL'S stabilising politics and better tourism infrastructure have fuelled a rising demand for corporate travel to the country, said the chief of the newly...
Shanghai’s room rates fail to keep pace with supply
SHANGHAI'S comparatively low room rates to other Asian cities remain a bugbear for the city's hoteliers, but are helping to boost demand for the...
Chiang Mai gets new flight connections to Macau, Hong Kong
NORTHERN Thailand's regional connections are growing, with two airlines launching new routes between Chiang Mai and Greater China. These new routes will expand the...
Japan freebies helping destination to bounce back
JAPAN'S MICE suppliers are offering incentives for event planners and turning up in full force at major tradeshows this year.
Apart from IT&CM China, Japan...
Maldives’ tumbling arrivals due to recover soon
MALDIVES' inbound numbers in March declined for the second consecutive month, but the travel trade anticipates a recovery from mid-year onward.
“We are expecting more...
IndiGo and Jet Airways take action against MakeMyTrip
IN protest against an opaque fare scheme being offered by OTAs, IndiGo has withdrawn its seat inventory from MakeMyTrip.com, while Jet Airways has reduced...
China’s second-tier cities grow in MICE appeal
BOLSTERED by recent upgrades in MICE hardware and heightened marketing efforts, second-tier Chinese cities such as Xiamen and Wuzhen are reporting a significant surge...
New B2B website targets event planners in China
MICEMonkey, a travel technology firm in Shanghai, has launched a new MICE-dedicated B2B website, MICE123.com, for the Chinese market.
Still in the beta version, the...
