Laguna Phuket lines up Mandarin courses to cater to Amway China
INTEGRATED resort Laguna Phuket is placing its service staff through Mandarin language classes and partnering with local universities to hire Mandarin-proficient students as temporary...
Starwood’s Luxury Collection to make Jakarta debut
STARWOOD Hotels & Resorts will bring its Luxury Collection concept to Jakarta when it opens The Keraton at The Plaza on April 30, 2012.
Inspired...
Food & Hotel Asia puts forth biggest show yet
GROWING consumer affluence in Asia Pacific has played a key role in the robust expansion of Food & Hotel Asia (FHA), a biennial food...
Google think tank: Travel innovation in Asia needs a push
ASIA’s travel industry lags behind the West in delivering revolutionary products and ideas, according to a panel of experts at the inaugural edition of...
Thailand’s first Park Hyatt to open in Bangkok
THAILAND will get its first-ever Park Hyatt hotel when Hyatt Hotels Corporation opens the Park Hyatt Bangkok in 2014.
Located within Central Embassy, a mixed-use...
Firefly adds Hat Yai, Kelantan-Johor connections
FIREFLY will launch two new routes, thrice-weekly Kota Bharu-Johor Bahru services on April 26, and four-weekly Subang-Hat Yai flights on May 2.
With the Kota...
Aston to manage integrated MICE complex in Jakarta
ASTON International has signed a deal with Paramount Group, an Indonesian real estate developer, to manage a convention centre and three hotels with a...
Taiwan zooms in on Indonesian outbound
TAIWAN is ramping up its marketing efforts in a bid to boost Indonesian arrival numbers and to entice them to stay longer.
Last year, Taiwan...
Air India’s monopoly on international routes slashed
INDIA’s Ministry of Civil Aviation has freed up eleven international routes that flag carrier Air India had a monopoly on but did not utilise...
Diethelm, Golfasian team up to drive golf tourism in Malaysia
DIETHELM Travel Malaysia and Golfasian, a Bangkok-based inbound operator specialising in golf tours to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, have partnered up to promote golf...
