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2012 Articles Archive

2012 Articles Archive

Silverbird UK’s Paul Graham passes away

VETERAN UK tour operator Paul Graham died yesterday after succumbing to cancer. Graham was a director with Silverbird and, in the past year, a valued...

AirAsia lines up IPOs for longhaul, Indonesian units

AIRASIA group CEO, Tony Fernandes, is planning to raise funds for expansion by listing AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia and Tune Insurance on the Malaysian...

Asia comes out tops for China’s Golden Week travellers

OUTBOUND tourist traffic from China increased significantly during the recent National Day Golden Week from September 30 to October 7, with some Asian destinations...

Karimunjawa hot for Singapore, Malaysia outbound

KARIMUNJAWA, an archipelago of 27 islands off the coast of Indonesia’s Central Java province and situated north of Semarang, is fast gaining popularity among...

EVA Airways is latest carrier to kick off Yangon flights

EVA Airways started thrice-weekly services between Taipei and Yangon on October 9. Operated every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday on McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft, the new...

Firefly mounts extra flights for Hari Raya Haji

TO meet the anticipated increase in demand for Subang-Kota Bharu services this coming Hari Raya Haji season, Firefly will mount additional flights on October...

Dafam enters Sumatra with two new hotels

DAFAM Hotels & Resorts will mark its entry into Sumatra with the opening of two hotels in Bandar Lampung in 2014. The 168-room Grand Dafam...

Best Western to launch in Angeles City, Philippines

BEST Western International (BWI) will this month open Best Western The Mint Hotel, said to be the first international branded hotel in Angeles City,...

Asia ‘defies gravity’ for hotel CEOs

DESPITE signs of Asia's economic growth slowing and an average of three to four per cent room supply growth in the next five years...

Lampung gears up for inbound tourism

THE Lampung provincial government is working to improve its airport and road infrastructure to facilitate the growth of inbound business and leisure tourism. Radin Inten...