Chinese tourists skip Japan as territorial row heats up
MOUNTING anti-Japanese sentiments resulting from a territorial row between China and Japan over the ownership of a cluster of five islands have caused many...
Sri Lanka and MasterCard join hands for tourism promotion
SRI Lanka Tourism Promotion Board (SLTPB) has inked a five-year agreement with MasterCard Worldwide to promote the country as a top-of-the-line tourist destination for...
TripAdvisor partners Internet Moguls for hotel consolidation
TRIPADVISOR has formed a partnership with technology solutions provider Internet Moguls (IM) for hotel consolidation throughout India.
Under this new arrangement, IM will consolidate an...
RWS to open mega oceanarium, sets date for grand opening celebrations
ALMOST three years since its soft launch in January 2010, Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) will open the last of its facilities by December 7,...
Condor to fly to Yangon in November
GERMAN carrier Condor will begin weekly direct services from Frankfurt to Yangon on November 6.
The flight will leave Frankfurt on Tuesday and arrive in...
Sands strikes in Macau again – with a Parisian-style hotel
LAS Vegas Sands (LVS) has unveiled plans to construct a new US$3 billion integrated resort in Macau, complete with a scaled down replica of...
Hokkaido lines up fam trip for Asian travel experts
HOKKAIDO will be organising a 4D3N fam trip in February 2013 for outbound tour operators from North and South-east Asia as well as the...
Mandala Airlines connects Singapore to Bali, Padang
FRESH from reviving its international operations with new flights to Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (TTG Asia e-Daily, August 13, 2012), Mandala Airlines will...
Strong uptake prompts Emirates to take A380 to Singapore
EVEN before the conclusion of its ad hoc Airbus A380 service on the Dubai-Singapore route from September 8-21 (TTG Asia e-Daily, August 30, 2012),...
SilkAir to serve Visakhapatnam
SILKAIR will become the first airline to provide a direct international air link to Visakhapatnam when it begins non-stop thrice-weekly services from Singapore starting...
