Brisbane hotels primed to meet event, visitor growth
LEADING Brisbane tourism players are confident that Australia’s third-largest city has sufficient hotel inventory to meet rising inbound and event numbers, including the 7,000...
ITB Asia kicks off with Responsible Tourism initiative
ITB ASIA, which opens tomorrow in Singapore, will feature a series of Responsible Tourism programmes in a bid to encourage social responsibility in tourism.
Held...
AirAsia increases capacity to Indonesia
AIRASIA will revive services between Kuala Lumpur and Solo from December 21 with thrice-weekly flights, more than two months after it suspended the route...
Radar on for possible defaults
DESTINATION management companies (DMC) are cautioned to be extra-vigilant about potential defaults amid the current economic crisis in the eurozone.
The warning came from a...
Air Canada plans major summer expansion to key Asian gateways
AIR CANADA is expanding its international services in 2013, with the launch of new routes to Seoul and Istanbul, seven additional weekly departures to...
Myanmar outgrows its infrastructure
MYANMAR’s tourism stakeholders have expressed concern over the lack of hotel and transport capacity in the country, even as the government has revealed it...
Singapore-Malaysia coach tours could get more expensive
COACH ticket prices for Singapore-Malaysia trips might soon see a jump, due to rising insurance premiums, highway toll charges and fuel costs.
Singapore-based coach operators...
Diethelm enters Hong Kong
DIETHELM Travel Group (DTG) has filled a key gap in its Asian network – Hong Kong – by partnering Vigor Tours in the SAR,...
Jet Airways pulls Chennai-Kuala Lumpur flights
INDIA’S Jet Airways will suspend its daily Chennai-Kuala Lumpur flights on July 2, seven years after it commenced operations on this route.
The flight cessation...
Philippines gets second Hyatt
A HYATT Hotels Corporation affiliate and Bonifacio Landmark Realty and Development Corp, a joint-venture company between Federal Land and Orix Corporation, have signed an...
