Manila airport ratchets down domestic focus
SEEKING to alleviate congestion at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Philippine Department of Transport and Communications (DOTC) is taking steps to tone...
SIA scraps flights to Abu Dhabi, Athens
SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has decided to pull the plug on services to Abu Dhabi and Athens. The last flights to both destinations will depart...
Exotissimo to handle Adventure World’s Thailand-bound clients
EXOTISSIMO Travel has assumed full product management responsibility in Thailand for Adventure World, a major travel wholesaler based in Australia and New Zealand.
This follows...
Bintan steps up development of new airport
CONSTRUCTION on Bintan Resorts International Airport kicked off yesterday, with the official groundbreaking ceremony taking place in Busung, Kuala Lobam.
Scheduled to open in mid-2015,...
Legend of the Seas makes maiden call at Yeosu
ROYAL Caribbean International’s Legend of the Seas made its inaugural call at Yeosu, South Korea yesterday. The visit coincides with the opening week of...
PayPal urges travel firms to tap mobile sales channels
SINGAPORE is transforming into a hotbed for mobile transactions, but travel companies have so far been slow on the uptake of technology to penetrate...
Airfares spike due to Air India cutbacks
AIR India’s (AI) curtailing of international services to stem operational losses has seen airfares from India to Europe and the US rise by about...
China Southern axes Philippine flights
CHINA Southern Airlines is planning to suspend some flights to the Philippines in anticipation of an expected drop in cross-straits traffic, due to the...
AirAsia undergoes US$5 million brand revamp
AIRASIA has embarked on a US$5 million rebranding exercise that will see the carrier adopt an updated corporate identity in line with its ‘10...
MATTA mulls alternative hubs for Islamic travel mart
THE MALAYSIAN Association of Tour & Travel Agents (MATTA), which owns the organising rights to the World Islamic Travel Mart (WITM), is considering holding...
