Qatar Airways to resume Yangon service
QATAR Airways will resume service to Yangon from Doha on October 3, operating thrice-weekly flights using an Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft.
The airline will...
Flocations to go from visual meta-search to booking engine
FLOCATIONS, a Singapore-based online travel start-up, is seeking additional capital to propel its interactive website onto the global arena.
In a presentation at the conference,...
Sri Lanka anticipates 10 times more cruise visitors this year
SRI Lanka is readying itself for a surge in cruise arrivals – from 4,000 last year to more than 50,000 this year.
The country is...
SIA posts surprise US$30 million loss in 4Q
SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) recorded an unexpected loss of S$38 million (US$30 million) in the fourth quarter of its 2011-2012 financial year, hurt by soaring...
Uniworld adds Italy as river cruising gains Asian interest
UNIWORLD, The Travel Corporation's boutique river cruise brand, has added Italy to its collection.
The 13-day Splendors of Italy itinerary combines a seven-night river cruise...
Costa homeports in Singapore
COSTA Cruises, a first mover in China, has now opened an office in Singapore and, for the first time, is homeporting a ship in...
Finnair inaugurates Chongqing flights
FINNAIR inaugurated flights to Chongqing on May 9, the first carrier to open direct services between Europe and the inland Chinese megacity.
Mika Vehviläinen, CEO...
Have Stilettos will travel
THE FIRST travel agency in Singapore for women travellers only has opened. Its name? Stilettos Travel, of course.
The company offers Asian programmes, but will...
MICE spend in Indonesia on the rise
THE INDONESIA Corporate Meeting and Incentive Travel Mart (ICMITM) 2012, ending today in Medan, is anticipating a 30 per cent jump in transaction amounts...
Chinese, Japanese tourists hot for Australia
AUSTRALIA is seeing increasing numbers of Chinese and Japanese visitors, who are driving steady growth in inbound tourism despite the robust Australian currency and...
