China trumps Germany as world’s top tourism source market
CHINESE expenditure on travel abroad reached US$102 billion in 2012, recording a 40 per cent jump from 2011's US$73 billion and clinching top spot...
Cebu Pacific-Philippine Airlines rivalry to bring down prices
COMPETITION is heating up between legacy carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) and budget airline Cebu Pacific (CEB), as the latter has filed applications to fly...
Outrigger changes tack for Asia-Pacific growth
OUTRIGGER Hotels and Resorts Asia-Pacific opened its first investment property in Asia last week in a strategic shift that will see the company focus...
Ri-Yaz plans Middle East expansion
MALAYSIAN hotel management company, Ri-Yaz Hotels & Resorts, is looking at expanding westwards into the Middle East, with three hotel management contracts currently under...
Indonesia’s arrivals growth falls short of expectations
TOURIST arrivals to Indonesia jumped 14.5 per cent year-on-year to 678,415 in February on the back of the Lunar New Year holidays. However, this...
Four-star competitor enters Kuningan area
JAKARTA'S hotel scene is getting a new competitor with the soft opening of the 245-room JS Luwansa Hotel and Convention Center on April 1.
Located...
India speeds up hotel approvals and classifications
INDIA'S Ministry of Tourism officially launched a web-based system for hotel approval and classification on April 3, allowing hoteliers to log in to track...
East Europe market pours US$1.2 billion into Phuket
THAILAND has benefited the most from a deluge of tourists from East Europe into South-east Asia, with Phuket receiving over 650,000 Eastern European visitors...
Asia’s first sports hotel guns for pro athletes and FITs
POSITIONED as Asia's first sports hotel, Thanyapura Sports Hotel in Phuket officially opened in late March and is taking aim at professional athletes and...
IHG establishes XML connection with Ctrip
INTERCONTINENTAL Hotels Group (IHG) has begun adding its entire global portfolio of 4,600 properties to China's largest OTA, Ctrip.com.
Through DerbySoft technology, the XML-based connection...
