Etihad pads up Singapore-Brisbane flights to daily
ETIHAD Airways has launched new daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Brisbane via Singapore, a booster shot for its thrice-weekly Brisbane-Singapore connections which have...
Malaysia Airlines joins oneworld, seals new codeshare agreement
MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) officially joined the ranks of the oneworld alliance last week, and has started getting cosy with fellow alliance member American Airlines...
Robust outlook for Thai hotels though rates lag behind
WHILE room oversupply continues to be a recurring theme in Thailand's hospitality landscape, hoteliers are confident of the sector's outlook for 2013 amid strong...
Macau wades into Russian market
RUSSIA has piqued Macau's interest as a new source market, with the number of Russian tourists on package tours skyrocketing by 122.9 per cent...
Asiatravel to boost Xinhua Travel’s online prowess
SINGAPORE-based Asiatravel.com Holdings last week inked an agreement with China Xinhua Travel Network Services to supply the latter's online wholesale system and provide XML...
Heavier fees to weigh down traffic at Mumbai, Kolkata airports
INDIA'S Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) has approved a raft of fee hikes impacting both airlines and passengers at Mumbai and Kolkata's international airports,...
Tricky dance between OTAs and hotels continues
WARY of escalating commission rates that OTAs command, hoteliers are aggressively building their own direct platforms, with many of them noting phenomenal year-on-year gains...
Tune Hotels challenges new frontiers
TUNE Hotels is pushing into new territory with a new brand look, an upcoming F&B brand of its own and 70 hotels in the...
PATA’s Crisis Rapid Recovery Taskforce goes into ready mode
AFTER setting up a Rapid Recovery Task Force (PRRT) in 2011 (TTG Asia e-Daily, May 12, 2011), PATA is now ready to deploy the...
Flight paucity restricts Indian outbound to Malaysia
MALAYSIA is losing out on the growing outbound traffic from India due to the lack of flights between the two countries.
Mirza Mohammad Taiyab, director...
