Madrid gets real at wooing Chinese visitors
CHINA has been identified as one of the two main target markets in a year-end marketing drive by Madrid Destino, the tourism authorities of...
Panda Hotel panders to female guests with women-only rooms
HONG Kong’s Panda Hotel will roll out two new accommodation categories from mid-November to meet the needs of a growing number of women travelling...
Visa processes influence Asians’ holiday destination choice: Skyscanner
VISA requirements are a crucial factor in choice of vacation destination for 75 per cent of Asian travellers, while 81 per cent back the...
Malaysia promotes Visit Malaysia Year in Turkey
MALAYSIA is pushing Visit Malaysia Year (VMY) 2014 campaign in Turkey for more tourists, with the reopening of a Tourism Malaysia office in Istanbul...
New Zealand fishes for Indonesian tourists
TOURISM New Zealand has opened its first representative office in Jakarta to net more of the rapidly growing Indonesian outbound market.
Led by Christian Sidharta,...
Cebu quake pushes back UNWTO ecotourism conference
THE Philippines' Department of Tourism (DoT) has postponed the United Nations World Tourism Organization's (UNWTO) 5th World Ecotourism Conference, originally scheduled to take place...
Pan Pacific brand to debut in Myanmar
PAN Pacific Hotels Group has entered a joint venture agreement with Myanmar's Shwe Taung Group to develop the country's first Pan Pacific hotel.
Subject to...
Best Western debuts new Nha Trang hotel
BEST Western International has launched the new Best Western Premier Havana Nha Trang hotel on the coast of Vietnam, months after introducing a mid-range...
Silversea dangles full ship charters for 2014
ULTRA-luxury cruise line Silversea Cruises has served up 15 short voyage itineraries for 2014 that will allow partners to book out the ship.
Running from...
Cameron Highlands mud flood impacts local hotels
MALAYSIA'S travel trade is divided on the likely impact of the recent Bertam Valley mud flood on visitorship to Cameron Highlands in the coming...
