Pivotal times for travel firms
TRAVEL companies are at a pivot point, with two industry luminaries warning the dangers for those who stay the course or are just “tweaking”.
PhocusWright’s...
India’s growth slows
THE fluctuating rupee has hit Indian outbound, with some Asian sellers reporting discouraging figures this year.
The Traveller Malaysia director/general manager, Jessica Koh, has seen...
Rupiah, ringgit roil travel
INDONESIAN and Malaysian outbound tour operators are seeing a shift in travel patterns due to their weakened currencies.
The Indonesian rupiah has dipped against the...
Finland invests in China, Japan campaign
VISIT Finland will launch a marketing campaign next year for its top two Asian markets, China and Japan, which accounted for about 10 per...
Amex in talks to spin off business travel unit
AMERICAN Express (AMEX) is in talks to spin off its Global Business Travel (GBT) division into a separate company. It expects that GBT's operations,...
Delivering on branding promises
AS CREATIVE taglines become frequent elements in destination marketing campaigns, John Koldowski, special advisor to CEO of PATA, underlined the importance of “delivering on...
Matzig hands CEO baton to Kuenzle
LUZI Matzig is handing over the CEO baton of Asian Trails and Kuoni Destination Management Asia-Pacific to Laurent Kuenzle effective January 1, 2014.
Matzig will...
New Philippine OTAs gun for airline ticketing
TWO new Philippine B2C online travel brands have surfaced this year focusing on ticket search and aggregation, with planned expansions into hotel booking.
Muranglipad.com’s web...
Dubai incentivises economy hotel building
DUBAI'S hotel industry is set to expand the three- and four-star hotel sector, given the government's granting of financial incentive from early this month...
Thai Lion Air receives AOL
THAI Lion Air has received an air operator licence from Thailand's Ministry of Transport and is now working to get an air operator certificate...
