Traders Hotel, Yangon is now Sule Shangri-La, Yangon
THE landmark Traders Hotel, Yangon was today relaunched as the Sule Shangri-La, Yangon after an extensive two-and-a-half years renovation.
The 484-room hotel on Sule Pagoda...
Aerowisata Hotels & Resorts overhauls image with new brand concepts
AEROWISATA Hotels & Resorts is embarking on an extensive exercise to rebrand, reposition and expand its portfolio of hotels to sharpen its edge in...
New shinkansen service to open up Kanazawa, more tax exemptions for...
JAPAN'S appeal as a tourist destination will receive a boost when a high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Kanazawa begins in spring 2015, and...
Single visa for African countries in the works
COUNTRIES in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) are preparing to roll out a common visa similar to Schengen in a bid to boost...
Holiday Inn Express zips into Clarke Quay
INTERCONTINENTAL Hotels Group (IHG) has opened the 442-room Holiday Inn Express Singapore Clarke Quay in partnership with RB Capital Hotels, the hotel arm of...
Skyline Rotorua installs new activities, expands F&B offerings
SKYLINE Rotorua in New Zealand has unveiled a number of new soft adventure activities within its premises even as it exports its Luge ride...
Grand Hyatt Singapore seeks to innovate MICE space
GRAND Hyatt Singapore unveiled its Level 2 events space yesterday, confident it will be as game-changing as its Mezza9 restaurant that gave the industry...
IHG grows Japan footprint with three new rebrandings
INTERCONTINENTAL Hotels Group (IHG) is expanding its presence in Japan with the recent addition of three more hotels to its portfolio.
Up north in Hokkaido,...
AirAsia Group confirms move to klia2
AIRASIA Group will be shifting its Malaysian operations to the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) budget terminal now that the ICAO has given...
Global leaders debate how tourism can be a force for good
TRAVEL and tourism CEOs have been implored to measure the industry's effectiveness not just in dollars and cents, but its impact on natural resources...
