Mobile connectivity driving up corporate travel costs: CWT
COST control remains the top priority for some 70 per cent of corporate travel managers worldwide, according to Carlson Wagonlit Travel's (CWT) sixth annual...
Switzerland targets young travellers to regain ground in India
SWITZERLAND Tourism has set its sights on young travellers to achieve 10 per cent growth in arrivals from India in 2014 after two years...
Korean Air links Seoul and Houston
KOREAN Air will launch inaugural, non-stop flights between Seoul (Incheon) and Houston on May 2.
The four-times-weekly service will run on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and...
Father of Indonesian tourism, Joop Ave, dies at 79
ACCOLADES are pouring in for Joop Ave, Indonesia's former minister of tourism, post and telecommunications, who passed away yesterday.
Ave died at the age of...
Seoul’s second JW Marriott property opens in Dongdaemun
JW MARRIOTT Hotels & Resorts yesterday unveiled the 170-room JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul in South Korea.
The new hotel marks the second JW Marriott...
Global leisure hotel rates up YOY every month in 2013: Pegasus
GLOBAL hotels recorded consistently higher average daily rates for leisure stays ahead of 2012 for every month last year, according to The Pegasus View...
Associations cosy up to push Indian outbound to UK
VISITBRITAIN has facilitated the signing of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) between leading travel associations of the UK and India, a move the NTO expects...
India grants free visas to Maldivian medical tourists
INDIA is now offering Maldivian nationals free 90-day visas for medical tourism in a reversal of last year's tightening of visa regulations for this...
Drukair introduces Paro-Mumbai service
DRUKAIR – Royal Bhutan Airlines is set to launch the only direct flights between Paro and Mumbai on May 1.
The twice-weekly service will run...
Thai AirAsia X cleared for lift-off in Bangkok
AirAsia X aircraft
AIRASIA X'S Thailand-based associate company this week received the Air Operator's Certificate from the Department of Civil Aviation of Thailand, effectively green-lighting...






