Keener interest in tech for duty of care
CORPORATE travel managers are seeing a "refinement" of travel policies in the wake of high-profile airline incidents and health scares, say participants at this...
IHG confident of two InterCon hotels in Singapore
A SECOND InterContinental hotel will rise in Singapore in 2016, but the chain dismissed the notion that this was in part to safeguard the...
PAL flies to New York via Vancouver next March
PHILIPPINE Airlines yesterday announced it is flying to the Big Apple from March 15, 2015, marking the carrier's much-awaited network expansion to the US...
Best Western to manage hotel, convention centre in Kota Kinabalu
BEST Western International has inked a management contract with Sabanilam Enterprise for a new upscale hotel and convention centre in Malaysia, expected to open...
Thai Airways rides out turbulence
THAI Airways International’s (THAI) performance has stabilised after a rocky start to the year, Suraphon Israngura na Ayuthya, executive vice president of commercial, said...
Phuket’s time to shine for incentive travel
THE launch of direct services by Middle Eastern carriers to Phuket looks set to be a good conduit of longhaul MICE traffic to the...
Indonesian MICE returns post-elections
OUTBOUND MICE from Indonesia this year took an inevitable dip as its citizens went to the polls in July to elect a new president.
However,...
It’s gonna be safer to eat in Laos
LUANG Prabang is seeing an increasing number of top hotels and restaurants striving for The Mark certification, which ensures eateries meet strict Chartered Institute...
Flight Centre Singapore courts business travel
IN A bid to capture a slice of the corporate travel pie, Flight Centre last week opened its flagship Business Travel Centre in Singapore,...
Chic Outlet Shopping ups MICE game
FOLLOWING its strategy developed last year to capture more MICE business, Chic Outlet Shopping Villages has intensified efforts this year with many new services...
