India lays out plans for 50 new airports by 2017
THE Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) will build 50 new airports in non-metropolitan cities to the tune of Rs15 billion (US$249.5 million) within the...
Wave of developments sweeps across Mergui
DEVELOPMENTS in Myanmar's Mergui archipelago could see the area flourish as a major tourist destination, especially for marine tourism.
Myeik Public Corporation is planning to...
VietJet takes off for Seoul
VIETJET Air has launched its first daily direct flights to the South Korean capital of Seoul (Incheon) from Hanoi and Danang, adding the city...
Puss in Boots stomps his way into USS
UNIVERSAL Studios Singapore (USS) has let the cat out of the bag – DreamWorks Animation’s irrepressible Puss in Boots is to become the centre...
Best Western prepares to open 3rd Phuket hotel
BEST Western International will unveil the Best Western Patong Beach hotel in October this year, close to the centre of Phuket's thriving tourism scene.
The...
Tune Hotels property opens in Malaysia’s Cyberjaya
TUNE Hotels is offering business travellers another accommodation option with the opening of a property in Cyberjaya, dubbed Malaysia's Silicon Valley.
The 162-room Tune Hotel...
Terror looms larger at USS’ Halloween Horror Nights 2014
UNIVERSAL Studios Singapore is scaling up the screams for its fourth edition of Halloween Horror Nights in October with one more scare zone and...
Lost Air Algerie flight discovered in Mali
IN THE latest incident in what could be one of the worst weeks for the aviation industry, an Air Algerie flight that had lost...
Sri Lanka taps inter-island travel by joining VIO
SRI Lanka will join the Vanilla Islands Organization (VIO) by end-2014 to leverage the consortium's inter-island packages to drive tourism, in an announcement made...
TAT launches Thailand Travel Shield insurance for tourists
THE Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and four local insurance companies have teamed up to provide foreign visitors with instant online coverage in a...
