2014 Articles Archive

FRANCE will issue visas to Indian travellers within 48 hours of application starting from January 1, 2015, announced its foreign minister Laurent Fabius in...

THE Nepal Tourism Board will issue free mobile SIM cards along with permits to solo trekkers as a stronger safety precaution beginning March 2015. First...

TOURISM New Zealand (TNZ) is forging ahead with its targeted marketing initiatives for the South-east Asian MICE market in the belief that it will...

ABERCROMBIE & Kent (A&K) has recently established a destination management company in Vietnam, driven by the rising potential and demand of the country as...

CRUISE Lines International Association (CLIA) and the Philippines Department of Tourism (DoT) have committed to cooperating for a more robust cruising environment in the...

FAR East Orchard (FEO) group CEO and managing director Lucas Chow, 61, is retiring with effect from September 1 and will be succeeded by...

SINGAPORE-based Crescentrating has launched a Travel Agent Partner Programme that will identify and promote travel agencies that are part of its network to Muslim...

BEACH haven Goa has registered the highest-ever number of charter flights over its latest tourism season with 1,128 flights bearing 261,000 passengers touching down...

THE Walt Disney Company is still looking for a new vice president for Asia Pacific (APAC) regional sales and travel operations to take over...

JAPAN is introducing multiple-entry short-stay visas for Indian nationals in order to tap the high-potential source market of India. Announced yesterday, the new visa is...