Princess Cruises lands in East Malaysia, Brunei
CARNIVAL Corp’s Princess Cruises will call at Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei for the first time through its upcoming 2016/2017 homeporting season.
The 2,678-guest Sapphire Princess...
Qantas adds Asian services to feed growing demand
TO meet the growing demand on the Singapore-Perth and Hong Kong-Sydney routes, Qantas will be increasing the number of services on both from December...
Philippines paves the way with disabled-friendly tours
A LOCAL DMC has launched tour packages tailored to the needs of persons with disability (PWD), a first in the Philippines.
This comes after Blue...
Lotte Group diversifies into car rental
SOUTH Korea's Lotte Group will in May complete its acquisition of KT Rental, a major domestic company in the car rental sector, for about...
Other chains composed amid new goliath
THE spectre of a new giant in their wake from the Marriott-Starwood merger has not sent other hotel chains trembling in trepidation – or...
Plan in place to address Singapore’s hospitality manpower crunch
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THE Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and the Workforce Development Agency (WDA) have launched a Sectoral Manpower Plan (SMP) to improve the skills and...
Royal Brunei Airlines lures Singaporeans with new aircraft
ROYAL Brunei Airlines (RBA) is targeting to court more Singaporeans into Brunei with the deployment of two new Airbus A320 aircraft on the Singapore-Brunei...
Chan Brothers turns 50 with roadmap for the future
DEFYING the notion that the travel agent is dead, Chan Brothers Singapore turns 50 with a roadmap for the future – and an attitude...
Brunei opens maritime museum in the capital
BRUNEI Tourism has announced the official launch of the Maritime Museum in Bandar Seri Begawan on March 23.
A project under the 10th National Development...
Asian Development Bank backs tourism infrastructure upgrade in Laos
LAOS will embark on a series of infrastructure upgrades in four provinces along the Greater Mekong Subregion corridors, backed by the Asian Development Bank...
