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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Absolute to bring Travelodge hotels to Thailand
(From left) Bernardo Godinez, director of Absolute Hotel Services, Aw Cheok Huat, chairman of Travelodge Hotels Asia, Jonathan Wigley, CEO of Absolute Hotel Services...
New helicopter tours lift off from Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi
LUXURY helicopter tours for Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi Island, together with exclusive chartered flights to several popular tourist destinations around Malaysia, have been launched...
