More Singaporeans headed overseas for Lunar New Year
SINGAPOREANS are making use of the long Lunar New Year weekend to travel abroad, with travel consultants anticipating a 20 per cent increase in...
Ramada comes to Kuala Lumpur
RAMADA Dua Sentral has begun welcoming guests in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur after Wyndham Hotel Group clinched a management agreement for the...
New luxury hotel to ease Tokyo’s room crunch
TOKYO will get a new luxury hotel in summer 2016, although analysts warn that the Japanese capital is still short of high-end accommodation.
Seibu Holdings...
South Beach woos North Asian travel trade in roadshow series
TRAVEL consultants attending South Beach's last North Asian roadshow pit stop in Hong Kong yesterday welcomed the leisure complex's launch in April, saying it...
Ascott boosts regional presence with more property openings
CAPITALAND-OWNED serviced residence operator The Ascott Limited last week launched another handful of new properties and has plans to further its regional footprint.
Ascott has...
IHG moves into Busan with Holiday Inn hotel
INTERCONTINENTAL Hotels Group (IHG) will operate the 268-room Holiday Inn Busan Seomyun, the first IHG hotel in South Korea's second-largest city of Busan.
Located in...
Genting rolls into South Korea’s gaming market
GENTING Jeju Casino officially opened its doors yesterday as Genting Hong Kong’s first gaming facility in South Korea.
Located in the Hyatt Regency Jeju Hotel,...
Airlines to ditch Sri Lanka’s second airport in favour of cost-cutting
SRILANKAN Airlines has halted all flights through the country's secondary airport to "rationalise" scheduled operations, part of a wave of changes sweeping the Sri...
Myanmar signs on US marketing agency to ramp up North American...
NORTH America is Myanmar's next big target and the Myanmar Tourism Federation (MTF) last Saturday inked a three-year contract with US-based marketing agency, Solimar...
Hotelplan looking to buy Kuoni Switzerland
THE Hotelplan Group has emerged as a suitor for Kuoni Switzerland.
CEO Thomas Stirnimann confirmed with TTG Asia e-Daily “we are looking at it” when...
