Travelport inks agreement with India’s Vistara
TRAVELPORT and Vistara today jointly announced a new distribution and merchandising agreement which will see the new Indian carrier distribute all its fares and...
Skilled labour shortage plagues China’s hotel industry
NEW hotels are opening in China at breakneck speed but the development of human resources has not kept pace, found the Institute for Hospitality...
Singapore rates expected to hold despite increase in room inventory
TOUR operators expecting rates to come down in Singapore this year may have that dream dashed following Cushman & Wakefield's assessment of an optimistic...
Record international tourism numbers in 2014: UNWTO
INTERNATIONAL tourism hit a new record end-2014 with over 1.1 billion international tourists in a single year, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism...
Garuda, TransNusa flights resume following ‘mistaken’ sanctions
THE Indonesia Ministry of Transportation has retracted its decision to freeze TransNusa Air Services and Garuda Indonesia, two of five operators sanctioned last week...
China’s second-tier cities welcome more Frasers properties
FRASERS Hospitality is eyeing a bigger share of the China market with the addition of 10 more serviced residences in the second-tier cities of...
Myanmar’s Death Railway site to be revived for tourism
HOMEGROWN Tala Mon Company has been awarded a contract by the local government to develop a museum, hotel, park and other tourist facilities at...
Chinese flocking to South-east Asian destinations for Golden Week
WARM and relaxing South-east Asian destinations are preferred by Chinese outbound tourists for the upcoming Spring Festival Golden Week from February 18 to 24.
Outbound...
Prepaid Citizen Card launched for Myanmar’s travellers
A NEW reloadable prepaid card that is accepted by MasterCard merchants worldwide has been launched with the Myanmar traveller in mind.
Developed by 2C2P, a...
Egypt makes slow comeback in Malaysia
DEMAND for Egypt is slowly returning in Malaysia after it flatlined due to the issuance of travel advisories early last year urging Malaysians to...
