Trade lauds Malaysia’s e-visa plans for China, India, US visitors
MALAYSIA will implement an online visa application process for China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Canada and the US by mid-2016, announced prime minister...
Travel agents in favour of NDC, finds IATA study
RESULTS of IATA’s study to look at how its New Distribution Capability (NDC) can benefit travel agents have been released, revealing that most consultants...
Flight delays and cancellations as haze hits Philippines
THE haze from Indonesia’s forest fires has spread to the Philippines, causing domestic flight cancellations and delays in Bohol and Dumaguete in the Visayas,...
Phuket’s Indigo Pearl names new GM
INDIGO Pearl has appointed Paul Jordaan as the Phuket luxury resort’s new general manager.
The South African native was most recently the general manager at...
Passenger traffic takes off again at Changi Airport
AFTER a lacklustre performance last year, Changi Airport is once again logging strong traffic growth with 4.4 million passengers (a 3.9 per cent year-on-year...
Tourists to Maldives now to pay a Green Tax to fund...
DESPITE earlier resistance from tourism operators, the Maldivian authorities have begun implementing a new Green Tax at US$6 per tourist bed from November 1.
The...
St. Regis to sweep into Shanghai in 2017
STARWOOD Hotels & Resorts Worldwide will take its luxury label, the St. Regis to Shanghai come 2017.
The St. Regis Shanghai Jingan will be part...
Overheard: Pssst, two new Hyatt’s and one new Four Seasons in...
AT THE recent Hotel Investment Conference Asia-Pacific, a moderator inadvertently mentioned in one of the breakout sessions that Hyatt Hotels & Resorts was going...
A preferred Philippines discovery now on offer
PREFERRED Hotels & Resorts has unveiled a new Discovery Philippines promotion valid for three hotels from the Discovery Group – Discovery Primea, Discovery Shores...
More Indians are travelling to Munich, staying longer
MUNICH has seen a 22.4 per cent growth in Indian arrivals and an increase in average length of stay to 3.8 days by this...
