CTM subsidiary enters China FIT market with JV
THE FIT segment is the main target of a new joint venture company between World99 Beijing Electronic Commerce and Westminster Travel Hong Kong, a...
Surge in Indian visitors to Philippines in January-February
THE Philippines' marketing drive in India seems to be paying off as the first two months of 2015 witnessed impressive 24.3 per cent year-on-year...
Major APAC airports get double-digit growth in passengers for 1Q2015
AIRPORTS in Asia-Pacific saw passenger growth of 8.5 per cent in 1Q2015 with airports in major cities chalking up double-digit increases, according to an...
UAS opens regional office in India
UAS International Trip Support is strengthening its presence in India through its new office in New Delhi, which opened last month at Indira Gandhi...
Malaysia hotels go for broke courting Middle East big-spenders
HOTELS in Malaysia are going all out to attract guests from the Middle East, from having special menus to employing Arabic-speaking frontline staff, for...
Chinese tourists get 10-year visas to Singapore
SINGAPORE is extending the validity of visas issued to Chinese nationals for a maximum of 10 years after recording a fall in numbers from...
Sabre announces Abacus buyout
QUASHING industry speculation that has been rife since January this year, Sabre yesterday announced it is fully acquiring Abacus International for US$411 million, a...
Do time at Fremantle’s prison-turned-budget accommodation
Credit: YHA
AS HOTELS jostle to offer today's travellers extra boasting rights by converting heritage buildings, YHA has launched its slightly grimmer option – the...
Country Holidays launches 4 more Signature Departures
THE clandestine lives of monks in Ladakh, the heart of Persian civilisation in Iran, the running of the bulls in Pamplona and witnessing Amritsar...
Myanmar green-lights more hotel development on its latest tourism frontier
ANTICIPATING an increase in visitor arrivals, new hotel projects are mushrooming across Myanmar's virgin Mergui archipelago, also known as the Myeik archipelago.
According to the...
