2016 Articles Archive

A NEW study by management consulting firm Oliver Wyman seeks to dispel common misconceptions about Chinese outbound travellers, including views they are more trouble...

Vandy: halal certified food options integral to growth SPECIALIST Muslim tour operators in Cambodia have welcomed government plans to finalise a draft law on halal...

Paris hoteliers are dropping their room rates like never before in an unprecedented move to attract business, according to wholesale hotel room buyer, JacTravel. “We’ve...

Victoria: PTAA is working to counter the fallout IATA-accredited travel agencies in the Philippines have resigned themselves to a shorter airlines payment period beginning Friday...

Murray Building WHARF Holdings is redeveloping the iconic Murray Building in Central, Hong Kong into a “sophisticated urban chic hotel”, which is a near giveaway...

Craig S. Smith, APAC president and managing director, Marriott International (left); Kwek Leng Beng, executive chairman, City Developments Limited THE handing over of operations of...

An SHC docent gives a tour of the bunker. Photo: SHC THE Battlebox, a preserved military command facility and museum in Singapore, was relaunched yesterday...

COSTA Cruises has partnered Singapore-based agency CTC Travel to offer a Christmas cruise package onboard the Costa Victoria, which sets sail from Singapore starting...

Boracay, the Philippines DIFFICULTY obtaining visas and insufficient marketing are the main hurdles facing agents when trying to attract more Chinese tourists to the Philippines,...

Jeju island, South Korea THE Association of the Indonesian Tours and Travel Agencies (ASITA) and Jeju Tourism Association (JTA) have signed an MoU during the...