UFI elects new chief
CORRADO Peraboni, CEO of Fiera Milano, has been elected UFI president for 2018 by the Board of Directors at a board meeting during the...
SITE top incentive award welcomes applications
APPLICATIONS are now open for the 2016 Crystal Awards programme by SITE, which aims to recognise exceptional incentive travel events.
The Awards is open to...
After visa pact, Myanmar agents form more Singapore packages
Groups of tourists pose before the Marina Bay skyline in Singapore
OUTBOUND tour operators in Myanmar are planning to add more Singapore packages in anticipation...
Deal Travel agent licence suspended indefinitely
THE Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has suspended the travel agent licence of Deal Travel, effective since June 4 till further notice.
STB stated that the...
SIA plane catches fire after making emergency landing
Right wing of SQ368 on fire after emergency landing. Photo: Lee Bee Yee
A SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) flight enroute to Milan from Singapore this morning...
Grab and Lyft integrate their ride-sharing platforms
PRIVATE car hire companies Grab and Lyft have joined forces to integrate each other’s platforms into their own, granting users access to a combined...
New hotel openings: June 20 to 24, 2016
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week
Pan Pacific Hanoi
Pan Pacific Hotels Group (PPHG) is set to debut the Pan Pacific brand in...
Nida Rooms turns to Via.com to broaden distribution
ONLINE hotel reseller Nida Rooms has partnered with OTA and wholesale platform Via.com in a bid to widen its distribution capabilities.
Before joining the 90,000 resellers in...
ASEAN charts ecotourism roadmap with Pakse Declaration
ASEAN tourism ministers and top executives linking hands at the opening ceremony of AEF 2016
THE first-ever ASEAN Ecotourism Forum (AEF), currently held in Laos’...
BBTF to go beyond being an inbound tradeshow
Arief Yahya being escorted around BBTF at the opening yesterday
INBOUND travel mart Bali and Beyond Travel Fair (BBTF) will be transforming into an international...
