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Worldhotels’ EVP Asia-Pacific Roland Jegge talks to Raini Hamdi about changes in the independent hotels market as he marks 20 years of heading Worldhotels...
The fight for hotel bookings
The financial stakes are high, so it's no wonder that hotels now want to wrestle back control of travellers' bookings from intermediaries, especially as...
More regional travel, last-minute bookings during festivities
Lunar New Year celebrations in Bangkok
ASIA’s travellers are heading to destinations closer to home and are booking their holidays with lesser lead time during...
Buffalo Tours audits elephant camps in SE Asia
BUFFALO Tours has audited 38 elephant camps in five of its destination countries – Thailand, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar – and have validated...
Marriott-Starwood merger raises loyalty programme concerns
WITH Marriott’s acquisition of Starwood still in flux, concerns are being raised about the future of the two hospitality giant’s existing rewards programmes, according...
New hotel managers association formed in Indonesia
Jakarta
LEADING Indonesian hoteliers have set up a new professional association, the Indonesian Hotel General Managers Association (IHGMA), which debuted recently in Bali.
The new association,...
KTO to boost Korean DMZ’s tourism allure
PLANS are in place for South Korea to better position the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), its heavily fortified border with North Korea, as a...
GM appointed for first Oakwood property in Singapore
SHARON Seong has been appointed general manager of the upcoming Oakwood Studios Singapore, Oakwood’s first property in the country, set for a November opening.
In...
Photo of the Day: Halal Tourism Conference 2016
Delegates including Mahir Ünal, minister of culture and tourism of Turkey, during the opening ceremony of the second Halal Tourism Conference 2016 taking place...
Global social dining platform wants to feed Asian event groups
A SOCIAL dining company which connects hosts across the world with travellers keen on enjoying homemade flavours of the destination in a local home...
