China becomes world’s biggest business travel market
CHINA surpassed the US as the world’s highest-spending business travel market, having ended 2015 with US$291.2 billion in business travel spending as compared to...
Annie Chng-Luchau joins Design Hotels as sales director
Annie Chng-Luchau, regional director of sales, Asia-Pacific, Design Hotels
ANNIE Chng-Luchau, a veteran with 15 years of sales experience in the hospitality industry, has joined...
Destination Kuala Lumpur unveils new brand
KUALA Lumpur City Hall has unveiled a new destination brand for the city yesterday, as well as committing to between two million ringgit (US$512...
Qatar celebrates 10 years in Hong Kong
QATAR Airways is celebrating 10 years of Hong Kong operations with a series of events and the launch of new flights.
A sale took place...
Hotel price war in Pattaya after disappointing Songkran
THE recent Songkran season in Thailand gave only a brief boost to hotels in Pattaya, where a price war is grinding on, sources tell...
Accor appoints ‘chief disruption and growth officer’
Thibault Viort, chief disruption and growth officer, AccorHotels
ACCORHOTELS has appointed a ‘chief disruption and growth officer’, signalling its continued drive to change with the...
Singapore tourism sector gets S$700 million boost
Singapore's Marina Bay Cruise Centre
IN LIGHT of recent lacklustre tourism performance, the Singapore government will be injecting S$$700 million (US$517 million) to aid the...
Made to order
WHO A former reporter with London’s Sunday Times, Sarah Keenlyside moved to China in 2005 where she was involved with running the Time Out...
Photo of the Day: Captain America lands in Singapore
Cast of Captain America: Civil War poses for a picture at The Helix Bridge in Singapore with Lionel Yeo, CEO, Singapore Tourism Board and...
Singapore agents to get enhanced training, accreditation scheme
Interior of the Tourism Management Institute of Singapore
THE National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (NATAS) will be stepping up training courses and releasing an...
