Qatar Airways throws festival of travel deals
QATAR Airways is offering travellers a slew of deals including up to 45 per cent discount on packages, companion fares for two-for-one tickets, group...
Uber enters China’s travel industry with HNA deal
UBER’s China unit will be getting an undisclosed amount of investment from HNA Group as part of a tie-up between the US ride sharing...
Skyscanner secures US$192 million in funding
Gareth Williams, CEO of Skyscanner
TRAVEL search engine Skyscanner has welcomed five new partners who will in total invest 128 million pounds (US$192 million) in...
Industry rates on offer at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
HONG Kong Disneyland Resort is offering employees of travel agencies, airlines, cruises and hotels in Hong Kong and Macau, as well as accredited tourist...
Indonesian carriers prepare to take flight
THE Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) is sanguine about Indonesia’s passenger traffic this year, projecting 10 to 15 per cent growth as the...
Global travel community condemns Istanbul attack
The Blue Mosque and Sultanahmet district in Istanbul, Turkey.
TRAVEL organisations worldwide have condemned the bomb attack committed by an Islamic State terrorist yesterday in...
An Italian yin and yang
As the segment of sophisticated and free independent travellers from Asia grows larger, destinations that were once aspirational have become banal for this lot,...
Starchitects bring glamour to remote valley
A quiet village in Switzerland that prides itself on having just “1,000 inhabitants, 1,000 sheep, 1,000 guest beds” has been hurled into the limelight...
Franc-ly speaking
The rising popularity of Switzerland may be put to test this year as Asian currencies weaken
Two major developments – Asian currency depreciation, which continues...
ANA to buy US$108 million stake in Vietnam Airlines
JAPAN’s ANA Holdings has signed a MoU with Vietnam Airlines to purchase an 8.8 per cent stake in the the South-east Asian state-owned carrier...
