IHG, Novum to jointly develop 20 hotels across Europe
David Kellet (left), vice president, interim head of development and investment analysis, Europe, IHG; with David Etmenan, CEO and owner of Novum Group
NOVUM Hotel...
Photo of the Day: Thailand, Korea MICE associations join hands
Sumate Sudasna, president of TICA (seated third from left) and Eung Su Kim, president of KMA (seated third from right), pose for a photo...
New hotel openings: October 24 to 28
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week.
Songbei Shangri-La, Harbin
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts’ second hotel in Harbin, a 344-key property with 32 serviced...
MATTA welcomes Malaysia’s plan to invest in ecotourism
Tourists at Kinabalu National Park
The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) inbound vice president, Tan Kok Liang, has welcomed the government’s allocation...
Korean Air to fly direct to New Delhi in December
Korean Air will be flying direct from Incheon International Airport to New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Airport beginning December 1.
The service departs from Incheon International...
Indian agents launch online platform to combat OTAs
The Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) is planning to launch an online platform to compete head on with OTAs.
The platform, expected to go...
Japan agents get aid to bring tourism back to quake-hit Tottori
Tottori Prefecture
Plans are underway to lure tourists back to Japan’s Tottori Prefecture in western Honshu after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake on October 21 led...
Operators in Cebu call for end to travel advisory from the...
The travel trade in Cebu are hoping that the US will lift its travel advisory levied against the region’s southern territories despite businesses being...
SIA reduces flight frequency on Singapore-Jakarta route
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is reducing its Jakarta service by five-weekly with effect from December 1.
The national carrier had been conducting 63 flights per week...
Bigger destination marketing budget wanted by Maldivian trade
Industry players in Maldives are urging the government to spend more on destination marketing to coincide with the opening of an array of high-end...
