Events: Singapore River Festival 2016
A girl wearing headphones at a Silent Disco. Credit: Silent Disco Asia
Singapore River Festival is returning this year from November 4-5 with a new...
Thailand to hold record breaking prayer event for mourners
Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports plans to turn the Kingdom’s sorrow into a world record event during the 2017 New Year countdown.
Conventional countdown...
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...
Aichi draws on samurai roots to boost foreign arrivals
Aichi prefecture in central Japan is drawing on its history as the homeland of the famed samurai to attract tourists, culminating in the inaugural...
Learning on the go
Qooco’s David Topolewski shares how mobile learning will make an innovative, cost-effective way to transform training delivery in the hospitality sector
Governments and companies are...
IHG appoints Singapore, regional GM
Michael Martin
Michael Martin has been named general manager of InterContinental Singapore and regional general manager, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Singapore, Malaysia and Batam.
In his...
World Routes 2019 bound for Adelaide
ADELAIDE has won the right to host World Routes 2019, the world’s largest aviation industry conference. This will be the first time the event...
TCEB intensifies MICE backing for Khao Yai
Kirimaya Golf Resort & Spa’s Atta Lakeside Resort Suites
THIS year, the Thailand Incentive and Convention Association (TCEB) is heavily promoting Khao Yai as a...
Kabuki café in Nagoya targets MICE groups
NAGOYA-ZA, a kabuki café in Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture, has launched a package that includes dinner and accommodation for MICE groups.
The kabuki...
UFI appoints new managers at Paris HQ
UFI is bringing on board two new hires to help deliver and improve the association’s growing roster of events, committee activities and other industry...
















