Philippine operators recovering from Chinese tour cancellations
Boracay
GROUP bookings from China are beginning to return to the Philippines after inbound operators and hotels – especially in Boracay, Cebu and Bohol –...
SriLankan Airlines cancel flights due to runway works
SRI Lanka’s national carrier is cancelling six flights and rescheduling ten others due to next year’s three-month partial closure of the country’s main international...
GHM launches mid-tier lifestyle hotel brand Tin Hotels
GENERAL Hotel Management (GHM), in a joint venture partnership with van de Bunt Partners, has unveiled Tin Hotels, a new mid-tier lifestyle hotel brand.
GHM,...
Korean Air to charge international passengers for no-shows
SOUTH Korea’s flag carrier will introduce no-show fees for international passengers who fail to provide advance notice that they no longer require a flight...
Sri Lanka to address destination image in upcoming campaign
Train from Nuwara Eliya to Kandy among the tea plantations in Sri Lanka
SRI Lanka is launching in November probably its first major destination campaign...
All bullet train stations in Japan to get tourist information centres
EVERY bullet train station in Japan will have a comprehensive tourist information centre by 2019.
Funds to build the new centres or upgrade existing facilities...
New hotel openings: August 22 to 26, 2016
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week
Wyndham Soleil Danang
Wyndham Hotel Group will be opening a massive 3,200-key, 57-storey, four-tower condotel complex in...
InterContinental Hong Kong launches two new packages
INTERCONTINENTAL Hong Kong is offering two new hotel packages, namely the Luxury Suite Get-Away and the Culinary Star Celebration.
The Luxury Suite Get-Away package comprises...
Earthquake highlights need for rigorous protection of Bagan temples
Bagan, Myanmar
BAGAN’s famed pagodas appear to be the greatest casualty in the tourism sector after a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck central Myanmar on...
Malaysia’s MICE, education sectors to gain from 2018 World Library and...
MALAYSIA will play host to the 84th International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in 2018.
The announcement...
