New hotel openings: August 8 to 12, 2016
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week
Mercure Singapore Bugis
AccorHotels has opened the new-build Mercure Singapore Bugis, a 395-room hotel located in the...
Small travel start-ups, hotels invited to exhibit at PTM 2016
INDONESIA’s Ministry of Tourism is inviting small travel start-ups and hotels to take part in the upcoming PATA Travel Mart (PTM) 2016.
The ministry’s deputy...
Series of bomb blasts kill at least three in Thailand
Paramedics taking care of wounded in Trang. Credit: Facebook/สามล้อกู้ภัย บรรเทาศูนย์สอง
MULTIPLE explosions went off in cities and popular tourist spots around Thailand Thursday afternoon continuing...
B2B mobile app Tineri helps tour operators sort out itineraries
DISSATISFACTION with how tour operators are presenting their itineraries to clients is what led travel entrepreneur Tim Russell to create Tineri, a B2B mobile...
Gagfare lets you reserve airfares, seats for just US$10
HONG Kong-based travel company Gagfare has launched a ‘book now, pay later’ smartphone app for air travel, allowing users to reserve seats and airfares...
Tourism New Zealand chief Kevin Bowler resigns
Kevin Bowler, CEO, TNZ
AFTER almost seven years helming Tourism New Zealand (TNZ), its chief executive Kevin Bowler has decided to leave the national tourism...
Noku Kyoto unveils special hot spring package
Noku Kyoto's Deluxe room
NEWLY-opened upscale boutique hotel Noku Kyoto is now offering an onsen package in collaboration with Kyoto’s renowned hot spring hotel Sumiya...
Lure of a bucolic town
Can Yangshuo seek a place among busier rivals in South China Karst? Prudence Lui finds out
Nestled among karst peaks and rivers, Yangshuo is already...
Corporates can now pay for Didi Chuxing rides using Concur
CHINA’s leading private car hire service Didi Chuxing has partnered with business travel expenses solutions provider Concur to integrate ride transactions with the platform’s...
Riu Hotels expands into Asia with Sri Lankan resort opening
SPANISH operator Riu Hotels & Resorts has made its foray into Asia with a Sri Lankan property, the first in a pipeline of resorts...
