P&O Cruises Australia homeports in Singapore after 10-year absence
Pacific Eden
P&O Cruises Australia’s Pacific Eden will be homeporting from Singapore’s HarbourFront Cruise and Ferry Terminal in August, a decade since its last homeport...
Pokémon Go craze hits Hong Kong tourism sector
Credit: Travel Expert
THE launch of Pokémon Go in Hong Kong last week has prompted tourism stakeholders to leverage on the craze for more business...
Indonesia to showcase new venue, regions at PTM 2016
Speakers at the PATA Travel Mart 2016 press conference
INDONESIA has picked South Tangerang in Banten Province as the host city for this year’s PATA...
Chan Brothers to incubate and fund startups
Anthony Chan, group managing director, Chan Brothers
SINGAPORE-based Chan Brothers Group will incubate and fund startups that are related to travel and tourism, lifestyle and...
New hotel openings: July 25 to 29, 2016
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week
Parisian Macao
The long-awaited Parisian Macao integrated resort by Sands China will be opening on September 13....
Meeting venues need to keep up with the times: PCMA
Deborah Sexton, president and CEO, PCMA
CONFERENCE venues are urged to be flexible and adapt to the evolving needs of today’s clients in the meetings...
Malaysian travel merchants given platform to sell products on Alitrip
TRAVEL merchants from Malaysia can sell and market their products and services directly to Chinese travellers through the Malaysia Tourism Pavilion (MTP) on Alitrip...
Sri Lanka to end controversial minimum room rates policy
An aerial view of Colombo
AUTHORITIES in Sri Lanka decided yesterday to terminate the controversial minimum hotel room rates policy enforced many years ago to...
Asia swipes half of UNESCO’s 2016 World Heritage sites
Western Tien-Shan mountains
ASIA is now home to half of UNESCO’s newly-inscribed sites, according to a recently-released list by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
Some of...
Accor in talks to buy concierge services provider John Paul
ACCORHOTELS has begun exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of private concierge services provider John Paul.
Accor revealed in a statement earlier this week that they...
