APAC leads air passenger growth in 2015: IATA
ASIA-PACIFIC continues to dominate global air passenger traffic growth, according to 2015 industry performance statistics released by IATA in its 60th Edition of the...
Climate change needs urgent action from Asian tourism sector
Mekong River, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
DESPITE such buzzwords as sustainable travel and ecotourism being bandied about at this year’s Mekong Tourism Forum, the travel sector...
Flights grounded as super typhoon slams into Taiwan
WITH super typhoon Nepartak expected to hit Taiwan early this morning, airlines have been cancelling or rescheduling flights in and out of the island.
Taiwan’s...
Asian Trails announces key management changes
ASIAN Trails Thailand will make changes to its top posts come November.
Claudio Kellenberger, managing director Asian Trails Thailand, will leave the company in November...
Lanith founder departs organisation
FOUNDER of Lao National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality's (Lanith) Peter Semone has departed on June 30 following an eight-year stint as its chief...
What Brexit means for Asia
Asian travel industry leaders ponder the implications on tourism and business following Britain’s vote to leave the EU − and it’s not an entirely...
Sabre – a year later
It’s been a year since Abacus International became Sabre Travel Network (STN). Raini Hamdi asks Roshan Mendis, who heads STN in Asia-Pacific, what has...
Photo of the Day: Costa Asia marks a decade of cruising...
Costa Group Asia president Buhdy Bok (third from left) and Carnival Asia COO Michael Ungerer (fourth from left), together with industry partners and staff...
Brexit’s lessons for ASEAN
Pakse, Laos
Pakse, a small city nestled at the confluence of the Mekong and Xe Don Rivers in the southern Laos province of Champasak,...
New MD helms Diethelm Travel Cambodia
RONNI Dalhoff has been appointed managing director of Diethelm Travel Cambodia, replacing former managing director Pierre Jungo who has retired after being with the...
