Sri Lanka launches first major campaign in years
Sri Lanka is launching a comprehensive destination campaign in seven years, initially through digital platforms thereafter through all media.
The campaign will kick off in...
Japan on the cards as Meliá plots APAC expansion
Spain’s biggest hospitality chain Meliá Hotels International wants to step up its growing presence in the region, with John Alarcon, vice president for development...
Interest in Pattaya-Hua Hin ferry high, but safety unknown
With the ferry service between Pattaya and Hua Hin – the first on the Gulf of Thailand – scheduled for launch in February, tour...
Malaysia’s tourism tax an ‘unfair’ levy to hotels while others get...
Malaysia will from July 1 implement the tourism tax on all types of accommodation premises serving tourists, according to a Bernama report quoting tourism and culture...
Japan’s Hyogo launches Golden Route of its own
Hyogo Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan’s Honshu Island, began promoting its own Golden Route covering Kinosaki, Himeji and Kobe earlier this year,...
Mounting pressure to license Phuket hotels as arrivals surge
Less than a quarter of hotels in Phuket (429 out of 1,724) are licensed six months on from the January 31 deadline set for...
Philippines Tourism Board seeks airline partner for website
The Philippines Tourism Board is currently seeking an airline partner to sponsor its website (ThePhilippines.com), which attracts more than 100,000 site visits each month from tourists looking...
Cachet Resort Dewa Phuket names GM
The Cachet Hospitality Group (CHG) has appointed Muhammad Alan Yuslan as general manager of Cachet Resort Dewa Phuket.
Prior to joining CHG, Alan was hotel...
Have a splashing good Water Festival
Credit: Myanmar Tourism Marketing
TTG Asia would like to wish our readers in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar happy celebrations for Songkran, Pi Mai, Choul...
Victoria Dockside to rise on Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront
New World Development will spearhead the US$2.6 billion Victoria Dockside development, a 27.9ha art and design district on Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront.
Set...
