Lothar Nessmann picked as Pan Pacific’s new CEO
Lothar Nessmann has been appointed CEO of Pan Pacific Hotels Group (PPHG) effective March 2017, following the departure of Bernold Schroder in December 2016.
In...
TAT signs another MoU, this time with SIA
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Singapore Airlines (SIA) yesterday signed an MoU on tourism cooperation to jointly promote travel to Thailand from...
Qantas puts a premium on new Dreamliner premium economy seats
Qantas will debut its enhanced premium economy seats on its fleet of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in October.
There will be 28 premium economy seats in...
Wanda Hotels & Resorts expands to Istanbul
Chinese luxury hotel company Wanda Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement with Turkish developer Mar Yapi to build Wanda Vista Istanbul, scheduled to...
Malindo’s KL-Jeddah route a boon to Muslim travel sector
Malindo Air's upcoming services from Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah, the first Middle Eastern destination in its network, is expected to bolster Malaysia's Muslim pilgrimage...
New GM for Hotel Cosmo Kuala Lumpur
Azrule Aziz has been appointed as general manager at Hotel Cosmo Kuala Lumpur.
Most recently, Aziz was the executive assistant manager for Dorsett Putrajaya, after...
Sens Asia Travel forms new JV to tap German market
Sens Asia Travel, founded last year by Vietnam-based HG Holdings, has entered into a joint venture in Germany to create Sens Asia Travel GmbH...
Agents reassured that klia2 free of nerve agent
Malaysian travel agents expressed their relief when authorities declared klia2 clean of any trace of the VX nerve agent, following a sweep of the...
Air China’s Shanghai-Barcelona services to take off in May
Air China will launch thrice-weekly Barcelona-Shanghai flights beginning May 5 this year.
Flights depart Barcelona’s airport at 12.30 and reach Shanghai at 06.40 the next...
Minor Hotels heads to South Korea with Avani brand
Minor Hotels will roll out its first Avani property in South Korea with the 400-key Avani Busan, scheduled to open in 2019.
The hotel also...
