Japan’s Prince Hotels snaps up StayWell Hospitality to extend global reach
Prince Hotels, a subsidiary of Japan’s Seibu Holdings, is acquiring Sydney-based StayWell Hospitality Group (SWHG) in a A$50 million (US$38.1 million) deal, gaining the...
Okura Nikko to make Nagoya debut in 2019
Okura Nikko Hotel Management announced it will open its first property located in Nagoya come 2019, after recently signing a contract with Enuwan to...
Delta’s Vinay Dube now CEO at Jet Airways
Industry veteran Vinay Dube has been appointed CEO of Jet Airways.
An aviation professional with close to three decades of global business experience, Dube has...
Europe tops Chinese travel pecking order in Rooster Year
Chinese travellers are returning to Europe to usher in the Year of the Rooster, after numbers declined in 2016 likely over terror threat concerns,...
Hospitality revenue management courses rolled out in Asia
Hospitality Sales Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Asia-Pacific has developed a new training programme featuring an online industry education platform to help fill the revenue...
WTTC opens call for Tourism for Tomorrow entries
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is calling on travel and tourism organisations to enter its Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2018.
The award celebrates...
Operators urge ‘neutrality’ for Visit ASEAN@50 travel packages
Bagan, Myanmar
Tour operators believe ASEAN’s 50th anniversary this year is a golden chance to increase business to South-east Asia, but stress the need for...
Europeans’ quest for meaningful holidays in Malaysia
Inbound agents in Malaysia are seeing a niche but potential market in catering to European tourists’ rising interest in participating in wildlife conservation and...
Swiss-Belhotel heads for Halong Bay
Swiss-Belhotel International will manage a new property in Vietnam’s Halong Bay, set to open in phases over the next two years.
Located by a new...
Upgraded A380 in the works to add seats, cut costs
Airbus has unveiled an enhanced version of the superjumbo, the A380plus, featuring aerodynamic and capacity improvements that could result in an overall 13 per...
