Skål! to young Asian members
Young association members are the key to making inroads into Asia’s travel trade, and Skål International’s new CEO, Daniela Otero, talks about big plans to revolutionise the association.
Ground broken for The Peninsula London
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels has begun construction of The Peninsula London, adding another alpha city location to the brand's portfolio counting New York...
The world’s 901 million travellers and where they are going: UNWTO
Destinations worldwide welcomed 901 million international tourist arrivals in the January-August period this year, up seven per cent from the same period of 2016...
Qatar buys a stake in Cathay Pacific
Qatar Airways has entered into an agreement to purchase an amount of 378,188,000 shares of Cathay Pacific Airways, being approximately 9.61 per cent of...
A streamlined Sabre records 96.1 per cent growth in 3Q profit
On the back of a major cost-cutting exercise, Sabre Corporation has released its 3Q2017 financial results showing a revenue of US$900.6 million, up 7.3...
Finally, Timor Leste border crossers get flights to Indonesia
Starting mid-November, Garuda Indonesia will launch four-times weekly chartered flights between Kupang city in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara and Dili in Timor Leste, the...
Customer experience moves up on the OTA agenda
Online travel providers, often associated with inventory size rather than service, are increasingly fine-tuning the customer experience through methods ranging from tech-focused ones to...
MITA wants to double attendance at coming travel fair
For the third edition of its travel fair next year, the Malaysia Inbound Tourism Association (MITA) is hoping to double the number of attendees...
New appointments at Diethelm following AAE merger
Diethelm Travel Group has appointed Victor Mogilev group director of sales and Janejira Vewatanawarangkun general manager Diethelm Travel Thailand, both of whom will be...
JacTravel launches In-Memory computing software
UK-based JacTravel, a B2B accommodation wholesaler, is rolling out a new FIT booking platform using in-memory computing software.
JacTravel said this would greatly reduce search...
