JNTO inches closer to launch of Manila office
With efforts to launch Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)’s Manila office underway, newly-appointed executive director of the preparation office, Daisuke Tonai, is optimistic that...
Real Madrid plans China attraction to net fans, tourists
Reigning European soccer champions Real Madrid are to participate in a giant new leisure park in southern China as part of their promotional campaign...
SIA gets fancy with new A380 suites
Taking luxury on planes to the next level, Singapore Airlines is adding Suites – complete with full beds and bathrooms – to its A380...
New hotels: M Social Auckland, Shinta Mani Angkor – Bensley Collection,...
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week.
The real Muslim travel niche
Tourism suppliers should not write off Muslim millennial travellers. Raudha Zaini, who spearheads the Mastercard-CrescentRating research project which launched at the Halal-In-Travel Summit during ITB Asia, tells Yixin Ng why
Switzerland on record streak with SE Asia
Repeat travel, FIT and incentive group numbers from South-east Asia are on an upward trend, fitting perfectly well with Switzerland’s positioning as a quality, premium destination
Germany aims higher with South-east Asia
The German National Tourism Board is targeting key South-east Asian markets to achieve its goals of scoring longer average nights and higher tourist traffic to lesser-known parts of Germany
AccorHotels chief dismisses oversupply in South Korea
AccorHotels chairman and CEO Sebastien Bazin is thinking big on South Korea even as the media badgered him about the current oversupply and discounting...
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...
Yotel Singapore
Asia’s first Yotel, a capsule hotel meets airline lounge concept, has opened in a plum spot along the Orchard Road shopping belt. Rachel AJ Lee finds out if the hotel lives up to its tagline of offering “everything I need, and nothing I don’t”
