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2017 Articles Archive

2017 Articles Archive

Monique Arnoux is CEO of Destination Asia

Monique Arnoux is now CEO of Bangkok-based Destination Asia, replacing James Reed, who has been promoted to executive chairman. Arnoux was global sales and marketing...

Club Med out of Dong’ao, China before time’s up

Club Med has ceased operations of its first beach resort in China, Club Med Dong’ao Island since June 1, 2017. Set on an island neighbouring...

Kwek Leng Beng receives award from Malaysian prime minister

Malaysian prime minister Najib Tun Razak presented Kwek Leng Beng, executive chairman of Hong Leong Group Singapore and chairman of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels,...

Hotel Jen brings robot staff on board room service team

Hotel Jen in Singapore has launched two autonomous Savioke Relay robots to aid in room service, marking the Shangri-La group’s first use of robotics. Named...

Langkawi goes from sleepy to sexy

Langkawi cements its luxe credentials with upscale products, while festivals emerge as the music to the ears of high-spending Europeans

Staybridge Suites makes Asian debut with two properties in Bangkok

Staybridge Suites, the all-suite hotel brand by InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) for extended stay guests, will have two outposts rising in Bangkok, Staybridge Suites...

A bigger Hotelbeds ‘true alternative’ to Priceline, Expedia, says chief

Having completed the GTA acquisition on October 4, Hotelbeds Group’s executive chairman Joan Vilà envisions “a whole new company” and one that will help...

China overtakes US as Philippines’ second largest arrivals source

China has overtaken US as second top feeder for the Philippines with 810,807 arrivals, comprising a 14.8 per cent market share. South Korea remains the...

Amadeus expands startup seeding to three Asian markets, new industries

Amadeus Next will expand into three new Asian markets, namely China, Indonesia and Vietnam, as well as new industries, as it turns two years...

It’s going to be a bumpy ride for Philippines’ Tourism Congress

The Tourism Congress of the Philippines (TCP), which was created by law to be a private sector consultative body in partnership with the Department...

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