Staying fit to outrun competition
Changing customer behaviour and new competition drive established players to revamp their game in order to stay fit. Raini Hamdi interviews Preferred, Design and...
More clubs for the singles
Suddenly, everyone wants to represent independent hotels. Raini Hamdi asks them why and guides you to a few new names. The traditional players meanwhile...
Hotels in an empty capital
Myanmar’s new administrative capital, Nay Pyi Taw, has a mismatch in room supply and demand that is bigger than Kanye West’s ego. Greg Lowe...
More work, no pay?
Airlines are coveting more ancillary revenue. Agencies are not. Find out why and if they are doing so at their own peril
Asia is the...
Lifestyle and design: Aren’t they the same?
Where do you draw the line between a ‘lifestyle hotel’ and a ‘design hotel’? How can design hotels stay edgy as new brands keep...
Kuala Lumpur as haven for foodies
Kuala Lumpur is striving to become the region’s gastronomic hub, calling enthusiasts’ attention to its first food festival and F&B standards rating system, among...
Khao Yai upscaled
Nature is no longer Khao Yai’s only draw as high-end accommodation and other offerings keep being added to the national park.
High-end hotel openings and...
Just a so-so campaign
2015 Discover Thailand is going into to the annals of Thai tourism history as just an average campaign – at a time when Thailand...
Now arriving: A new generation of airport hotels
A new breed of airport hotels are evolving in parallel with the next-gen airports, shedding their utilitarian image in favour of sleek design, innovative...
Sabre-rattling?
An Abacus backed 100 per cent by Sabre is set to fire up the competition among GDSs in the region, but how sabre-rattling it...
















