Mobile payment gains momentum for China’s tech-savvy travellers
As travel expenditure of Chinese tourists pick up, so too have mobile payments, with a recent survey showing 65 per cent of Chinese tourists...
Europe to benefit from increase in Chinese airlift
Europe is expected to welcome more Chinese travellers on the back of increased flight capacity from China, the latest figures from ForwardKeys showed.
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Why Thailand’s 10 million travellers could be ‘the next big thing’...
While outbound travel from Thailand is set to hit 10 million this year, some destinations are still lagging in marketing efforts and visa policies...
Four travel tech trends to watch in 2018: Expedia
It is not enough to keep up with the digital expectations of today's tech-savvy consumers, Expedia says. Exceeding these expectations is a "travel industry...
Tokyo dethrones Bangkok as top CNY destination for Asians
Tokyo has come out tops in a ranking of Chinese New Year (CNY) destinations for Asian travellers in 2018, overtaking Bangkok which has held...
Chinese New Year travel bookings up 11 per cent: ForwardKeys
Asia-Pacific looks set to be the biggest beneficiary from the greater numbers of Chinese travelling abroad during the Lunar New Year, according to ForwardKeys.
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Top hotel booking channels for Thailand in 2017
Research by global hotel cloud platform SiteMinder has unveiled that the top 15 booking channels that generated the highest revenue for Thailand hotels in...
South Korea’s tourism woes to persist beyond Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics taking place in Pyeongchang from February 9 to 25 is unlikely to fix South Korea's tourism troubles, providing only a...
Record 62.2 million passengers for Changi in 2017
In 2017, Singapore Changi Airport handled a record 62.2 million passenger movements, up six per cent year-on-year, with landings and take-offs growing 3.5 per...
Thailand in demand as Spanish longhaul bookings pick up
In Spain, intercontinental flight bookings for 1H2018 are 4.4 per cent ahead of where they were at the same time last year, with Indonesia and Thailand the South-east Asian destinations growing fastest in popularity, according to ForwardKeys.
