10th ITB Asia kicks off
The Messe Berlin team, led by senior vice president, travel & logistics Martin Buck (fourth from right) and ITB Asia executive director Katrina Leung (fourth from left), is looking mighty ecstatic, because it is kicking off a milestone edition of ITB Asia this week. Check out TTG Show Daily’s ITB Asia 10th Anniversary Special from pages 22-25.
Rail lines and neighbourly ties
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of Thai-Malaysian diplomatic relations, a ceremony to promote Malayan Railways (KTMB) train packages departing the neighbouring Thai city of...
Thrills and spills at Sentosa’s newly enhanced Skyline Luge
Skyline Enterprises has pumped S$14 million (US$10.3 million) into its Skyline Luge attraction in Sentosa, adding two new Luge tracks and a new Skyride.
At...
Tony Fernandes gets hitched – and it isn’t a low-cost ceremony
AirAsia Group chief executive Tony Fernandes last Saturday wedded his South Korean girlfriend, known to the media only as Chloe, in the French Riviera...
SkySea Cruise Line celebrates 200th sailing
SkySea Cruise Line kicked off its 200th cruise with an inaugural cruise departing from the new seasonal homeport of Zhoushan.
The four-night cruise on the company's...
Vietjet turns up the heat at Albuquerque balloon festival
Vietjet participated in this year’s Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, and surprise surprise – its contribution to the spectacle was not a hot air balloon.
Paraded...
Anand is first Indian recipient of France’s Gold Medal for Tourism
Cox & Kings’ Karan Anand has been conferred the prestigious Gold Medal for Tourism (Médaille d'Or du Tourisme) by the French government, India’s first...
Biggest race of his life
In life, the best races aren’t about money or status, as AccorHotels’ vice president marketing and strategic relationships Asia-Pacific, Michael Parsons, knows only too...
A Marvel-lous run at Hong Kong Disneyland
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (HKDL) held the Marvel 10K Weekend this month with a record-breaking 10,000 runners, among whom were travel industry professionals and...
Dreams of page in Guinness book ahead of new ship launch
Dream Cruises kicks off a grand celebration of the soon-to-launch World Dream by attempting a Guinness world record, rallying consumers to build the world’s...
