Sabre AP appears hit by corporation’s cost-cuts but is upbeat about...
Sabre Travel Network Asia-Pacific appears unspared by a massive cost-cutting exercise announced by Sabre Corporation on August 1, with its senior vice president (SVP)...
Wings acquires majority stake in Olympia Travels & Tours
London-based Wings Travel Management is acquiring a 70 per cent stake in Singapore’s Olympia Travels & Tours for an undisclosed sum, a move that will...
Chinese visitors stoke duty-free brands’ interest in the Philippines
Philippine tourism secretary Wanda Teo is optimistic that more global premium brands would increase their duty-free retail presence in the country in anticipation of...
Volcano panic blown out of proportion, Indonesia’s tourism players say
Tourism stakeholders in Indonesia are downplaying what some say to be unwarranted fears over volcanic activity in the country.
Amid concern surrounding activity at Mount...
Travel tech pulls in more than just millennial business
A spike in technology adoption rates in the trade sees not just millennials but consumers across all ages using the services.
Industry players that have...
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...
Airside transfer service to roll into Kuala Lumpur airports
Malaysia Airports Holdings will introduce airside transfer check-in service at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and LCC terminal klia2 from next year.
The new service...
Heard of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern? It’s ITB Berlin official partner country 2018
Although it is not a country, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a federal state in northern Germany, is the official partner country of ITB Berlin 2018, picked for...
Club Med to hit Sri Lankan shores
Club Med will make its Sri Lanka debut with the opening of Club Med Ceylon in the small town of Beruwela come August 2019.
A...
Meliá Makassar cosies up to inbound agents
While OTA bookings make up a sizeable portion of Meliá Makassar’s business, the one-year-old hotel is stepping up cooperation with local inbound operators to...
