China urged to pump up ‘toilet revolution’ efforts
Chinese president Xi Jinping issued a directive last Monday for continued efforts in improving the country’s toilet conditions, in order to encourage greater domestic...
Tourism Western Australia enhances agent engagement in new campaign
Tourism Western Australia (Tourism WA) has teamed up with Travelport to promote Perth and Western Australia to travel agents within Australia.
The targeted trade campaign...
Low-income Malaysians can apply to be trained as local hosts under...
Malaysians with a household income of RM4,000 (US$974) and below may qualify for a new scheme designed to train and certify 2,000 local hosts...
LCC Norwegian mulls adding more longhaul flights to Singapore
After making its entrance in Asia with the launch of Singapore-London flights last month, LCC Norwegian yesterday said it is considering increasing frequency on...
Bali airport reopens with air space deemed safe for flights
As flights in and out of Bali begin to resume with the I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport reopening yesterday, Indonesian president Joko Widodo is...
Hotelbeds sees rebound in Turkey bookings
Hotelbeds Group is reporting a 40 per cent increase in total transaction value of Turkey hotel reservations in FY2017/18, which saw the troubled destination...
Aviation roundup: LOT Polish Airlines, AirAsia, Thai Vietjet, and more
Here’s our weekly roundup of new air routes.
Ancillary revenue soars worldwide, held up by a la carte activity
Airline ancillary revenue is projected to increase 22 per cent to hit US$82.2 billion worldwide this year, US$57 billion of which comes from a la carte fee activity, according to research by IdeaWorks Company and CarTrawler.
Danang Hotel Association to train low-rated hotels on how to scale...
Danang Hotel Association is starting a training and assistance programme in December to guide one- and two-star hotel members on transforming their business to...
Okinawa expects more growth next year from opening of third airport
An increase in air links is boosting arrivals to Okinawa, with the southernmost island chain in Japan looking at continued growth next year with...
