Further liberalisation needed for ASEAN aviation
In the last decade ASEAN has come a long way in its aviation development but AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes wants to see more...
TTG Asia breaks for Labour Day
TTG Asia will be taking a break on Monday, May 1, as it is Labour Day in Singapore. News will resume on Tuesday, May...
New hotel openings: April 22-28, 2017
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week
Hilton Jiuzhaigou Resort
The 426-key hotel in Sichuan's Jiuzhaigou features rooms of at least 46m2 in size...
Asia DMC sets up UK rep to court mature market
Asia DMC has set up representation in the UK, headed by Gary Toshak as director of sales and marketing UK, to offer its post-rebrand...
TG gains destinations from codeshare with Thai Smile
An enhanced codeshare with subsidiary THAI Smile has expanded Thai Airways International’s network to Siem Reap, Kota Kinabalu and Chittagong as well as increased...
Bangkok’s Chatuchak market to get a Dusit hotel in its midst
On the heels of Best Western signing a hotel in the vicinity of Bangkok’s Chatuchak Market, Dusit International has announced it will operate the...
Public, private sectors join hands to help Singapore agents transform Singapore,...
The Business Transformation Series kicked off yesterday as part of a string of joint projects by the Business Transformation Committee (BTC) to help Singapore...
Cameron urges world leaders to give travel & tourism stature
It is “wrong” that travel & tourism hasn’t always been given the standing and stature it deserves, despite generating 10 per cent of the...
Globalisation hasn’t had its day, says David Cameron
Cameron speaking during WTTC Global Summit’s keynote address Globalisation hasn’t had its day despite a year of complete, unexpected transformation that saw Britain vote...
Booking engine for business travellers now live
A new membership-based booking engine, BudgetBusinessTravel.com, was launched on April 27, hoping to “fill a gap in the world of OTAs” by catering to independent...
