TTG Asia
Asia/Singapore Monday, 23rd February 2026

Tujia acquires homestay businesses of Ctrip, Qunar

China’s leading sharing economy provider of private accommodations, Tujia, has acquired the homestay business divisions of Chinese OTA Ctrip and its subsidiary metasearch engine...

Cebu Pacific wants new Philippine airport located near Manila

Cebu Pacific (CEB) has voiced its preference for either Sangley Point in Cavite or the Manila Bay area as the location of Manila’s new...

Google’s travel push forces change in online space

 Eric Zimmerman, director for Google Travel As Google expands its ever-increasing suite of travel products, the prospects of the Internet giant encroaching deeper into the...

ASEAN@50 partners reveal golden jubilee gameplan

Managing director of TTG Travel Trade Publishing, Darren Ng With just months to ASEAN’s 50th founding anniversary in 2017, the 10 member states have joined...

Thailand’s crowded DMC scene no cause for worry

Managing director of Easy Tours Belgium, Antoine Noens The constant addition of new players entering into Thailand’s established DMC scene has many questioning if the market is...

Turkish agents assure destination is safe for tourists

Tourists walk down the marble walkway in Ephesus, Turkey  The travel trade from Turkey are at ITB Asia 2016 to reassure buyers here that the...

Go Vacation consolidates, plants roots in Vietnam

Backed by the pan-Europe prowess of its parent travel company Der Touristik Group, Go Vacation – which is already represented in Thailand, Indonesia and...

Thailand sets record straight for mourning period

Thai people attending the funeral The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has made clear the appropriate measures needed to be taken during the period of...

New hotel openings: October 17-21, 2016

The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week The Edison George Town Opened on July 16 is The Edison George Town, occupying a restored heritage...

Singapore’s Seletar Airport to get new passenger terminal

Artist impression of departure hall Plans to build a new terminal at Singapore’s Seletar Airport were unveiled yesterday, part of a redevelopment of the airport...