Japan grants onsen properties financial aid for promotions
Tobira Onsen Myojinkan
Operators of hot spring hotels in Japan have welcomed news that 102 million yen (US$981,000) is to be invested in promoting their...
IHG expands boutique brands across APAC region
Kimpton Glover Park Hotel, Washington
The InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is bringing two of its boutique brands outside the US with Even heading to Australia...
China’s HNA to acquire 25% stake in Hilton for US$6.5 billion
China’s HNA Group will be acquiring an estimated 25 per cent equity stake in Hilton Worldwide – including Hilton’s planned spin-offs of Park Hotels...
Trump to expand new brand Scion in Asia, CEO says ‘we’re...
Eric Danziger
Trump Hotels has launched a second brand, Scion, which it hopes to expand in Asia, but despite CEO Eric Danziger saying “we’re not...
Visa waiver prompts more Singapore flights by Myanmar’s flag carrier
Myanmar National Airlines (MNA) will add five more flights per week on its Singapore-Yangon route starting December 1, when the visa waiver between the...
Eastern Russia’s tourism potential of interest to Japan
The Japanese government has called on the nation's travel companies to promote tourism to Russia's largely overlooked Far East region as part of a...
Chinese travel to Europe down in ‘Croissant Countries’
Air bookings from China to selected European cities from November 9, 2015 to October 16, 2016 versus prior year
Overall Chinese outbound travel bookings to...
STB launches study grant for aspiring tourism professionals
Lionel Yeo
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) yesterday launched a bond-free study grant for early- to mid-career Singaporeans looking to develop skills in the hotel,...
Japan tour operators, hotels bank on halal tourism
Syariah Hotel Fujisan
Halal tourism is seeing a boom across Japan as businesses better cater to the lucrative travel segment.
Japan was ranked eighth out of...
Singapore scoots closer to new Indian markets
Budget carrier Scoot’s new direct connections from Singapore to Chennai, Amritsar and Jaipur, launched earlier this year, have given travel agents selling Singapore high...
