Thailand’s tourism confidence rises with zero-dollar tour crackdown
Chinese tourists at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand
THAILAND’s tourism confidence index has risen to 102 points for the fourth quarter period this year...
Lufthansa signs route-sharing deal with Air China
Song Zhiyong, president of Air China Limited; and Carsten Spohr, chairman of the executive board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, signing a partnership...
Yatra integrates tours, activities content from BeMyGuest
INDIA’s leading OTA Yatra has gone live with added attraction tickets, activities and tours content from BeMyGuest.
Yatra users can now access BeMyGuest’s inventory, currently...
NCL Holdings expands roles of its senior leadership
From left: Bob Binder, Andy Stuart, and Jason Montague
NORWEGIAN Cruise Line Holdings has made three strategic changes to its leadership team.
Bob Binder, Andy Stuart,...
Thailand, China agree to end of zero-dollar tours
THE Thai cabinet approved a MoU on Tuesday demanding the Ministry of Tourism and Sport (MOTS) to establish standard package prices for Chinese arrivals...
The way is clear for Marriott-Starwood merger
CHINA’s antitrust regulatory body has given the green light for the merger transaction of Marriott International and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.
With this, the...
Agents in Maldives to revive PATA chapter there
Abdulla Ghiyas
PATA is partnering with the Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO) to share opportunities and resources between the two organisations,...
TripAdvisor pledges US$5million for refugee aid
Refugees arrive in Lesbos, Greece, via boat from Turkey
TRIPADVISOR will contribute at least US$5 million from the TripAdvisor Charitable Foundation to aid the humanitarian...
Tokyo Haneda airport to expand international capacity
Tokyo International Airport is commonly known as Haneda Airport
SHORTAGE of runway space at Tokyo’s airports has led Japan's ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and...
Tourism Malaysia expects Singapore arrivals to improve
Perhentian Island, Terengganu
TOURISM Malaysia is confident arrivals from Singapore will pick up this year despite the record low in 2015 which saw a seven...
