Singapore gets its first bungy tower
RENOWNED bungy operator AJ Hackett International has broken ground for the construction of a 50m-tall bungy tower on Sentosa Island, the first of its...
Parkroyal Yangon to groom Myanmar’s hospitality staff
Jean-Marc Poli, general manager, Parkroyal Yangon
PARKROYAL Yangon and the Singapore-Myanmar Vocational Training Institute (SMVTI) have signed a MoU to support the training of Myanmar’s...
Singapore millennials prefer direct flight bookings
MOST millennial travellers in Singapore favour booking flights via airline websites rather than from OTAs and metasearch engines, according to a recent study by...
Bandung an easy sell for first-time buyers
A tea plantation in Bandung
FIRST-TIME longhaul buyers attending the West Java Travel Mart (JTX) 2016 last week say that Bandung and the surrounding area...
New hotel openings: May 23 to 27, 2016
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week
The Langham, Haikou
Hong Kong-based Langham Hospitality Group is set to open the 249-key The Langham, Haikou...
Japan to fund new cruise facilities in Okinawa
Motobu Port to get new cruise docking facilities. Photo credit: Japan Tourism Agency
OKINAWA’S tourism players have welcomed news that the Japanese government is to fund...
Chinese agents unsure as destination Cuba opens up
Havana, Cuba's capital
CUBA made its debut at the Beijing International Travel Expo last week, in light of Air China’s thrice-weekly Beijing-Montreal-Havana flight launched last...
Qatar to fly to Chiang Mai from December
Chiang Mai, Thailand
QATAR Airways will fly five times weekly to Chiang Mai, Thailand, via Yangon, beginning December 16, 2016.
Utilising an A330-200 aircraft, there will...
Dream Cruises assesses agents for premium shore excursions
One of Genting Dream's 35 restaurant and bar concepts
EVERYTHING must be ‘premium’ on Asia’s first luxury cruise line, Dream Cruises, which is evaluating ground...
No pay, but agents can’t afford not to sell ancillaries
Meehan: sale of ancillaries beneficial for all parties
EVEN though the sale of airline ancillaries do not directly translate into commission dollars for agents, selling...
