Korean Air to charge international passengers for no-shows
SOUTH Korea’s flag carrier will introduce no-show fees for international passengers who fail to provide advance notice that they no longer require a flight...
Sri Lanka to address destination image in upcoming campaign
Train from Nuwara Eliya to Kandy among the tea plantations in Sri Lanka
SRI Lanka is launching in November probably its first major destination campaign...
All bullet train stations in Japan to get tourist information centres
EVERY bullet train station in Japan will have a comprehensive tourist information centre by 2019.
Funds to build the new centres or upgrade existing facilities...
New hotel openings: August 22 to 26, 2016
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week
Wyndham Soleil Danang
Wyndham Hotel Group will be opening a massive 3,200-key, 57-storey, four-tower condotel complex in...
Earthquake highlights need for rigorous protection of Bagan temples
Bagan, Myanmar
BAGAN’s famed pagodas appear to be the greatest casualty in the tourism sector after a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck central Myanmar on...
Qatar Tourism’s new corporate brand, website go live
Screenshot of QTA's new website
THE Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) has launched a new corporate brand and web portal, unifying its leisure and business branding...
SuperStar Libra to homeport in Penang throughout 2017
STAR Cruises will be homeporting the SuperStar Libra in Penang from September 23 through to December 31, 2017.
It will offer three itineraries during this...
Thai Airways lowers fares, cuts fuel surcharge from Malaysia
TICKET prices of all Thai Airways flights departing from Kuala Lumpur and Penang to all destinations have been lowered while the fuel surcharge has...
Most Singapore hoteliers hold positive outlook for occupancy, ADR
A MAJORITY of hotel general managers in Singapore believe that occupancy and the average daily rate (ADR) will both grow in 2017 compared to...
Over 40 per cent of Hilton’s APAC revenue comes from F&B
Makan Kitchen at DoubleTree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur
F&B operations are increasingly bolstering the profit margins of hotels with Hilton Worldwide properties in the Asia-Pacific...
