Tourism New Zealand to shut Thailand outpost
AS part of consolidation efforts in South-east Asia by Tourism New Zealand (TNZ), the national tourism promotion agency has decided to close its Thailand...
Tepid increase expected for 2017 travel prices
TRAVEL prices are predicted to inflate only marginally next year as geopolitical and economic uncertainty weigh in.
Latest research by the Global Business Travel Association...
Tourism bodies expect Thailand to recover from bombings quickly
A Thai soldier on duty following the bomb blasts. Credit: Facebook/สามล้อกู้ภัย บรรเทาศูนย์สอง
THE United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the World Travel & Tourism Council...
Businesses in Cambodia unaccepting of Chinese yuan
FEARS that the acceptance of Chinese yuan in Cambodia may fuel the circulation of fake currency have been raised by tourism-related businesses.
The country’s Ministry...
Visitors stranded as China convenience visa policy abruptly ends
The Gongbei Port of entry. The city of Zhuhai in Guangdong is a major border crossing between Macau and China
VISITORS from Thailand, Malaysia and...
GSS most attractive to travellers from Japan, China
JAPAN and China holds the potential to be the strongest source market for Singapore during the Great Singapore Sale (GSS) period, which comes to...
New hotel openings: August 8 to 12, 2016
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week
Mercure Singapore Bugis
AccorHotels has opened the new-build Mercure Singapore Bugis, a 395-room hotel located in the...
Small travel start-ups, hotels invited to exhibit at PTM 2016
INDONESIA’s Ministry of Tourism is inviting small travel start-ups and hotels to take part in the upcoming PATA Travel Mart (PTM) 2016.
The ministry’s deputy...
Series of bomb blasts kill at least three in Thailand
Paramedics taking care of wounded in Trang. Credit: Facebook/สามล้อกู้ภัย บรรเทาศูนย์สอง
MULTIPLE explosions went off in cities and popular tourist spots around Thailand Thursday afternoon continuing...
B2B mobile app Tineri helps tour operators sort out itineraries
DISSATISFACTION with how tour operators are presenting their itineraries to clients is what led travel entrepreneur Tim Russell to create Tineri, a B2B mobile...
