Uber enters China’s travel industry with HNA deal
UBER’s China unit will be getting an undisclosed amount of investment from HNA Group as part of a tie-up between the US ride sharing...
Skyscanner secures US$192 million in funding
Gareth Williams, CEO of Skyscanner
TRAVEL search engine Skyscanner has welcomed five new partners who will in total invest 128 million pounds (US$192 million) in...
Industry rates on offer at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
HONG Kong Disneyland Resort is offering employees of travel agencies, airlines, cruises and hotels in Hong Kong and Macau, as well as accredited tourist...
Indonesian carriers prepare to take flight
THE Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) is sanguine about Indonesia’s passenger traffic this year, projecting 10 to 15 per cent growth as the...
Global travel community condemns Istanbul attack
The Blue Mosque and Sultanahmet district in Istanbul, Turkey.
TRAVEL organisations worldwide have condemned the bomb attack committed by an Islamic State terrorist yesterday in...
ANA to buy US$108 million stake in Vietnam Airlines
JAPAN’s ANA Holdings has signed a MoU with Vietnam Airlines to purchase an 8.8 per cent stake in the the South-east Asian state-owned carrier...
Study shows best times to book flights in 2016
FOLLOWING an analysis of over one billion flight searches, travel tool Kayak.sg has unveiled when Singapore travellers should book flights in order to get the lowest...
Don Muang Airport Terminal 2 reopened
MOST domestic flights at Bangkok’s Don Muang Airport now operate from the partially reopened Terminal 2 since December 24, 2015.
Nitinai Sirismatthakarn, president of Airports...
Kuala Lumpur unveils slew of tourism initiatives
THE recently set up Kuala Lumpur Tourism Bureau has identified several initiatives targeted at improving ground services and product development, slated to be introduced...
Alitrip goes live with Singapore travel products
FOLLOWING the MoU signed between the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Alitrip in October last year, Alibaba Group's online travel platform has now officially...
