Krabi airport to expand, ease Phuket congestion
THE Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has plans to expand Krabi Airport to handle an estimated two million additional passengers per year with...
Shangri-La rewards event planners with new loyalty scheme
SHANGRI-LA Hotels and Resorts has launched a new loyalty programme for event organisers that allows them to earn and redeem points when holding events...
Warner Bros to open theme park in Abu Dhabi
A US$1.1 billion Warner Bros theme park has been slated for opening on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island in 2018, expected to grow the island’s...
Tourists safe after quakes hit southern Japan
Kumamoto Castle remains closed after suffering damage from the quakes
DOZENS of foreign travellers have been safely evacuated from parts of southern Japan after two...
Xiaomi devices to come pre-installed with Wego app
TRAVEL search engine Wego is partnering with China’s leading smartphone maker Xiaomi to have its travel app pre-installed in half a million new android...
TravelCorp mourns passing of former CEO Mike Ness
MICHAEL Ness, former CEO of The Travel Corporation (TTC), has died.
Stanley Tollman, founder and chairman of TTC, commented: “I am extremely saddened to advise...
Pacific World consolidates, expands in India
DMC Pacific World has moved all meetings and events business units of its Le Passage To India (LPTI) sister company under the global Pacific...
Singapore outbound rises in first quarter of 2016
OUTBOUND travel in Singapore grew 6.7 per cent in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2015, according to...
Egencia opens Singapore outpost
Kyle Davis, managing director, Egencia Asia-Pacific
EXPEDIA Group’s corporate travel subsidiary Egencia has opened an office in Singapore to support its expansion into the Asia-Pacific.
“Our...
Fluctuating ringgit creates package pricing problems
THE ringgit’s continually shifting exchange rate has made it difficult for Malaysian tour operators to put a fixed price on their packages.
The ringgit had...
