Asia to do well due to safe image, say operators
Matthias Rotter, managing director, DER Touristik Frankfurt
GERMAN tour operators interviewed said Asia would do well this year, citing its safe image overall as one...
HG Travel branches out into Thailand and Myanmar
Itävaara and van der Marck: a focus on personalised experiences
TRAVEL industry veterans and destination specialists Andre van der Marck and Mika Itävaara have come...
Steven Lek leaves NATAS
Steven Lek
STEVEN Lek has resigned from NATAS, effective since March 10, 2016, less than a year after taking on the role of executive director...
DER to expand own DMC network, in JV with Buffalo
Rene Herzog, during an interview with TTG Asia
HAVING bought the entire Kuoni European tour operating business, DER Touristik Group is streamlining processes in a...
Agents welcome Bangkok’s new dinosaur theme park
DINOSAUR Planet will soon be added to Bangkok’s roster of theme park attractions, giving agents there more entertainment options in the city known chiefly...
Series of Michelin Guide dining events to be held at RWS
Interior of Curate at RWS
MASSIMILIANO Alajmo – who at 28 years old became the world’s youngest chef to be awarded three Michelin stars –...
SriLankan in three-pronged strategy to stay afloat
IN the face of rising competition and tighter margins, SriLankan Airlines has embarked on a restructuring strategy that will see the carrier retaining its...
Tourism Malaysia steps in after Lufthansa stepped out
TOURISM Malaysia will be increasing destination promotion efforts in Germany following the loss of direct air connectivity between Malaysia and Germany on March 1.
Lufthansa’s...
ITB China guarantees 500 leading Chinese buyers at first show
WITH every destination in the world courting the huge China outbound market, Messe Berlin marks 50 years of ITB Berlin this year with a...
Thailand gets first halal hotel
Al Meroz Hotel Bangkok
RECOGNISING the immense potential of a market of 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide, the new 242-room Al Meroz Hotel, which soft-opened in...
