Ibibo raises US$250 million from Naspers
Kashyap: Staying in the lead
INDIA’s leading online travel company Ibibo Group is set to receive US$250 million in funding from South African media conglomerate...
Malaysian agents dismayed with hotel licence ban
INDUSTRY players are disagreeable with Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s decision to put a blanket ban on the issuing of new hotel licences, saying they...
Myanmar forbids visitors from Bagan temples
MYANMAR’s Ministry of Culture has banned visitors from ascending Bagan’s temples and pagodas, save for five of the largest ones, namely Pya Thet Gyi,...
Financial aid arrives for Hong Kong tourism
THE Hong Kong government will be allocating a budget of about HK$380 million (US$49 million) to boost dwindling arrival numbers to the autonomous region,...
Diethelm Thailand gets new operations chief
Torsten Edens
DIETHELM Travel has promoted Torsten Edens to the newly-created position of group operating director, reporting to Lisa Fitzell, group managing director.
Edens joins Diethelm...
Ctrip empowers MakeMyTrip in mobile, accommodations
Gupta: Mobile first, web second
FLUSHED with funds from Ctrip International’s US$180 million investment in it, MakeMyTrip (MMT) is surging ahead with the goal of...
Tokyo room rates soar in 2015
AVERAGE hotel room rates in Asia-Pacific escalated last year, with Tokyo, Sydney and Singapore being the three most expensive cities for hotel bookings, according...
Thailand ropes in GTA and partners to drive upscale travel
(From left) Juthaporn Rerngronasa, deputy governor for International Marketing, TAT, and Ivan Walter, CEO, GTA
THE Tourism Authority of Thailand, which has “fundamentally changed” its...
MATTA finds Sabah travel advisory unfair
Tan: Sabah safe for tourists
THE Malaysian Association of Tour & Travel Agents (MATTA) has expressed regret over the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s decision...
GTA thinking out loud a future
Walter: New ownership will help us
GTA anchors itself on a Vision 2020 as parent Kuoni Group puts itself up for sale and travel distribution...
