Airbnb to surpass Uber by 2019
SHARED space providers including Airbnb and WeWork will surpass ride-sharing providers Uber and Lyft by 2019 in terms of revenue, according to new data...
GBTA expands into India, teams up with ProKonsul
Gaurav Sundaram, president, ProKonsul has also been named regional director, GBTA India
THE Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has launched GBTA India, and is looking...
Website to demystify Japanese love hotels for foreigners
LOVEINN Japan, said to be the first English-language website dedicated to Japanese love hotels, has been launched. Its hotel booking function is expected to...
Amway China to boost New Zealand’s tourism fortunes with 2018 event
David Craig, Tourism New Zealand general manager Asia: Hosting is what New Zealanders do best
NEW Zealand has bagged hosting rights to Amway China's 2018...
Hotel veteran Ocasio to lead opening of second Mövenpick in the...
Jose Alberto Ocasio has been named general manager of the Mövenpick Resort Boracay
SWISS hotel company Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has appointed Jose Alberto Ocasio...
Large proportion of TripAdvisor reviews suspicious, university researchers warn
Rob Law, professor in Hotel and Tourism Technology Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
A “large and considerable proportion” of online hotel customer reviews...
Genting Hong Kong acquires three shipyards, expands building capabilities
Genting Hong Kong's new shipyard in Warnemunde
GENTING Hong Kong has acquired Nordic Yards’ three shipyards in Wismar, Warnemunde and Stralsund, Germany for 230.6 million...
Plaza Premium scores contract to manage Cathay Pacific lounges in HKIA
The Haven restaurant in Cathay Pacific's The Wing lounge
PLAZA Premium Group has been appointed to operate and manage three additional Cathay Pacific lounges for...
Singaporeans report spike in happiness while on vacation
Beach holidays were ranked the most popular holiday type
SINGAPOREANS reported a surge in happiness when they travel, according to Hotels.com’s inaugural Travel Happiness Index survey.
The...
China becomes world’s biggest business travel market
CHINA surpassed the US as the world’s highest-spending business travel market, having ended 2015 with US$291.2 billion in business travel spending as compared to...
