Deal Travel agent licence suspended indefinitely
THE Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has suspended the travel agent licence of Deal Travel, effective since June 4 till further notice.
STB stated that the...
SIA plane catches fire after making emergency landing
Right wing of SQ368 on fire after emergency landing. Photo: Lee Bee Yee
A SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) flight enroute to Milan from Singapore this morning...
Grab and Lyft integrate their ride-sharing platforms
PRIVATE car hire companies Grab and Lyft have joined forces to integrate each other’s platforms into their own, granting users access to a combined...
New hotel openings: June 20 to 24, 2016
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week
Pan Pacific Hanoi
Pan Pacific Hotels Group (PPHG) is set to debut the Pan Pacific brand in...
Nida Rooms turns to Via.com to broaden distribution
ONLINE hotel reseller Nida Rooms has partnered with OTA and wholesale platform Via.com in a bid to widen its distribution capabilities.
Before joining the 90,000 resellers in...
ASEAN charts ecotourism roadmap with Pakse Declaration
ASEAN tourism ministers and top executives linking hands at the opening ceremony of AEF 2016
THE first-ever ASEAN Ecotourism Forum (AEF), currently held in Laos’...
BBTF to go beyond being an inbound tradeshow
Arief Yahya being escorted around BBTF at the opening yesterday
INBOUND travel mart Bali and Beyond Travel Fair (BBTF) will be transforming into an international...
Network aims to set global ecotourism standards for Asia
Masaru Takayama, founder of Japan Ecolodge Association
THE absence of an authoritative body to represent the voices of ecotourism and sustainable tourism players in Asia...
Mixed business sentiments from SEA leisure agents following Brexit vote
INBOUND leisure travel from the UK into some South-east Asian destinations popular with the market has so far remained unaffected by today’s Brexit votes,...
Melvin Lim named GM of Marina Mandarin Singapore
Melvin Lim, general manager, Marina Mandarin Singapore
MERITUS Hotels & Resorts has appointed Melvin Lim as general manager of Marina Mandarin Singapore.
He joins Meritus following two...
