New blockchain, cloud-based hotel management platform launched
A Taiwanese e-commerce and blockchain company is bringing to the market what it claims is the world's first blockchain hotel management service.
Darren Wang, founder...
Amadeus expands startup seeding to three Asian markets, new industries
Amadeus Next will expand into three new Asian markets, namely China, Indonesia and Vietnam, as well as new industries, as it turns two years...
GetYourGuide closes Series D funding, steps up Asia expansion
Berlin-based online booking platform for travel activities, GetYourGuide, has closed a US$75 million Series D funding round and is stepping up its Asian presence.
The...
Hello Kitty the new face of UNWTO’s sustainable tourism year
Hello Kitty has been appointed Special Ambassador of the International Year of UNWTO's Sustainable Tourism Development 2017 (IY2017), promoting the year's campaign of "Travel....
Myanmar National Airlines hops on twin-destination drive
An application to run flights lining world heritage sites in Myanmar and Cambodia has been lodged as part of a bid to boost tourism.
Myanmar...
Imperative to protect struggling national carrier: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is supportive of an open skies policy, but not at the expense of its struggling national carrier, the country's aviation minister Nimal...
Rosewood unveils new hospitality brand
Rosewood Hotel Group has introduced KHOS, a new concept for business hotels with a lifestyle orientation.
Derived from the Mongolian word meaning "pair", KHOS is...
Aviation roundup: Vietjet, Fiji Airways, Air China and AirAsia
Here's our weekly roundup of new air routes.
It’s going to be a bumpy ride for Philippines’ Tourism Congress
The Tourism Congress of the Philippines (TCP), which was created by law to be a private sector consultative body in partnership with the Department...
Agung’s eruption worse than Bali bombing, say hoteliers
Hoteliers in Bali say the impact of Mount Agung's eruption is larger than the 2002 Bali bombing, and are crying for more efforts and...
