Indian agents launch online platform to combat OTAs
The Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) is planning to launch an online platform to compete head on with OTAs.
The platform, expected to go...
Japan agents get aid to bring tourism back to quake-hit Tottori
Tottori Prefecture
Plans are underway to lure tourists back to Japan’s Tottori Prefecture in western Honshu after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake on October 21 led...
Operators in Cebu call for end to travel advisory from the...
The travel trade in Cebu are hoping that the US will lift its travel advisory levied against the region’s southern territories despite businesses being...
SIA reduces flight frequency on Singapore-Jakarta route
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is reducing its Jakarta service by five-weekly with effect from December 1.
The national carrier had been conducting 63 flights per week...
Bigger destination marketing budget wanted by Maldivian trade
Industry players in Maldives are urging the government to spend more on destination marketing to coincide with the opening of an array of high-end...
Sri Lanka to get its first Club Med resort in 2018
Beruwela
Club Med will soon join a growing roster of international resort brands to foray into Sri Lanka.
Club Mediterranee, France last week signed an agreement...
Outrigger dangles agent discounts for Fiji stays
Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort
Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort and Castaway Island Fiji are offering discounted rates to travel agents and support staff.
Under the deal, agents...
Flydubai’s twice-daily Bangkok route takes off
Ghaith Al Ghaith, CEO of flydubai (in white) and other officials at the launch
Dubai-based flydubai last week commenced its Bangkok service, marking the start...
E-visa facility for Vietnam in the pipeline
An electronic tourist visa facility will be made available to select nationalities visiting Vietnam from February 1 next year as part of a two-year...
Hong Kong agencies face the wind of change
Mongkok, Hong Kong
A shifting market preference for online bookings and independent travel has significantly transformed the Hong Kong travel agency landscape, leading to a...
