Carnival’s Asian fleet to sail with Alipay
An agreement with Alipay will see Carnival Corporation offer the Chinese mobile payment option in Asia, kicking off on Costa Cruises in June.
With the...
In Lombok, high-end demand stokes investor confidence
Strong investor optimism underlined the recent Lombok Tourism Development Forum, fuelled by upscale resort demand outstripping supply in 2016 and a 61 per cent...
Delta, Korean Air deepen alliance with trans-Pacific JV
Delta Air Lines and Korean Air last week entered into a trans-Pacific joint venture to create a combined network serving more than 290 destinations...
Luxe City Guides’ new directory for agents, hotels now live
Luxe City Guides has launched Luxe Directory, a B2B tool allowing hotel concierge teams, travel consultants and remote concierge service providers to create personalised...
Luxury hotel in Melbourne’s CBD will open as Shangri-La in 2022
Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts will be the official hotel operator for a planned mixed-use development scheduled for completion in Melbourne’s CBD in 2022.
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World’s best airline crown goes to Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways took top honours as the world's best airline in the 2017 Skytrax World Airline Awards, beating last year’s winner, Emirates, and perennial...
CITE returns to Chengdu for fifth edition
Into its fifth year, Chengdu International Tourism Expo (CITE 2017) will be held at the Chengdu Century International Convention & Exhibition Center in Chengdu...
SIA chief to chair IATA board, Finnair CEO named as oneworld...
Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong will become chairman of the IATA board of governors (BoG) for a one-year term, effective from the conclusion...
Boeing’s new 737 MAX 10 gets flurry of orders
Boeing's latest and largest version of its best-selling 737 aircraft unveiled at the 2017 Paris Air Show on Monday was met with interest from...
Thai outbound growth drives launch of CNTA’s Bangkok office
The China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) has opened an office in Bangkok, its second outpost in South-east Asia after Singapore.
A main driver for the...
