China regains luxury appetite but travel budgets stagnate
In 2016, Chinese luxury spend increased 20 per cent and returned to pre-2013 levels, according to chairman and chief researcher of the Hurun Report...
Indonesia undergoes infrastructure facelift; targets high-end travellers
Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (MoTCE) is focusing on attracting high-end travellers by targeting business events and special interest tourists such as...
Thailand’s tourism operators turn to agriculture, food deliveries
Thailand's community-based tourism (CBT) operators and beneficiaries are proving their resilience as tourism grinds to a halt amid the coronavirus, with affected communities returning...
Airbnb trims workforce by 25%, refocuses business on home sharing
Airbnb is the latest travel and tourism casualty in the Covid-19-led business crisis, with 1,900 staff out of a global total of 7,500 being...
Wanda Hotels & Resorts expands to Istanbul
Chinese luxury hotel company Wanda Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement with Turkish developer Mar Yapi to build Wanda Vista Istanbul, scheduled to...
UK threat level raised to critical after Manchester attack
The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre has raised the UK’s terror threat level from ‘severe’ to ‘critical’, the highest the nation has seen in a...
Malaysian tourism players craft new itineraries to woo millennial FITs
Malaysian inbound tourism specialists are putting on their creative hats to whip up programmes that will appeal to the growing number of young FITs...
Vietjet to restart select international flights from Vietnam
Vietnam's budget carrier Vietjet will reopen some of its regular international flights from Vietnam to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan from September 29, 2020.
The...
STB, DBS tie up to spur tourism demand, digitalise local businesses
Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and DBS have signed a three-year MoU to stimulate domestic tourism demand in the immediate term, as well as drive...
The Ritz-Carlton to debut in Phuket
Marriott International has signed with Asset World Corporation (AWC) to introduce The Ritz-Carlton to Phuket, Thailand.
The existing Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa, Phuket...
