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Qantas adds new codeshare services with Jet Airways

AUSTRALIA’s flag carrier is adding new codeshare services with India’s Jet Airways from key gateways in South-east Asia and North Asia. Jet Airways flights between...

Weak results prompt strategy change at Cathay Pacific

Agatha Lee (second from left) and Yongyut Lujintanon LOWER 1H2016 revenue has turned Cathay Pacific’s sights towards the leisure market to better deal with business...

Sri Lanka’s ascending tourism needs backing of political leadership

Colombo skyline Industry players are optimistic that tourism in Sri Lanka has growth potential, but its continued success will hinge on political leadership, concluded the...

Malaysian tourism players urged to focus on domestic travel, events for...

The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry is looking at ways of strengthening domestic tourism and restoring the travel confidence of locals, once it is...

TTG Conversations: Five questions with Gregg Wafelbakker, Tourism New Zealand

Destination communications and market presence must not fade out even when tourism is restricted, opine Gregg Wafelbakker, general manager Asia with Tourism New Zealand. In...

Newsmaker: Vaissie keeps International SOS on crisis watch

THE lack of an adequate emergency and medical system in Asia three decades ago was what prompted Arnaud Vaissie, chairman and CEO of International...

TravelersBox to set up more kiosks at Asian airports

ADDITIONAL airports around Asia will be home to more than 40 TravelersBox kiosks by the end of 2016. These kiosks allow travellers to deposit their...

After Bangkok, Shanghai’s next to get a Sukhothai hotel

Hong Kong-based HKR International's (HKRI) second Sukhothai Hotels and Resorts-branded property will soon come up in Shanghai's HKRI Taikoo Hui mixed-use complex. Slated for an...