Mandarin Oriental to debut in Hangzhou
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is set to expand its China footprint with a new luxury hotel in Hangzhou, scheduled to open in 2025.
Mandarin Oriental,...
Hyatt to add 1,000 rooms to its Thai portfolio
Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Thai real estate group Asset World Corporation (AWC) have signed a framework agreement for the development and management of multiple...
Taiwan ponders travel bubble with Singapore
Taiwan's health minister said the island is exploring a travel bubble with Singapore, a day after announcing its first travel bubble with Palau.
Last December,...
Cebu readies to welcome back tourists
Cebu is taking steps towards reviving domestic tourism with the rollout of a marketing campaign, confident that it is ready to welcome back travellers...
Malaysia announces US$4.8b stimulus, no more blanket MCO
Malaysia’s prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, has unveiled a fresh RM20 billion (US$4.8 billion) economic stimulus package – one year after the country imposed its...
Local tourism partnerships key to kindle international Chinese travel demand: GlobalData
Adapting to Chinese preferences, including promoting on China's prime social media channels, and engaging with Chinese tour operators, will play a crucial role to...
Marriott to add 70 hotels to Collection brands in 2021
Marriott International plans to open nearly 70 properties globally under its trio of Collection brands – Autograph Collection, Tribute Portfolio and Luxury Collection –...
Indonesia plans Covid-19 ‘green zones’ in Bali, five-year visas to drive...
Indonesia's Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has embarked on an aggressive effort to initiate tourism recovery, including proposing a soft loan programme worth...
Sri Lanka revises 2021 target arrivals to 800,000
Sri Lanka has set a reduced, but still, ambitious target of 800,000 foreign tourist arrivals for 2021, far below the earlier planned 2.5 million...
Scoot launches pre-departure Covid-19 testing trial
From March 17, all outbound Scoot passengers flying from Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong will be able to book Covid-19 pre-departure RT-PCR and serology...
