Restoration of Okinawa’s Shuri Castle on track for 2026 completion
Shuri Castle, a popular tourist attraction in Okinawa Prefecture that was destroyed in a fire in 2019, is to be restored and open to...
Grab and Marriott ink wide-ranging agreement
Grab and Marriott International have established a wide-ranging strategic partnership that will see both companies integrating their offerings.
Under the terms of a Memorandum of...
IHG Rewards gets into bed with Mr & Mrs Smith
IHG Hotels & Resorts and Mr & Mrs Smith have unveiled their loyalty partnership to give IHG Rewards members an even wider selection of...
Lybra integrates future flight search data into its Assistant RMS
Lybra’s Assistant Revenue Management System has now integrated millions of future flight search data sets, from one of the leading OTA metasearch flight booking...
Thai protests throw spanner in tourism recovery plans
Earnest efforts by the Thai government to breathe life back into the country's domestic tourism sector could be jeopardised by months-long nationwide protests calling...
Banyan Tree Global Foundation offers grants for sustainability projects
Banyan Tree Global Foundation (BTGF) has launched the Greater Good Grants that aims to support innovative and impactful projects focused on the betterment of...
Australia hasn’t lost lustre in SE Asia despite closed borders
Tourism Australia has seen a spike in interest for its Aussie Specialist Program, an online training resource for the outbound travel trade, among agents...
ASEAN Sustainable Tourism Solutions Expo opens next week
The annual ASEAN Sustainable Tourism Solutions Expo (ASTSE) will go online this year, kicking off on November 5 with a two-day free-to-access programme.
Usually hosted...
Singapore to allow visitors from China, Australia’s Victoria state from Nov...
Singapore will lift border restrictions for visitors from mainland China and the state of Victoria in Australia, from November 6.
They will have to undergo...
Bangkok Airways unveils unlimited domestic flight card
Bangkok Airways has launched the Bangkok Airways Elite Card, offering members unlimited travel on all domestic flights throughout 2021.
For a price of 100,000 baht...
