IATA reiterates travel is safe, calls for return to normalcy
A two-day Aviation Resilience & Health Workshop was organised by IATA in Singapore last week (March 4-5), where the association's medical advisor and an...
Malaysia ushers in new tourism minister
Malaysia's prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin unveiled his Cabinet yesterday (March 9), appointing Nancy Shukri as the tourism, arts and culture minister, and Jeffrey Kitingan...
Malaysia bars cruise ships
Malaysia has temporarily banned all cruise ships from entering the country's ports due to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases, putting a further damper...
Philippines to host the world’s first ecotourism travel mart
The Philippines’ International School of Sustainable Tourism (ISST) will host the Asian Ecotourism Network’s (AEN) first International Ecotourism Travel Mart (IETM) in September.
IETM was...
Qatar, SIA and Emirates waive change fees amid Covid-19
Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines (SIA), and Emirates have all announced that they will waive fees for date changes in light of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Qatar...
New management platform for boutique hotels rolls out in SE Asia
HMP has launched HMP Master, a new cloud-based hotel management platform that claims to help hoteliers to streamline hotel operations, boost financial performance, and...
Pontiac Land to launch luxury resort Fari Islands in the Maldives
Singapore-based real estate developer Pontiac Land will be launching Fari Islands in the Maldives come 4Q2020.
Located in the North Malé Atoll, a 50-minute speedboat...
ITB pushes out digital platform
Following its cancellation of ITB Berlin 2020, Messe Berlin has launched itb.com, a new year-round online networking platform for the world’s travel industry.
The global...
Travel trade decries Indonesia’s new ban on more nationals
Following its travel ban on China, Indonesia has now expanded its ban to travellers from Italy, South Korea and Iran – regions hardest-hit by...
Asian Trails scores Travelife awards
Six more Asian Trails branches – Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia – have received the Travelife Partner award in recognition of their...
