US$1.6 million facelift planned for Bangkok’s Khao San Road
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will spend 48.8 million baht (US$1.6 million) to revamp a 400m stretch of Khao San Road, with the aim...
Hyatt Regency to rise in Adelaide come 2023
Hyatt Hotels has entered into a management agreement with CES Pirie Hotel, an entity wholly owned by Chip Eng Seng, to develop a new...
Bandung trade on high alert as volcano erupts again
The travel trade in Bandung, West Java, continues to stay alert as Mount Tangkuban Perahu, a popular tourist attraction in Indonesia, is showing an...
Avalon rides on cruising demand to promote European river cruises
Avalon Waterways is capitalising on the growth of the Indonesian outbound cruise market to promote river cruising in Europe.
The company, which operates under the...
Qantas’ new booking channel for agents now live
Qantas’ new distribution model, the Qantas Channel, which aims to modernise the way agents book fares and deliver personalised experiences to customers, has taken...
Swiss-Belhotel eyes Australasia expansion with five NZ hotels in pipeline
Swiss-Belhotel International is expanding its operations in New Zealand with the signing of two hotel developments in Queenstown.
Come late 2020, the company will simultaneously...
Dream Cruises takes the experiential highway to luxury cruisers’ heart
A year-end DC Superheroes Justice League themed sailings onboard the Genting Dream is Dream Cruises’ latest offering to satisfy cruisers' growing thirst for unique...
China suspends individual tourism permits for Taiwan
China will no longer issue individual Taiwan travel permits to 47 mainland cities from August 1, its culture and tourism ministry said, citing "current...
Sri Lanka aggressively courts return of visitors, dangles incentives for airlines
Following the crippling effects of the Easter Sunday bombings on the tourism industry, Sri Lanka is rolling out aggressive efforts in tourism recovery by...
Avis rides into Mongolia
Avis is expanding its Asian network with the opening of Avis Mongolia, through a licensee agreement with Baobab LLC.
This move builds on the global...
