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...
Ingenico rolls out TravelHub payments solution for travel companies
Ingenico will be launching TravelHub, a solution built to connect travel companies with the brand’s global end-to-end payment processing capabilities and regional gateways across...
AirAsia to ditch processing fee from October
AirAsia said on Tuesday it will no longer charge customers a processing fee to make payments via credit card and online banking from October...
Wyndham bolsters APAC expansion with 500 China hotels in pipeline
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is ramping up its expansion focus in Asia-Pacific as it lines up a string of key openings, brand launches and...
TripAdvisor unveils sponsored content offerings for destinations
TripAdvisor has introduced a new sponsorship opportunity exclusively for tourism organisations seeking increased engagement of their content within the platform's newly revamped destination search...
Aviation roundup: IndiGo, LOT Polish Airlines, and more
Here's our weekly roundup of new air routes and other aviation updates.
Indonesia plans Rp3.5 trillion to turn Lake Toba into ‘classy destination’
The Indonesian government has allotted Rp3.5 trillion (US$250 million) of the national budget for tourism development in the Lake Toba Area, North Sumatra.
Speaking at...
Sri Lanka cancels tradeshows as free VoAs for 45 countries rolled...
Sri Lanka has cancelled roadshows for the remaining year and instead relies on offering free on-arrival visas for 45 countries, including India and China,...
