US now requires social media details from visa applicants
Nearly all visa applicants to the US are now required to submit any information about social media accounts they have used in the past...
THAI Smile becomes second connecting partner in Star Alliance
THAI Smile Airways is expected to join the Star Alliance network as connecting partner by the end of this year, joining Juneyao Airlines that...
Asian tour operator adds sustainable development goals into educational trips
Ground Asia has integrated 14 out of 17 sustainable development goals (SDG) into its 50 student travel and community engagement experiences in six Asian...
Happy Hari Raya Aidilfitri!
TTG Asia will take a break on June 5, Wednesday, in observance of the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holiday. News resumes on June 6, Thursday.
Hilton brand portfolio most valuable, but Marriott holds strong in luxury
While Hilton clinched the lead in terms of value of top performing brands in a recent ranking, it is also playing catch up with...
In Okinawa, Miyako readies to say konnichiwa to the world
Some 300km south of Okinawa, a small island known mainly to the Japanese is rising up on the maps of foreign tourists, buoyed by...
Jawa Timur Park Group sets regional sights with Traveloka collaboration
Indonesian travel platform Traveloka has signed a strategic partnership cooperation with Jawa Timur Park, an Indonesian tourism developer based in Batu, Malang, East Java.
Marking...
China’s Great Wall limits number of daily visitors
The Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing will limit the number of visitors to 65,000 a day from June 1, according to...
China needs to raise inbound readiness amid tourism trade deficit: Ctrip...
While China's outbound travel continue to boom, Ctrip.com International's co-founder and executive chairman James Liang urged measures to correct the inbound tourism trade deficit...
X marks non-binary gender booking option on Travelport
Travelport will roll out a new booking code for non-binary gender airline passengers beginning June 1.
The new code offers the option to choose “X”,...
