Malaysian inbound players upbeat on growing Middle Eastern market
As the Malaysian tourism ministry and Tourism Malaysia make a stronger push in the Middle East, travel trade players who attended the recently concluded...
Jakarta takes steps towards becoming a leisure destination
New events, expanded attractions and a stronger promotional push could give leisure tourists more reasons to visit Jakarta, hitherto seen more as a business...
Tourism Australia chief quits to head up adventure tourism company
Tourism Australia has announced that its managing director, John O’Sullivan, is leaving the organisation to take up a new role as CEO and executive...
Sabre partners Visa to roll out B2B virtual payment
Sabre and Visa have partnered to allow travel buyers and suppliers to pay and get paid with virtual Visa commercial cards, through the Sabre...
SIA in partnership to promote the Maldives
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) have entered into an MoU to jointly promote tourism and boost visitor...
Brunei won’t enforce death penalty for gay sex
Brunei will not enforce the death penalty in an incoming legislation prohibiting gay sex, Channel News Asia reported.
The country had sparked an outcry with its...
Thailand eyes new horizons in Latin America for LGBT tourists
Thailand is starting to court LGBT tourists from Latin America, seeing huge opportunities particularly from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Columbia.
Jefferson Santos, representative to...
Philippines needs to define and retain USP, tourism players remind
With the Philippines recently refreshing its destination campaign, tourism players who attended Messe Berlin’s Travel Meet Asia show in Manila are reiterating the importance...
After Grab, Gojek’s next to enter travel vertical with Tiket.com partnership
On the heels of Grab declaring its super app ambitions covering the travel vertical, Go-Jek has partnered Indonesian OTA Tiket.com to launch Go-Travel.
Go-Jek will be able...
Hopes for Indonesia-Uzbekistan tourism soar on new Tashkent-Jakarta flight
Uzbekistan Airways has started flying between Tashkent and Jakarta on May 1, and this new route is expected to boost tourism between the two...
