Dusit finds ally to grow DusitPrincess brand in China
Dusit International has partnered Chinese hotel group Dossen International Group to operate and develop 40 DusitPrincess resorts and residences in China.
Twenty-seven of these properties...
Lufthansa rolls out group booking tool for agents
Lufthansa Group has launched an integrated group booking tool for tour operators, consolidators and travel agents.
Available in 14 languages, the tool allows travel service...
Dusit injects US$1 million into Thai home sharing startup
Dusit International has invested US$1 million in exchange for a 9.3 per cent stake in Thai condo and villa rental platform, favstay.
Part of a...
Jane Schuldt passes away
Jane Schuldt, founder of World Marketing Group and a fierce advocate of the incentives and meetings industry, died Saturday, May 20, after battling pancreatic...
Malaysians still buying Europe for coming school holidays
The poor performing ringgit has proven to be a weak deterrent to longhaul travel plans among middle and upper middle class Malaysians, who have...
Travel demand, lower fuel prices hold up APAC airline profits
Preliminary figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) revealed the region's airlines made US$6.9 billion in aggregate net earnings, with passenger demand...
SE Asian markets move onto Seychelles’ radar
The Seychelles Tourism Board sees potential in South-east Asian markets based on interest received during the recent WTM Connect Asia in Penang.
The NTO is...
Chris Bailey replaces Judy Lum at Tour East
Chris Bailey is back in tour operations as senior vice president of sales & marketing - longhaul of Tour East Holdings, effective June 1,...
New UNWTO tool to measure tourism impacts holistically
UNWTO will launch the Measurement of Sustainable Tourism (MST) index as a holistic measure of tourism at its International Conference on Statistics in the...
Philippines-China flights soar on back of improved bilateral relations
Chartered flights to connect Guangxi province to Davao, Cebu and Clark are the latest in a series of new services mounted in support of...
