Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi Centre, Vietnam
The 155-key Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi Centre offers facilities including a Kinetic Gym & Wellness Studio, Cabana Club Pool, restaurants and bars, two meeting rooms and a ballroom.
Located in the vibrant French quarter, Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi Centre is just a short 10-minute drive to attractions like Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple, The Huc Bridge, St Joseph’s Cathedral, Hoa Lo Prison Museum, and the Temple of Literature.
Mantra Club Croc, Australia
The 160-room Mantra Club Croc on Airlie Beach has reopened after undergoing a refurbishment.
Situated close to the beachfront and Coral Sea Marina, the property is housed in a traditional Queenslander-style building, and now offers a reimagined room service, new poolside cocktail service, and complimentary high-speed Wi-Fi. The resort’s reception area and poolside restaurant and bar will also be refurbished later in the year.
Facilities comprise a large lagoon pool, spa, gym, conference centre, and complimentary parking for cars, trailers, caravans and boats.
Moxy Bengaluru Airport Prestige Tech Cloud, India
Moxy Bengaluru Airport Prestige Tech Cloud is located just 10 minutes from Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru in North Bangalore, and is near the city’s iconic sites and major upcoming projects.
The hotel features 128 rooms, six of which are suites, and facilities such as a game arcade, library, co-working spaces, F&B venues, fitness centre, outdoor swimming pool, and event spaces. Other offerings include onsite parking and an airport shuttle service.
Guests can visit attractions like the ISKCON Temple, St Mary’s Basilica, the National Gallery of Modern Art, the HAL Heritage Centre and Aerospace Museum, as well as the British-era Opera House which offers virtual-reality experiences.
Hotel 101-Fort, the Philippines
Hotel 101-Fort in Bonifacio Global City offers a total of 606 identical Happy Rooms, each with a queen and single bed setup, free Wi-Fi, cable television, and a kitchenette with a microwave oven and coffee maker.
The hotel also has an onsite café, swimming pool, gym and conference room, commercial areas, and a huge parking space.
TransNusa Airline, a subsidiary of Linkasia Airlines Group and Panca Global International Indonesia, has rebranded itself as a Premium Service Carrier globally.
Established in 2005. TranNusa stopped operations in 2020 due to the global pandemic and was sold. In 2022, the airline saw the injection of new shareholders – Panca Global International Indonesia (51 per cent) and Singapore-based Linkasia Airlines Group (49 per cent) – and a new management team, which developed a unique business model that allowed TransNusa to rebrand itself as a Premium Service Carrier.
TransNusa Group CEO Bernard Francis remarked that TransNusa has become the fastest growing airline in South-east Asia due to the business plan that was developed and implemented swiftly post Covid-19.
“We knew that traveller’s behavioural pattern had changed, specifically due to the pandemic. Our next step was to develop a customised business model for the targeted passengers,” he said, adding that the airline has flown over one million passengers between October 2022 and December 2023.
In April last year, TransNusa expanded its reach from domestic to international with the launch of its Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur route. Subsequently in the same year, the airline also launched three new routes – Jakarta-Singapore, Jakarta-Guangzhou, and Jakarta-Johor.
Francis, an aviation industry expert who specialises in airline turnaround and revenue management, said that TransNusa has increased its flight frequencies to seven times a week to Singapore, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China and Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The airline has also increased its flight frequencies to 21 times weekly to Kuala Lumpur, 14 times weekly to Yogyakarta and 35 times weekly to Bali.
“Last year, we expanded our operations to include international routes and even became the second Indonesian airline to fly into China. We also managed to obtain all necessary approvals in a short timeframe from world-class Changi airport, reflecting the strong commitment we have towards safety, security, maintenance and aircraft performance measures,” he said.
On the airline’s future expansion, Francis shared that the airline has plans to further expand its international network, as well as to establish another domestic hub and provide its domestic market with premium services.
He stressed that TransNusa’s current services exceeded that of a low-cost airline.
“For our domestic and international flights, we not only provide premium services with competitive ticket prices in comparison to other low-cost airlines, but we have attractive new product bundles called Seat, Seat-Plus and Flexi-Pro,” he explained.
Depending on the product purchased, passengers can enjoy check-in baggage weighing between 15kg and 30kg. Flexi-Pro features include checking in baggage of up to 30kg, seat choices, free F&B, priority check-in and boarding, as well as the flexibility to change the flight schedule and receive refunds if needed.
In addition, all TransNusa flights will only depart and arrive at major international airports, allowing passengers to enjoy the world-class services offered at these international terminals.