Tag: ATF
St Giles to plant footprint in Penang
Cititel Hotel Management (CHM) is taking the St Giles brand to Malaysia, following the 2010 debut of its first Asian hotel under the label...
Lac Hong Voyages forms specialist events and marketing subsidiary
RECOGNISING a lack of travel trade networking opportunities in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City-based leisure travel specialist and DMC, Lac Hong Voyages, has created...
Costlier Borobudur tickets earn ASITA’s ire
MEMBERS of the Association of the Indonesian Tours and Travel Agencies (ASITA) Jogjakarta chapter are irked by higher ticket prices for Borobudur Temple and...
Trade lauds AirAsia X’s new KL-Jeddah flights
MALAYSIA's tour operators have welcomed AirAsia X's new Kuala Lumpur-Jeddah service (TTG Asia e-Daily, January 18, 2013), which will ease the sector's year-round seat crunch...
Malaysia relaxes rules on Israel tours
PILGRIMAGE tourists to Israel from Malaysia are expected to more than double this year after the latter's government lifted the quota on numbers going...
Singapore’s high hotel rates scare off longhaul buyers
PRICEY hotel rates in Singapore are leaving longhaul buyers at ATF 2013 less enthused with the city-state, despite the recent emergence of several new...
More Indian travellers opt for offbeat destinations
REPEAT travellers from India are eschewing the usual Singapore-Malaysia-Thailand itineraries in favour of less popular regional destinations, despite limited connectivity.
K Vijay Mohan, director, Visakhapatnam-based...
Ace Altair makes travel easy for tourists with special needs
MALAYSIA-based tour operator, Ace Altair Travels, has extended its range of inbound tour services to include travel products catering to the disabled and the...
FITs drive European traffic into ASEAN
DESPITE the uncertain global economy, business from Europe into the region is still growing, buoyed by FITs and small groups.
Pham Ha, founder & CEO,...
China rolls out initiatives to encourage outbound
THE ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) in Beijing has lined up a series of programmes for 2013 to drive Chinese outbound traffic to South-east Asia.
ACC secretary...






