Tag: ATF
Rate recovery still dicey for Thai hotels
THAI hotels are advised to continue with tacticals this year and maintain rates for the next contracting season, with buyers citing a weak economy...
Airline invests as Myanmar changes
MYANMAR Airways International (MAI) has outlined a four-year expansion in light of political changes in the country, which it expects will result in tourism...
Air France’s resumption a huge fillip for Cambodia
AIR France will resume flights from Paris to Phnom Penh on March 27 after a 35-year hiatus, marking the first longhaul service connecting Europe...
Australians tip an ‘Asian’ year, expect phenomenal rise in traffic to...
AUSTRALIAN tour operators are dubbing 2011 as the‘ year of Asian travel’, anticipating record numbers of Australian travellers to ASEAN, thanks to new flights,...
Adventure travel spreads tourism to remote Cambodia
TOURISM to Cambodia is spreading beyond popular Siem Reap, with tour operators reporting a huge increase in ecotourism and adventure travel in the more...
First-ever air link creates India breakthrough for the Philippines
THE PHILIPPINES’ effort to nab a share of the Indian market, long stymied by an absence of air connectivity, is enjoying a turnaround as...
Sellers urge ATF host country to find right buyer balance
SELLERS say buyers with big volumes to ASEAN should be hosted, but concede they also want the presence of new players.
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First-time buyers at ATF defend their hosted status
FRESH faces at this year’s ATF argue that they, of all buyers, should be hosted.
Australia-based Oasis Travel managing director Nick Page said: “If the...
ATF hosting process slammed as top longhaul buyers miss out
THE QUESTION of who should be hosted at ATF has arisen as some of the biggest European producers to ASEAN were rejected as hosted...
Foreign ships debut in ASEAN to feed growing demand
ASEAN’S waters are seeing an increase in activity with a burgeoning number of western cruise liners sailing into the region.
The 1,300-pax AIDAaura, 220-pax Le...