EAGER to win back visitors after a trouble-fraught November, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism is launching 17 year-end promotion programmes, targeting Singapore, Malaysia and Australia.
MYANMAR's hoteliers have reported a surge in room bookings for Yangon, Mandalay, Bagan and Inle Lake during the current high season from October to March compared to last year.
THE SCHEME of Airport Charges in Hong Kong will be extended another year to encourage airlines to introduce new routes to enhance regional connectivity.
LAO Airlines launched a twice-weekly service between Vientiane and U-Tapao (Pattaya) on Sunday, less than a month after it started a thrice-weekly Vientiane-Pakse-Ho Chi Minh City route.
JAPAN Airlines (JAL) will introduce a Premium Economy service on one of its two daily flights between Tokyo (Narita) and Bangkok from January 16 next year.
AIRLINES landing at Changi Airport will see an average increase of 15 per cent in their landing, parking and aerobridge (LPA) bill from April 1 next year, amid other fee hikes for passengers.
GERMAN cruise line, AIDA Cruises, has embarked on an Asian sailing for the second year, this time with a larger ship that will be based in this region for five months.
GOLD Coast Tourism Corporation has launched its new brand, Gold Coast, Famous for Fun, at a time where Australia is facing stiffer competition from longhaul destinations such as Europe and the US.
THE THAILAND Ministry of Tourism and Sports (MoTS) plans to carry out immediate restoration of tourism and sporting sites once the flood-stricken areas in the country have returned to normal.
GROUNDHANDLING agents say tour programmes to Jogjakarta and Central Java as well as to West Sumatera are still in operation although travel has been rerouted to avoid the disaster areas.
SINGAPORE, Malaysia and Australia travellers continue to pick Indonesia as their top destination in the next two years, according to Visa and PATA Asia Pacific Travel Intentions Survey 2010.