HOSPITALITY organisation, The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW), is offering an enhanced reward package for MICE planners based in Greater China in a bid to grow bookings from this market.
THE EUROPEAN flight ban last week may have dampened attendance at the 107th Canton Fair in Guangzhou, from mid April to early May, but hoteliers say extended stays from stranded European guests kept occupancy buoyant.
DESPITE numerous travel warnings and advisories issued by countries against travel to Thailand, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pushing through with its Amazing Thailand Road Show under the "Let's take a break" campaign in South Korea from April 27 to 29.
(Vietravel) - Life Resorts delivered an encouraging vote of confidence to the Vietnamese tourism industry as Life Resort Da Nang becomes the first new resort to open on Vietnam’s much-prized central coast beach between Da Nang and Hoi An since the global recession.
(Vietravel) - The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is teaming up with the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Association (HKDBA) for the ‘Hong Kong Dragon Boat
Carnival’ – a three-day event running from 23-25 July.
(Vietravel) - Vietnam’s Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, has reportedly
asked the national carrier Vietnam Airlines to study the
possible launching of direct air service to India.
(Vietravel) - PHILIPPINE Airlines subsidiary, Air Philippines, has been relaunched as Airphil Express, with flights to 19 domestic points including Caticlan (Boracay) and Cebu.
(Vietravel) - AIR access to the famed Jiuzhaigou National Park in the north of China’s Sichuan province will receive a boost when Air China begins direct daily flights from Beijing from April 25 and Shanghai from May 10 this year.
(Vietravel) - SOFITEL will open its first Asia-Pacific property under its new So By Sofitel sister brand, which reinterprets boutique hotels, in Bangkok in the first quarter of next year.
(Vietravel) - THE 169-room Life Resort Da Nang has opened on a prime beach lying between Da Nang and Hoi An, near three UNESCO World Heritage Sites, two world class golf courses, the city centre and the airport.
(Vietravel) - MARRIOTT International has signed four additional properties in India, bringing its total count of hotels in the country that are either under construction or in planning to 29.
(Vietravel) - LAS VEGAS Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) will host the World Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Global Travel & Tourism Summit from May 15-19 next year at the ARIA Resort & Casino.
THE BALI Hotels Association (BHA), an association of over 100 star-rated hotels on the island, has partnered with the Integrated Police Radio Community Bali (IPRC) to further improve security measures at the resort destination.
INTERNATIONAL arrival numbers are predicted to increase by an average of around 2.7 per cent each year to 2012, according to the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).