A journey through Myanmar, Part 2: Mandalay and beyond
Maria Benz (Amadeus Asia) arrived in Mandalay, the second largest city after Yangon and the last royal capital of Burma, and was charmed by its beautiful temples, fascinated by its unique lifestyle and awed by a unique 19th century bridge.MandalayI took a direct flight with AirAsia from Bangkok – [...]
A journey through Myanmar, Part 1: Discovering the land and its people
Maria Benz, head of airline IT marketing (APAC), airline IT, Amadeus Asia realised her dream of travelling through Myanmar - mostly backpacking - and discovered a land of gentle, smiling people, dazzling temples and breath-taking landscape, but yet rural and coping to meet with the sudden influx of [...]
Singapore’s top dream destination for Burmese travellers
Not many people in Myanmar could afford to travel for leisure, but for those who could Singapore is their ultimate destination of choice ahead of other popular cities such as New York, Bangkok, Seoul and Paris, reveals a Mastercard Worldwide survey.Less than one in five Myanmar citizens travelled [...]
The Wrap: STB woos Malaysians with “Only In Singapore – Right Now!” campaign
In the news: STB’s Malaysian campaign, AirAsia’s free travel guides, photo competition with Taiwan Visitors Association, lowcostbeds.com ties up with TravelportSTB woos Malaysians with “Only in Singapore - Right Now!" campaignMalaysians are already travelling to Singapore in droves and is one [...]
Australia’s top holiday destination for Singaporeans
Most Singaporean travellers choose Australia as their destination of choice, followed by Hong Kong and Japan, reveals MasterCard’s latest Consumer Purchasing Priorities survey (2012 H2).However, if money was not a constraint Japan would top the list of desirable cities, followed by London.Julienne [...]
The Wrap: Make Visit Malaysia Year 2014 a “national mission”, calls M’sian PM
In the news: Malaysia in the spotlight as it gets ready to host Visit Malaysia Year and ASEAN Tourism Forum in 2014, Vietnam's Mũi Né is beach resort of choice for value, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group links up with TravelportMake Visit Malaysia Year 2014 a “national mission” calls M’sian PMIt [...]
Videos helping customers discover Hanuman Travel on the web
With YouTube now the world’s second largest search engine, film-maker Nick Ray is finding that his skills in film-making are coming in handy in getting Hanuman Travel, Cambodia, discovered on the web.Ray, who also writes for Lonely Planet, has so far produced 50 videos forHanuman TravelTV which [...]
Singapore is top regional destination for Hotelbeds
Global accommodation wholesaler, Hotelbeds, reveals its 10 best-selling destinations in 2012 for the Middle East, Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands (MEAPAC), with the Lion City heading the list.MEAPAC is the largest geographic region for Hotelbeds worldwide, as well as the fastest growing due to [...]
Asia, Middle East, South America to shine at ITB Berlin
ITB Berlin 2013 is seeing high demand in floor space from exhibitors worldwide, especially from Arab and Asian countries and South America.Two segments - travel technology and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender travel (LGBT) - continue to see growth. The Travel Technology Hall (Hall 6.1) is f [...]
Top travel websites for December: Australia, New Zealand, China
The online travel scene for the last month of 2012 remains more or less consistent in Australia and New Zealand with the major players retaining their positions. In China, however, the main OTAs battle for top spot with Trip.taobao.com emerging triumphant.(Full report below and in slides).AustraliaT [...]
