It’s time for tourism in ASEAN to grow up
Willem Niemeijer (pictured below right),
CEO and co-founder of the
Khiri Travel Group, Thailand shares his thoughts on the direction the ASEAN tourism industry should take to realise its full potential. We reproduce his full blog below:The tourism debate at the World Economic Forum on Eas [...]
Accor’s acquisition of Mirvac changes the hotel game in Australia/NZ
Accor has completed the purchase of the Mirvac Group’s hotel interests in Australia and New Zealand, which will see the hotel group adding 43 hotels across the two countries.The Mirvac hotels are currently being integrated into the Accor network. In the first phase of integration Sydney Marriott [...]
London, Siem Reap come up tops in TripAdvisor’s travellers’ choices
London was named the world’s, Europe’s and the UK’s best destination in TripAdvisor's 2012 Travellers' Choice Destination Awards. With the Diamond Jubilee and Olympic Games fast approaching, it’s a well-timed triumph. Following London in the world stakes were New York City and Rome, in sec [...]
Australia, caught in twilight zone, looks to new sunshine from Asia
So here I am on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. I've been told that I brought the sun from Singapore although I didn't want to tell them that we too have had lots of rain in the tropics.But for today, the sun shone at the opening of the ATEC 2012 Symposium. The venue is the Coolum Resort & S [...]
My Destination Launches in Singapore
My Destination has launched in Singapore as part of a global expansion covering 100 other destinations and spanning 60 countries.My Destination, which claims to attract 10 million visitors, is a global travel resource powered by a diverse community of local experts on the ground, providing unrivall [...]
AirBnB to expand footprint in South-east Asia
AirBnB, which calls itself “a community marketplace for unique spaces”, is planning to open an office in Singapore and is reportedly recruiting a managing director for South-east Asia.The move is part of an expansion plan into the region announced by co-founder Brian Chesky late last year when [...]
Indonesians embrace the online travel world
It’s indisputable; Indonesia is one of the world’s fastest growing emerging markets and nowhere is this more apparent than in the country’s enormous embrace of the online world.A reported 50 million Indonesians are now proactively online, incorporating the internet into their daily lives [...]
WIT Japan brings together Japanese and global brands
The WIT Japan Executive Forum, set for May 25 in Tokyo, is shaping up into what could be the first and highest level exchange of ideas and knowledge about the online travel space between Japan and the region. More than 60 travel industry leaders from across the region and within Japan, representi [...]
Wego launches in Malaysia
The Singapore-based global travel metasearch engine has launched a dedicated website to provide Malaysian travellers with faster and cheaper travel options and packages.Wego Malaysia employs new and
innovative technology to help travellers compare the price and availability of flights, accommod [...]
Confession: The best seafood I’ve ever had and it’s not in Asia
It’s been nearly two weeks and I’ve been waiting for the sensation to pass but still it hasn’t and so I feel compelled to share it.Disclosure: This post is about food. So if you are not a foodie, you can stop reading.If you are still with me, then I want to tell you about the best seafood mea [...]
