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Hua Hin becomes the latest resort in Thailand to enjoy a beach clean-up
Thailand’s nationwide beach clean-ups continue at a rapid pace with family-friendly Hua Hin being the latest destination to be included in a raft of measures aimed at improving the experience of travellers visiting Thailand’s coastal resorts. Businesses and food vendors whose stalls illegally impeded on the beach, were ordered to cease trading and take down their work-places so as to […]
TAT Moscow wooing Russian tourists with over 3,000 winter charter flights
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Moscow Office and 13 leading tour operators in Russia are planning to launch a range of winter promotions in September 2014 to promote Thailand’s many tourism attractions and attract high-end travellers from Russia during this coming winter season. In a preliminary discussion, winter promotions would be promoted alongside an […]
Sydney International Convention Centre Hotel to Be Branded Sofitel
Australia’s largest hotel group, Accor, has signed a management agreement for the new ICC Hotel to operate under its luxury brand Sofitel. Accor Pacific Chief Operating Officer, Simon McGrath, said that the ICC Hotel is a milestone achievement for Sydney, and Accor is extremely proud to be selected to manage the landmark hotel among its […]
Hotel Jen – a ‘virtual-persona’ hotel hospitality concept
Fresh, friendly and fuss-free. That’s the genre of Hotel Jen, the new brand revealed today by Hong Kong-based Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd. Catering to a new ‘Jeneration’ of independently minded business and leisure travellers, the brand will launch quickly with ten Hotel Jens opening in major cities in Asia Pacific by March 2015. Hotel […]
Report: Australians still prefer Qantas
emma™ AIRLINES REPORT – Qantas ranks highest on safety and quality among international travellers– 95% of Australian travellers head overseas for holidays Australians prefer Qantas as their airline for both international and domestic travel, and the Flying Kangaroo also rates number one for safety and high quality products and services, a landmark study into the […]
Antarctica: Great Southern Land
#expeditioncruising Melanie Ball ventures to the end of the Earth to explore the remote icy land of Antarctica. Read the full story at International Traveller
PNG enjoys boom in big ship cruises
The Canoe and Kundu Festival in Alotau (News Corp) Papua New Guinea is seeing more big ship traffic from Carnival Corporation brands as the nation continues to open up to tourism. “With much work and support from the government in promoting cruise tourism in this country, we now see the benefits of cruise tourism,” said […]
Webjet launches Cruises
#webjet Sea Princess Webjet announces the official launch of its cruises product on its Australian and New Zealand websites. Australia and New Zealand’s largest online travel agency will be offering over 4,000 cruises on renowned cruise lines including Princess Cruises, P&O, Royal Caribbean and Carnival. The content is sourced from Cruise Republic, a leading online […]
Pandaw Coastal Expeditions aboard MY Callisto
MY Callisto We are delighted to announce the acquisition of the MY Callisto for coastal cruising off Burma officially launching in 2015. The Callisto is a motor yacht built in Hamburg in 1963 and evocative of that classic period of elegant motor yachting. She was rebuilt in 2005 and then converted into a small luxury […]
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Debuts Sheraton Samui Resort in Thailand
#starwood June Ng, Regional Director, Human Resources, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Indochina; Serena Lim, Vice President, Acquisitions & Development, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Asia Pacific; Matthew Fry, Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Development, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Asia Pacific; Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, Chairman TCC Group; Wallapa Traisorat, President TCC Group; Soammaphat Traisorat, CEO TCC Group; Georges […]
