Asia

Mercure made its debut in the holy city of Dwarka with the opening of Mercure Dwarka renowned as one of the prominent Char Dham and one of the seven most ancient religious cities in India. Strategical…

In line with its growth strategy, Finnair is opening a new year-round route to Nanjing, China.In addition the airline is also increasing capacity to several of its popular short haul destinations and …

Korea will soon open its door for travellers for its maiden ‘lifestyle hotel-plex’- Seoul Dragon City on October 1, 2017. Featuring four distinct AccorHotels brands ranging from luxury to …

Vietnam Airlines and Garuda Indonesia have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation between the two airlines.The deal focuses on a codeshare partnership, services, maintenance, r…

Thai Airways International (THAI) has unveiled its plans to expand its European route with the launch of direct flights to Vienna.The new long-haul route will begin its service on November 16, 2017, w…

Genting Hong Kong has reported a total comprehensive income for the first half 2017 period of $165 million, with a loss for the period of $203.2 million.The losses were mainly due to the start-up of n…

Carlson Wagonlit Travel has announced Bindu Bhatia will become the new managing director, Asia Pacific, from September.She succeeds Kai Chan, who will be leaving the company at the end of August after…

Japan, in the month of April witnessed a huge number of tourist arrivals with as many as 7.86 million hotel and inn stays due to the Easter holidays and the cherry blossom season.According to the Japa…

Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo is set to open on December 1st.The hotel will be the second property in Sri Lanka for the luxury Asian hospitality group – joining Shangri-La’s Hambantota Golf Re…

Banyan Tree and China Vanke have established Banyan Tree Assets (China), a 50/50 joint venture incorporated in Singapore.BTAC holds a 40 per cent stake in each of Banyan Tree’s operating compani…