Asia/Singapore Thursday, 6th November 2025

Growing Muslim travel market shows preference for city breaks, shopping

City breaks and shopping are more popular with the world's fast growing Muslim travel market than beach holidays and museum visits are, according to...

Demand for digital travel tools on the up: Travelport

Mobile devices remain vital while demand for new technologies such as voice search, e-payment and digital room keys grows, according to Travelport's 2018 Digital...

Asian destinations win big amid Muslim travel boom

Asia is set grow its market share of global Muslim travel spend to 22% or US$34 billion by the end of the decade, with...

Conversational commerce will shape future of travel in APAC: Facebook

Messaging, or "conversational commerce", is poised to be one of the hottest trends shaping travel in 2019, according to Facebook’s global travel strategy and...

APAC takes lion’s share of world’s fastest growing cities: WTTC

Four of the five fastest-growing cities by travel and tourism GDP contribution over the past decade are located in China, WTTC found in its...

IATA forecasts doubling of air passenger numbers by 2037

Present trends in air transport suggest passenger numbers could double to 8.2 billion in 2037, with Asia-Pacific driving the biggest growth, according to IATA. The...

APAC arrivals continue to outstrip global average

Foreign arrivals into Asia-Pacific destinations continued to grow faster than the global average in 2017, reaching a record volume high of more than 646...

Passengers look to tech for greater ease in air travel

Air passengers want new technology to give them more control and information, as well as to improve efficiency, IATA said in a summary of...

Strong domestic demand drives Pattaya’s rebounding hotel market: C9

Thailand’s second largest tourism market, Pattaya, has pushed through the volatility hangover of the 2014 era, with its hotel sector now showing signs of...

Agoda unpacks solo travel trends from the East and West

Asian solo travellers are more likely to be younger – millennials (41%) and Generation Zers (38%) – while in the West, solo travel is...