Asia/Singapore Thursday, 6th November 2025

Parents with kids top staycationers in Singapore: Expedia

Singaporeans are nearly as enthusiastic about staycations as they are about overseas trips, found a new Expedia study, which identified parents with kids as...

Massive hotel pipeline for APAC as development nears peak

In its fifth year of continuous growth, Asia-Pacific’s total construction pipeline, excluding China, is at an all-time high of 1,749 projects, or 369,045 rooms,...

Crazy Rich Asians movie spurs Singapore, Malaysia travel searches

Travel search volume for Singapore and Malaysia have seen massive spikes in recent weeks, which Expedia said was the "knock-on effect" of recently released...

APAC dominates world’s busiest air routes by passenger numbers

In a new study published by Routes, organiser of aviation network development conferences and events, the Asia-Pacific dominates the top 100 busiest routes by...

China’s outbound tourism market shows no signs of slowing

Online travel agent Ctrip and China Tourism Academy (CTA) have released a joint report on China's outbound market for 1H2018. In 1H2018, Chinese travellers made...

Koh Samui’s measured approach to growth pays off in hotel performance:...

Despite recording strong growth in international passenger arrivals in recent years, C9 Hotelworks says the Koh Samui remains a "calm in the middle of...

Growth in intended Thai travel spend leaps ahead of global average

Thais' intended travel spend is growing faster than the regional and global average, according to Visa’s Global Travel Intentions Study, which also found that...

Club Med uncovers Asia-Pacific’s snow hunters

The snow holiday market has seen rapid growth in Asia-Pacific, and continues to be dominated by the higher-income travellers, according to the region's first...

Thailand visitor arrivals, spending see double-digit growth

Thailand welcomed nearly 22.7 million visitor arrivals in the January-July period this year, up 11% over the same period of 2017, according to preliminary...

Bookings to Indonesia tumble after Lombok quake

There has been a 26% decline in bookings to Indonesia since the August 5 earthquake in Lombok, according to ForwardKeys. Prior to the devastating earthquakes,...