Asia/Singapore Tuesday, 4th November 2025

Asia is Singapore’s top destination for voluntourism: Zuji

CHARITY starts at home for Singaporeans travellers, with more than half saying they would prefer to stay within Asia when going for volunteer trips...

Smaller seat sizes in airplanes a big concern for SEA travellers:...

EVERYBODY could do with more legroom when travelling by air and South-east Asians are now willing to pay for that extra space or a...

550 million people visited Asia-Pacific in 2014: PATA

OVER half a billion international travellers visited the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region during last year to record almost six per cent year-on-year growth, according to...

Business travel demand drives APAC room rates up in 1Q

HOTEL room rates were mostly up across the board in Asia-Pacific as business tourism surged this quarter, according to HRS Hotel Price Radar. Macau, Sydney...

Chinese Millennials more tech-reliant than other young travellers

TECHNOLOGY plays a crucial role in the planning and booking of trips for Chinese Millennials, says a recent study on the travel behaviours and...

Business travel costs to hold firm for 2015: AMEX

HOTEL and airfare rates will remain relatively flat in 2015 as cooler economic growth in Asia-Pacific (APAC) and forces of supply and demand exert...

Asian hospitality sector the least disabled-friendly in the world: study

A NEW Travel Smarts study by Agoda has found that hotels in Asia are the least well-equipped in the world when it comes to...

Asia-Pacific tourists shore up inbound travel to Europe

ARRIVALS from Asia-Pacific were a key driver in travel to Europe in 2014 and forward bookings are indicating no let-up for the year ahead. According...

‘Singaporeans knowledgeable, frequent travellers’

SINGAPOREANS are frequent flyers with almost all (91 per cent) surveyed in a study by DataSpark having gone overseas often either for business or...

5 hotel distribution trends to keep your eye on in 2015

HOTELIERS have much to lose by neglecting what big data is saying – up to 25 per cent of operation revenue, in fact. London-based...