SIA to integrate IATA Travel Pass into own app by mid-2021
Singapore Airlines (SIA) plans to integrate a digital health verification process into its mobile app, after a recent trial of IATA's Travel Pass for...
Andaz Singapore gets new GM
Andaz Singapore has welcomed German hotelier Stephan Karl as its newly-appointed general manager.
With a career spanning over 24 years, Karl first started at Hotel...
Patina Maldives hires duo to exec roles
Patina Maldives, Fari Islands has appointed Marco Den Ouden as general manager, and Simone Broekhaar as director of sales & marketing.
In his new role,...
IATA calls on India to address infrastructure constraints, policies
IATA has called on the government of India to maximise the potential contribution of aviation to India’s development by addressing infrastructure constraints and government...
Tokyo dethrones Bangkok as top CNY destination for Asians
Tokyo has come out tops in a ranking of Chinese New Year (CNY) destinations for Asian travellers in 2018, overtaking Bangkok which has held...
Global air travel demand loses steam: IATA
GLOBAL air traffic results for May indicate a general downward trend in demand – in line with deteriorating global economic conditions, according to the latest...
Local airlines and hotels lag behind, say rich Chinese
AFFLUENT Chinese travellers do not think highly of domestic hotels and airlines, according to a May 2012 report by CAP Strategic Research.
The market research...
International tourism revenue shoots past US$1 trillion
LAST year, international tourism receipts exceeded US$1 trillion for the first time, reaching an estimated US$1.03 trillion, up from US$928 billion in 2010, according to the...
Trafalgar records twofold increase in forward bookings
TRAFALGAR, which specialises in European and North American guided vacations, has reported a twofold increase in 2012 forward bookings out of Asia and Singapore,...
