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With only a handful of travellers expected to keep pre-Covid booking windows, travel providers must provide continuously updated information, and be ready for tight booking windows.

Time to turn dreamers into travellersWhat to know about the new customer travel planning, shopping and booking journey.

Air crew and frontline airport workers receive their Covid-19 vaccinations at Changi Airport.

Travel industry calls for vaccine priorityNATAS calls for frontliners to receive priority for vaccinations.

Operators are supportive of new guideline, but are concerned about the transparency on management of the collected money.

No buts to Thailand's 300 baht "tourism fee"New levy to help insure foreign visitors and develop tourist destinations: good or bad move?

Ritchie Tuano, general manager, AsiaReps Travel Services believes that post-Covid most people will test their comfort level for travel by beginning with regional trips first.

Understanding the post-Covid traveller psycheAsiaReps Travel Services' Ritchie Tuano talks about managing the anxiety that comes with post-Covid flying.

2-week quarantine before a Thailand holiday, anyone?

2-week quarantine before a Thailand holiday, anyone?UK-based Chic Location thinks there could be takers wanting to swop grey European lockdown for sunshine hibernation.

Some travel agencies have designed vaccine vacations that combine a holiday trip abroad with an opportunity to get a Covid vaccine shot.

Get a shot, take a stab Travel agencies in India are offering overseas vaccine tourism packages.

Foreign pilgrims have to submit a negative PCR test conducted within 72 hours before departure, and to undergo hotel quarantine for three days upon arrival in Saudi Arabia.

Foreign pilgrims return to Islam's holiest siteRecently restarted Umrah pilgrimage proves popular with Indonesian pilgrims, while Malaysia is yet to give the green light to...

Since the announcement of the deployment of World Dream, which arrived in Singapore last week, Genting Cruise Lines said it has received over 6,000 bookings to date.

Can tourism sail out of doldrums from Singapore's reopening moves?Spate of positive news has led to a noticeable uptick in enquiries at Singapore tour agencies for cruise vacations and overseas...

Oceania Cruises’ new Online Training Platform comprises six concise and engaging learning modules.

Asia agents, get trained and be rewardedOceania Cruises is offering CLIA points and limited-time prizes for partners who complete the online training modules.

Whether China’s swift tourism recovery on the domestic front can be translated to outbound travel remains an open-ended one, say experts.

China’s domestic tourism boom: what’s next for the rest of Asia?China’s outbound travel may be on pause, but the world can still tap the massive market which remains pent-up for international...