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Small- to medium-sized tourism businesses part of the country’s tourism union will be able to access uncollateralised loans starting this month.

Myanmar’s tourism SMEs can tap into no-collateral loansYANGON – Myanmar Tourism Bank (MTB) announced it will begin providing Union of Myanmar Travel Association (UMTA) members...

STB’s CE Keith Tan challenged agents to think if their products can meet the needs of growing segments including digital nomads, solo female travellers and disabled travellers.

Staying relevant to meet future needs a key theme at 4th STB-NATAS Travel Agent Industry ForumSINGAPORE – At this year’s STB-NATAS Travel Agent Industry Forum, a lot of talk was on anticipating the future with priorities...

Growth also said to be spurred by positive performance of outbound air ticketing.

MakeMyTrip reports US$181m in quarterly revenue, touts growing customer baseNEW YORK - Despite disruptions in India’s travel industry, MakeMyTrip reported a 13.6% year-over-year increase in adjusted...

Australian OTA Webjet is owed thousands of dollars by the collapsed Thomas Cook travel company.

Aussie OTA takes a big hit from Thomas Cook collapseSYDNEY - The fallout from the collapse of UK travel giant Thomas Cook has washed up on the shores of Australia with online...

Thomas Cook has been struggling under the weight of debt and falling profits.

Where it all went wrong for Thomas CookLONDON – A massive airlift is underway to bring home holidaymakers caught out by the collapse of travel giant Thomas Cook.

Bentours was a Scandinavian specialist wholesaler.

Australian wholesalers in shock collapseMELBOURNE - Two Australian travel wholesalers have collapsed, and their businesses placed into voluntary administration.

FlashTrip’s online platform is currently available only in Chinese, but will include English and other languages within two months.

FlashTrip launches English platform as part of APAC expansionBEIJING - Online travel platform FlashTrip will be launching an English site later in September, along with other integrated...

It is being reported in Tehran that the arrested Australians were taking photographs using a drone.

Australian bloggers locked up in TehranPERTH: An Australian couple on a world tour have been imprisoned in Iran since July after being arrested close to the...

Luxury Gold launches eLearning programme for travel plannersASIA – Luxury Gold has launched a new eLearning programme to help travel planners increase their earning potential.

The world’s oldest travel company Thomas Cook reported half-year losses amounting to £1.5 billion.

Fosun to snap up Thomas Cook in bail-out dealDebt-laden travel company Thomas Cook has agreed to a bail-out deal by investor Fosun Tourism Group, its major shareholder.