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Chan Brothers spotlights educational experiences for families

Chan Brothers spotlights educational experiences for familiesSingapore-based travel agency Chan Brothers Travel has launched a series of new tours with an educational focus for families to...

HotelBeds’ MartketHub Asia event attracts partners from 15 key source markets in Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

Hotelbeds heads to Bali with MarketHub AsiaBedbank Hotelbeds is taking the second edition of its invitation-only, three-day MarketHub Asia event to Bali from October 22...

MGTO director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes (3rd from left) with guests at the “Greater Bay Area – Seamless Travel Experience" promotion dinner on July 5 at Chijmes Hall.

MGTO leads first Greater Bay Area delegation to SingaporeThe Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) led a delegation of tourism representatives from Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and...

Free Spirit Travel has closed its doors, affecting hundreds of travellers.

Shock closure of Hong Kong agency hits domestic helpersThe Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong (TIC) has suspended the licence of Free Spirit Travel in Causeway Bay after the agency...

Fosun first took a stake in Thomas Cook in 2015, the same year that it acquired resort operator Club Med.

Chinese group now biggest shareholder in Thomas CookFosun, the Chinese owner of Club Med, has taken another nibble of pan-European travel agent, Thomas Cook, raising its equity...

OYO currently has 515,000 rooms, set to increase up to one million by the end of the year.

OYO rises and shines with HotelbedsHotelbeds and India’s OYO Hotels & Homes - the world’s sixth largest hotel chain - have signed a strategic global distribution...

Asian Travels Network has had its travel agent licence suspended by Singapore Tourism Board.

Singapore travel agency forced to halt new businessA Singapore travel agency has had its wings clipped by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).

MATTA Fair 2019: Highest visitor numbers since 1991 inception

MATTA Fair 2019: Highest visitor numbers since 1991 inceptionThe MATTA Fair March 2019 organised by the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) held March 15 to 17 at Putra...

Holi is an exuberant festival where people splash and smear each other with coloured powder.

Holi brings colour and a lot of fun to the streetsCountries that have seen the most flight bookings to India for the period around the Holi festival are the United States, the...

Industry likes the term 'travel advisor,' but Google doesn't

Industry likes the term 'travel advisor,' but Google doesn'tIn the wake of ASTA rebranding itself as the American Society of Travel Advisors last year, the industry has, for the most...