Travel Agents News

MATTA pledges support for Tabung Harapan Malaysia

MATTA pledges support for Tabung Harapan MalaysiaThe Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) will donate RM1 to ‘Tabung Harapan Malaysia’ (THM) for every...

Authorities will closely monitor agencies that organise haj and umrah tours.

Travel agency couple jailed for scamming pilgrimsA district court in West Java has handed out lengthy prison sentences to two travel agency bosses convicted of cheating...

Complaints by travel service customers are stacking up.

Hong Kong’s travel agencies under the spotlightIn the competitive world of selling travel, some of Hong Kong’s travel agencies are giving the industry a bad name. 2017 saw...

Singapore-based travel agency Baba Travel’s licence to be revoked

Singapore-based travel agency Baba Travel’s licence to be revokedTravel agency Baba Travel will have its licence revoked with effect from May 24, 2018, in accordance with the Travel Agents Act...

Room tax is hurting inbound tourism, according to travel agents’ association.

Travel agents step up opposition to Malaysia tourism taxThe Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) has stepped up its opposition to the Tourism Tax (TTx), which came...

Virtuoso supplier winners L-R Felix Chan, Steve McLaughlin (Oceania), Anthony Cooper, Tony Archbold (Seaborn), Matthew Upchurch (Virtuoso), Margie Lee-Fong (Island Escape).

Virtuoso salutes its stars in SingaporeLuxury travel network, Virtuoso, has recognised Asia’s growing imortance in its network by holding its annual Virtuoso...

LR- Kunal Marjadi, Debolin Sen, head, Self-Drive 365, Anuradha Joshi Medhora, Karan Anand, head, relationships, Cox and Kings, Siddhant Ghalla, Ricken Desai at the launch of Self- Drive 365.

Cox and Kings launches new product for roadiesCox and Kings has launched Self-Drive 365, a product, the agency says, that will meet the demand for Indians who want to...

On his Twitter page, ousted prime minister Najib Razak said he was “surprised to be collected on a BN-themed AirAsia flight by Tony Fernades”.

MATTA welcomes new Malaysia PM; Fernandes in strifeThe Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) has welcomes Dr. Mahathir Mohamad as Malaysia's seventh prime...

Big potential for hijab free holidays and solo travel.

The next big thing for Muslim travel: Hijab free holidays for womenMuslim travellers will spend US$157 billion by 2020, driven by millennial travellers, according to figures released...

More than 100 people have been victim to fraudulent travel services offered over social media

Beware: Travel fraud becoming rampant on social mediaIn Thailand, arrests have been made in three new cases involving alleged fraudulent services by travel agents over social media...