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Inle Lake (Myanmar) – February 1, 2017 (travelindex) - Best Western® Hotels & Resorts has arrived in one of Southeast Asia’s most alluring and enchanting tourist destinations: Inle Lake in Myanmar’s Shan State. The new Best Western…

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 31, 2017 (travelindex.com) - The importance of minimizing food waste is nearly as universally understood as the importance of good health. But in both cases, it’s easy to convince yourself that you’re doing a…

Madrid (Spain) - February 1, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Tony Wheeler and Maureen Wheeler, founders of the widely-known Lonely Planet Publications have received the 13th UNWTO Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize is conferred every year to…

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 28, 2017 (travelindex) - Arnoma Grand Bangkok is proud to announce that they have engaged two students of the prestigious Hotel Management School in Geneva, Marie de Freudenreich and Simon Corchia. The school…

Phoenix (Arizona) (United States of America) - January 28, 2017 (travelindex) - Best Western Hotels & Resorts is advancing its position as an innovative leader in the hospitality industry, as its revolutionary new white label franchise…

Chanthaburi (Thailand) – January 27, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Khao Khitchakut in stunning Chanthaburi is one of Thailand’s most beautiful national parks and home to a very important pilgrimage ceremony on the Buddhist calendar. On the peak…

Dubai (United Arab Emirates) - January 25, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Minor Hotels (MH), a hotel owner, operator and investor, currently with a portfolio of 156 hotels and resorts in 24 countries across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe,…

Berlin (Germany) - January 25, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Corporate social responsibility in tourism will be a dominant theme at ITB Berlin – ITB CSR Day features the key topic "Sustainable Food and Beverages in the Hotel Industry and at…

Phuket (Thailand) - January 24, 2017 (travelindexcom) - The recently launched Phuket Hotels Association has unveiled Brand Phuket at the annual Thailand Tourism Forum event, held at the InterContinental Bangkok, to over 550 travel and…

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 24, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Mystic Valley Festival Thailand has announced the complete lineup of the festival taking place between February 3-5, 2017 jam-packed with more than 50 international and 70 local…

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 23, 2017 (travelindex.com) – Chinese New Year is one of the best chances for traveling as this festival provides the week-long national holidays and a unique vibe of traditional and colorful festivities. As…

Madrid (Spain) - January 22, 2017 (travelindex.com) - INVESTOUR, a unique platform for tourism businesses from Africa and Europe to meet has convened more than 20 African Ministers of Tourism at FITUR, the Spanish Tourism Fair. The…

Davos-Klosters (Switzerland) - January 22, 2017 (travelindex,com) – Jack Ma, Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group, People’s Republic of China, joins the Foundation Board of the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic…

Madrid (Spain) - January 22, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Nearly 600 participants attended yesterday the Official Launch of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017. The event took place in the International Tourism…

Singapore (Singapore) - January 19, 2017 (travelindex.com) - The Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Lee Hsien Loong, and ASEAN Secretary General, Mr Le Luong Minh, officially launched the VisitASEAN at 50 Golden Celebration tourism campaign on…

Davos-Klosters (Switzerland) - January 22, 2017 (travelindex.com) – Leaders from business and policy-making are not expecting a return to 1930s-style trade war, despite the populist backlash in parts of the world against globalization and…

Macao - January 19, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) held its Annual Press Conference today (18 January) and announced that Macao’s total visitor arrivals in 2016 hit a record of 30 million and more, slightly…

Madrid (Spain) - January 18, 2017 (travelindex.com) - The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation aimed at providing a framework for joint action in…

London (United Kingdom) - January 18, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Glenmuir’s Spring Summer 2017 Collection is built upon three colour stories which fuses together cutting edge trends with inspiration drawn from some of the most scenic…

Davos-Klosters (Switzerland)- January 16, 2017 (travelindex.com) – The World Economic Forum today issued a report proposing a shift in economic policy priorities to respond more effectively to the insecurity and inequality accompanying…

Davos-Klosters (Switzerland) - January 16, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Over 40 industry leaders from the global plastics value chain have rallied behind a new plan to tackle plastics waste, which could increase recycling from just 14% today,…

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 13, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Anantara Hotels, Resorts and Spas, a leading operator and developer of luxury hotels, resorts and spas, has announced the development of Anantara Zanzibar Resort, expected to open in…

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 13, 2017 (travelindex) - Best Western Hotels & Resorts treated 18 lucky travelers to their dream Asian vacation. The prize trip to Tokyo, Japan’s pulsating capital city followed the conclusion of the highly…

Konotta (Maldives) - January 12, 2017 (travelindex.com) – The opening of international flights to Gan airport, adjacent to Addu township in the south of the Maldives, has opened a new era for the region – providing an alternative…

Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) - January 12, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Ryder Cup legend Paul McGinley will lead a host of star names at the 2017 Abu Dhabi Invitational at the award-winning Yas Links on Yas Island from January 28-29, 2017.…

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 12, 2017 (travelindex.com) – Dusit Thani Bangkok, the flagship hotel of global hospitality company Dusit International, will host the first South East Asia Hotel Investors’ Summit (SEAHIS) from 13 – 14 June 2017…

Bang Phli (Thailand) - January 12, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Thana City Golf & Sports Club commenced a major golf course enhancement in earlier 2015. The upgrade is completed in the fourth quarter of 2016. The enhancement covers most…

Singapore (Singapore) - January 12, 2017 (travelindex.com) - The 36th ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) will take place in Singapore from 16 to 20 January 2017. Themed “Shaping Our Tourism Journey Together”, ATF 2017 will support the continuous,…

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 12, 2016 (travelindex) – JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok welcomes 2017 with a spotlight on BBQ style comfort food. Executive Chef Kevin B.Thomson and his talented team of culinary experts will put a spin on the…

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 9, 2017 (travelindex.com) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Taiwanese airline, EVA Airways Corporation today formalized and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at working on joint…

Bangkok (Thailand) – January, 9 2017 (travelindex) – JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok welcomes 2017, the year of the Rooster with a range of culinary indulgence. Chinese New Year also known in modern Chinese as Spring Festival is one of the most…

Madrid (Spain) - January 9, 2017 (travelindex.com) - The International Tourism Fair in Spain (FITUR), taking place on January 18-22 in Madrid, comprises a number of events organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Activities will…

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 9, 2017 (travelindex.com) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is bringing back the Thailand Tourism Festival (TTF) to Bangkok’s Lumpini Park to highlight some of the fun and fascinating attractions that…

Madrid (Spain) - December 31, 2016 (travelindex.com) - 12 months to celebrate and promote the contribution of the tourism sector to building a better world. This is the major goal of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for…

Warsaw (Poland) - December 28, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Coinciding with the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development to be celebrated throughout 2017, the third International Congress on Ethics and Tourism will be held in…

Krabi (Thailand) - December 28, 2016 (travelindex) - The ShellSea, a five-star resort located on a white-sand beach adjacent to Krabi’s famous Shell Fossil Beach is scheduled to soft open in April 2017. Reservations are now being accepted…

Madrid (Spain) - December 25, 2016 (travelindex.com) - The World Tourism Organization Headquarters in Madrid, Spain, hosted today the presentation of the 3rd UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism. The event will be held in Donostia-San…

Geneva (Switzerland) - December 25, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Green energy generation has reached a tipping point, the World Economic Forum asserts in an investors handbook released on Thursday. The cost of generating energy through solar…

Koh Samui (Thailand) – December 15, 2016 (travelindex) – If you want to bring in the New Year embracing the unexpected and welcoming serendipity whilst emerging an opportunity to discover something new on stunning white, sandy beaches,…

Berlin (Germany) - December 12, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Making travel planning easier: from 8 to 10 March 2017 at the ITB Business Travel & MICE Days participants can find out everything about the latest trends and developments in the…

Bangkok (Thailand) - December 12, 2016 (travelindex.com) - The stylishly decorated Modern European fine dining restaurant Savelberg is a place, where diners are ensconced in luxury and comfort as they enjoy the cuisine of chef Henk…

Brussels (Belgium) - December 12, 2016 (travelindex.com) - In an official visit to Brussels, Belgium on 7 December, Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Taleb Rifai emphasized the role that municipalities and regions…

Bangkok (Thailand) - December 15, 2016 (travelindex) - Best Western Hotels & Resorts Asian expansion strategy reached another major milestone this week, when the company secured its first ever property in Krabi - one of the region’s…

Madrid (Spain) - December 9, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Only few weeks ahead of the official launch of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017, set to take place on the 18 of January 2017 in Madrid, Spain,…

Cancun (Mexico) - December 8, 2016 (travelindex.com) - With the objective of advancing the contribution of the tourism sector to biodiversity preservation the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) participated in the UN Biodiversity Conference…

Bangkok (Thailand) - December 8, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Thailand is staging a series of once-in-a-lifetime events across the month of December to mark the birthday anniversary of His Majesty the Late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The New Year…

Vientiane (Laos) - December 7, 2016 (travelindex.com) - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has signed a management agreement with Lao International Development Co. Ltd. to open the first…

Solin (Croatia) - December 7, 2016 (travelindex.com) - In the city of Solin, in hotel President, from 8th to 11th of November 2017, for the eight time in a row three International tourism, film festival, landscape events will be held: -…

Geneva (Switzerland) - December 1, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Increased integration into the global economy of the economies that comprise the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has made the region a more accessible market for…

Phuket (Thailand) - December 2, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports and the Tourism Authority of Thailand, in partnership with the Ministry of Transport and the Marine Department, December’s Thailand…