Chatrium Hotels and Resorts Goes Digital

Bangkok (Thailand) - February 23, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Transforming business travel to a higher level of service, Chatrium Hotels and Residences has launched a Digital Alarm Clock Radio with a Bluetooth Speakerphone which allows…

Targeting Chinese Consumers via Online Marketing

Bangkok (Thailand) - February 18, 2016 (travelindex.com) - In partnership with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and in collaboration with Travel Media Applications, PATA Thailand Chapter and Digital Innovation Asia (DIA), the…

Miss SuperTalent of the World 2016

Seoul (South Korea) - February 17, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Mark your social calendars as 50 gorgeous and talented ladies from all over the globe will sashay under the spotlight in the sixth edition of Miss SuperTalent of the World 2016.…

IATA Releases 2015 Safety Performance

Montreal (Canada) - February 15, 2016 (travelindex.com) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for the 2015 safety performance of the commercial airline industry. - The 2015 global jet accident rate (measured…

Thailand as ASEAN Marina Hub at Yacht Show

Phuket (Thailand) - February 9, 2016 (travelindex.com) – The inaugural ‘Thailand Yacht Show 2016’ is taking place from 8-14 February, 2016, at the Ao Po Grand Marina, Phuket, as part of the Royal Thai Government’s plan to position Thailand…

Chatrium Celebrates Year of the Monkey

Bangkok (Thailand) - February 9, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Chatrium Hotels & Residences led by Mrs. Savitri Ramyarupa (9th from left), Managing Director, Ms. Rudee Sanguandeekul (10th from left), Corporate Director of Sales and Marketing…

Banyan Mercedes Benz Road Cruise 2016

Hua Hin (Thailand) - February 5, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Banyan The Resort, Hua Hin, represented by Sirirat Murphy, General Manager, successfully organized the recently concluded second annual charity event ‘Banyan Mercedes Benz Road…

Strongest Result for Air Travel Demand in 2015

Geneva (Switzerland) - February 4, 2016 (travelindex.com) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for 2015 showing demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 6.5% for the full…

Emporium Suites Welcomes Miss Myanmar World

Bangkok (Thailand) - February 4, 2016 (travelindex) - Mr. Mario Beyer, General Manager of Emporium Suites by Chatrium presented bouquets of flowers to welcome Miss Khin Yadanar Thein Myint, who was crowned as Miss Myanmar World 2015, and…

40 Million Travel Video Views and Growing Fast

San Bruno, California (United States) - January 31, 2016 - Travelindex Media, today announced it has reached 40 million views on its YouTube travel channel; a milestone and a more than 40 percent increase of video views year-over-year. The…

Thailand’s Hospitality Industry Hits 20-Year High

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 26, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Thailand’s hospitality industry reached new highs in 2015, enjoying its best year in over two decades, according to research revealed exclusively by leading research institute STR…

Supertalent World 2016 Hosted in Seoul May 13

Seoul (South Korea) - January 28, 2016 (travelindex.com) - The 6th edition of Miss SuperTalent World 2016 will be held in Seoul, Korea, pageant organizers announced on Friday. Sutal Group, the producer of Miss SuperTalent World said around…

Asia’s 50 Best Honours Florilège in Tokyo

Tokyo (Japan) - January 26, 2016 (travelindex) - Florilège in Tokyo is the recipient of the 2016 One To Watch Award sponsored by Peroni Nastro Azzurro. For the first time in the four-year history of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, the One To…

Top Superstars Open New Golf Course

Bangkok (Thailand) – January 24, 2016 (travelindex) - World Ranked Number 37, Kiradech Aphibarnrat and LPGA star Thidapa Suwannapura along with a number of other Thai professional golfers, officially opened the new Lakes course at Phoenix…

Report Highlights Risk of Internet Fragmentation

Davos-Klosters (Switzerland) - January 24, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Concern has been growing over the past two years that the global public Internet is in danger of splintering into a series of bordered cyberspace segments. Troubling trends…

Cautious Optimism for 2016 Global Economy

Davos-Klosters (Switzerland) - January 24, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Despite significant market turbulence in the beginning of this year, there are reasons to remain cautiously optimistic about the trajectory of the global economy throughout…

ASEAN Launches South-East Asia Cruise Brand

Manila (Philippines) - January 24, 2016 (travelindex.com) - ASEAN members unveiled the inaugural Cruise south-east Asia brand today, taking another step towards establishing the region as a cruising region of choice. The brand was…

ASEAN Tourism Strategic Plan 2016-2025 Launched

Manila (Philippines) - January 24, 2016 (travelindex.com) - The ten ASEAN tourism ministers collectively launched the ASEAN Tourism Strategic Plan (ATSP) 2016-2025 at the Tourism Ministers’ press conference on the 22nd January during the…

36th Tourism Festival Begins with Great Fanfare

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 15, 2016 (travelindex.com) – The 36th Thailand Tourism Festival (TTF), organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), opened yesterday with great fanfare at Lumphini Park, Bangkok. The iconic park was…

Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Davos (Switzerland) - January 15, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Over 40 heads of state and government, as well as 2,500 leaders from business and society will convene at the 46th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, from 20 to 23 January in…

Thailand Drills to Drive Domestic Travel

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 13, 2016 (travelindex) - Thailand will boost domestic tourism as part of its objectives to achieve sustainability in tourism, H.E. Deputy Prime Minister, Somkid Jatusripitak, told a press briefing Monday, along…

New Luxury Resort for Phuket Thailand

Bangkok (Thailand)– January 12, 2016 (travelindex) - Best Western Hotels & Resorts has unveiled plans to open a new upscale resort on the ever-popular resort island of Phuket. The company has penned an agreement to operate the brand new…

Care for Cancer Fun Run 2016

Bangkok (Thailand) – January 9, 2016 (travelindex) – Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel (formerly Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok) is proud to carry on their effort made over 20 years ago in organizing this annual event to raise funds for cancer…

Fly Smiling to Mandalay, the Golden City

Mandalay (Myanmar) - January 9, 2016 (travelindex) - In 1887, when Rudyard Kipling wrote Mandalay, Burma was a province of the great colonial British India, “the jewel in the crown”, and Mandalay was Burma’s second largest city, which had…

Food Excess, the Neglected Issue in Hotels

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 8, 2016 (travelindex) - Travelling millenials, who will outnumber Boomers in Asia by 2020, have much higher expectations when it comes to the "green" credentials of the accommodations they select. The good news…

Skal Krabi Team Receives Prestigious Award

Krabi (Thailand) - January 4, 2016 (travelindex) - The Malai Sakolviphak Award for 2015 has been presented to the founding members of the newly-formed Skal Club in Krabi, southern Thailand. The award is made in memory of Mr. Malai…

Thailand Staged Grand New Year 2016 Countdown

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 3, 2016 (travelindex) – Thailand staged the grand countdown celebrations, welcoming in 2016 and marking the dawn of the ASEAN Economic Community, at the Temple of Dawn or Wat Arun, one of the kingdom’s important…

New Domestic Terminal Opened at DMK Bangkok

Bangkok (Thailand) - December 29, 2015 (travelidex) - The Airports of Thailand (AOT) open Terminal 2 at the Don Mueang International Airport for domestic flights on 24 December, 2015. The facility has a capacity to handle 11.5 million…

Robert Sohn New Skal Asian Area President

Singapore (Singapore) - December 29, 2015 (travelindex) - Robert Sohn is the new President for Skal Asian Area. His appointment follows the sad and untimely death in August 2015 of popular hotelier Marco Battistotti who had just been…

Insider Bill Barnett Launches, Slave To The Bean

Phuket (Thailand) - December 26,2015 (travelindex) - One of Asia's leading hospitality experts, Bill Barnett, shines a light on the good, bad and ugly of luxury hotels and travel in his acerbic new collection of twisted travel tales and 340…