ITB Buyers Circle Offers Decisive Benefits

Berlin (Germany) - October 21, 2013 - In 2014 the world’s largest travel trade show will again provide senior buyers with access to an exclusive circle that offers numerous benefits – applications can be submitted from 1 November – at ITB…

Ocean Marina Boat Show To Draw High-End Travelers

Pattaya (Thailand) - October 20, 2013 - The Ocean Marina Yacht Club is organising the 2013 Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show from November 22 to 24, 2013 with aims to showcasing Pattaya and surrounds as a leading hub for marine tourism in…

Kenya’s Tourism … Look at the Future

Nairobi (Kenya) - October 16, 2013 - KTB was part of the teams supporting the many Kenyans and residents of all races who have come forward to donate blood. KTB and other government agencies in the Ministry of East African Affairs, Commerce…

Shooting the Stars

Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR) - October 16, 2013 - The hotel star rating system is an anachronism. Extensively practiced since the 1950s, its credibility has diminished due to the seismic change in the global hotel industry, extreme disparity…

Bangkok Governor Helps Launch the PATAcademy

October 16, 2013 , Bangkok – During a memorable two hour visit on October 15, 2013 to the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) headquarters at the Siam Tower , MR Sukhumbhand Paripatra, the Governor of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration…

Routes and PATA Enter Preferred Partnership

Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) - October 10, 2013 - Routes (part of UBM Live) and the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) reached a 2 year agreement during the World Routes event in Las Vegas, to collaborate to advance the understanding of the…

Siam Center, from Shopping Mall to Ideaopolis

Bangkok (Thailand) - October 3, 2013 - Siam Center is not anymore a shopping mall. Siam Center is an “Ideaopolis” a center of trend-setting ideas, of imagination and boundless design creativity that adheres to nothing but the supreme…

Asia Pacific International Visitor Surge Continues

Bangkok (Thailand) - October 3, 2013 - International visitor arrivals into Asia and the Pacific grew by six percent in June 2013, the latest month for which comprehensive pan-regional results are available. The figures for June are among…

Asian Island Welcomes New Marina

Koh Chang (Thailand) - October 2, 2013 - It is a blight of many cities that while you can more or less drive around, it is almost impossible to find a place to park. Now, something similar is happening at sea, more boats and fewer berths on…

Kenya Golf Trophy to Royal Nairobi Golf Club

Nairobi (Kenya) - September 29, 2013 - The 2nd Kenya Golf Trophy will be held at Royal Nairobi Golf Club on 18 October 2013. This will be Kenya's and probably Africa's biggest Corporate Amateur Golf Event ever held. 50 Sponsors, 35 prizes…

Chengdu Bullish on Growth Potential

Chengdu (China) - September 25, 2013 - The Pacific Asia Travel Association’s (PATA) annual Travel Mart opened in Chengdu, China on September 17th, with a number of allied and concurrent content-driven workshops. One of the workshops…

Ramada Plaza Bangkok Cares For Chao Phraya River

Bangkok (Thailand) - September 2, 2013 - Ramada Plaza Bangkok Menam Riverside’s Green Society, aptly called “Menam Green Society” recently organized a river clean-up activity where the hotel’s society members took part in cleaning the Chao…

Fujita’s Nomination Adds Strength to Asian Team

Hong Kong (Hong Kong) - September 4, 2013 - Asian Team Captain Y.E. Yang has followed his previous player appointments for the Asian Team for the next edition of the Royal Trophy with the nomination of another Asian golf superstar – Japan’s…

Centara to Open First Property in Africa

Bangkok (Thailand) - September 3, 2013 - Thailand’s leading hotel operator, Centara Hotels & Resorts, is to open its first property on the African continent following the signing of a management contract for Centara Grand Addis Ababa…

Art & Design Sale at Asiatique Bangkok

Bangkok (Thailand) - August 25, 2013 - Asiatique the Riverfront, a lifestyle destination on the banks of the Chao Phraya River, is to delight home decorators and lovers of art and handmade objects with the Art & Design Sale 2013.…

Mother and Son Bonding Trip on Chao Phraya River

Bangkok (Thailand) - August 25, 2013 - It was a trip I long wanted to do. Working for the travel industry, the thought of visiting the historical UNESCO ruins of Ayutthaya, aboard a restored rice barge sounded very appealing, and so, one…

Discover a Gothic Budhist Temple in Thailand

Bangkok (Thailand) August 30, 2013 - Wat Niwet Thammaprawat may be just one of more than 30,000 temples in Thailand, but it is certainly not your typical Buddhist temple. It is distinct from the others not only because it is located on an…

Elephants and Thai Wine

Bangkok (Thailand) - August 30, 2013 - The Peninsula Bangkok is offering guests a new experience which on the surface appears to marry two diametrically opposite activities - elephants and wine. The majestic and iconic elephant is…

Appointment in London Strengthen Dusit Sales

Bangkok, August 27, 2013 – Dusit International announces a new senior appointment to boost European driven business in their London Regional Sales Office. Ms. Maria Calvo joins the company in the role of Regional Senior Sales Manager…

Fam Trip Cleaned-Up Samet Island

Koh Samet (Thailand) - August 21, 2013 - A delegation of more than 200 senior Thai tourism industry executives and media, led by H.E. Mr. Somsak Pureesrisak, Minister of Tourism and Sports, visited the area affected by a recent oil spill…

Asia Pacific on Track for Another Record Year

Bangkok, 21 August 2013 – International visitor arrivals into Asia Pacific destinations have expanded at better than eight per cent over the first part of the year according to preliminary estimates released by the Pacific Asia Travel…

Akyra Manor Brings Cool Change to Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai (Thailand) - August 20, 2013 - Award-winning AHMS Hotels is set to expand its hip akyra brand in the heart of Chiang Mai's most buzz-worthy boulevard, Nimmanhaemin, in the third quarter of next year with the launch of akyra Manor…

Lebua Wins 4 Seven Star Global Luxury Awards

Bangkok (Thailand) - August 18, 2013 - lebua Hotels and Resorts, a refined luxury brand of hotels and restaurants announces its honor of winning 4 awards at the 2013 Seven Star Global Luxury Awards, the pinnacle of exclusive luxury awards.…

Africa’s Largest Sponsored Amateur Golf Event

Nairobi (Kenya) - August 15, 2013 - The 1st Kenya Golf Trophy held last December, attracted leading international brands, which all renewed their sponsorship for this year's event: Heineken the Title Sponsor, Etihad Airways the official…

Asia Atlantic Airlines Launches

Bangkok (Thailand) - August 10, 2013 - Asia Atlantic Airlines, the dynamic new regional carrier, launched yesterday at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport. A joint venture between Japanese travel giant HIS and prominent Thai…

Thai-Africa Initiative Launched

Bangkok (Thailand) - August 15, 2013 - Travel & tourism from Africa to Thailand is expected to be a major beneficiary of the Thai-African Strategic Partnership announced during Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s visit to Mozambique,…