Preliminary results released today by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) show a collective increase of 6% year-on-year for international arrivals into Asia/Pacific1 destinations during each of the months of October and November 2011. For the first 11 months of the year, South Asia was the star growth performer, followed by Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and the Pacific, all of which saw tourism demand improve albeit at different rates of growth.

→ read more...

Fastener Fair Thailand 2012
Famed international exhibition organizer Mack Brooks Exhibitions Limited brings to Thailand for the first time the renowned Fastener Fair to cater demand of cost-effective fastening and fixing solutions in Thailand and its neighboring countries, further portraying Thailand as the central hub of exhibition business in Southeast Asia and beyond.

→ read more...

 

IT&CM China 2012

More than 90 Locations Currently in Development for Innovative Global Spa Concept
Hilton Worldwide today announced continued expansion of eforea: spa at Hilton, its innovative global spa concept. Refined at seven properties owned or managed by Hilton Worldwide since debuting in late 2010, the turnkey spa solution is now available to franchise owners across the Hilton Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree by Hilton and Embassy Suites Hotels brands.

→ read more...

Accor is slated to open 10 new hotels in Malaysia by 2014, in addition to its current four properties.
36 Million foreign tourists is the target for tourism arrivals by 2020 with a projected RM 168 billion ( b56 Billion USD) in revenue.

→ read more...

The Vietnam Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is targeting 7,5 million foreign arrivals and 35 million domestic trips that will generate between USD 8 billion and USD 9 Billion in gross revenue in 2015, which will account for 5,5 per cent of gross domestic product.

→ read more...

ATF in numbers

The fully successfull ATF in Indonesia:
438 booths from the 10 ASEAN member countries exhibiting at ATF 2012. The largest contingent is from Indonesia with 112 booths.

390 Buyers from 51 countries with new representations from Bulgaria, Kuwait, Egypt and New Zealand attended ATF.

The percentage of Buyers from the Asia-Pacific region is 48 per cent. European buyers were the second-largest region represented ( 37,6 per cent) followed by the Americas (7,8 per cent) and the Middle East ( 2,6 per cent).

→ read more...