Hilton Guangzhou Baiyun features a contemporary style with 313 spacious and well-appointed guest rooms and suites, and six dining concepts to satisfy the most discerning guests.
Hilton Hotels & Resorts today announced the opening of its third new hotel in China in less than two months. Hilton Guangzhou Baiyun, owned by the Wanda Group and located as part of Wanda Plaza at Baiyun New Town, features a contemporary style with 313 spacious and well-appointed guest rooms and suites, and six dining concepts to satisfy the most discerning guests. It is the second Hilton Hotels & Resorts property in Guangzhou, following the opening of Hilton Guangzhou Tianhe earlier this month.

Preliminary results released by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) today showed that international visitor arrivals into Asia/Pacific destinations1 grew by 6% year-on-year in June 2011.
The positive momentum of the previous months held strong for Southeast Asia, which led the region with 15.5% growth during the month of June. The rebound in arrivals to Thailand (+54%) positively impacted this overall result, strongly supported by the other reporting destinations in this sub-region all of which enjoyed double-digit growth. This in turn was supported by strong travel demand within ASEAN and an increase in arrivals from China.

by Reinhard Hohler, Chiang Mai
An influx of international hotel chains to the third largest island in Thailand – Koh Samui – is setting the stage for fierce brand competition.
Well-known names in the pipeline include InterContinental, Le Méridien, Conrad, Accor and Moevenpick who will all be intent on luring travellers to the destination by the end of 2011.

Routes is coming to Berlin 2nd. to 4th. of october 2011
The Routes concept is simple but unique: pre-arranged one-to-one meetings between airlines, airports, tourism authorities and economic development agencies, combined with other formal and informal networking opportunities, provide the ideal platform through which to develop new air services.
Routes recognises the vital interdependence between each of these stakeholders and strives to serve the entire route development community by bringing them together and facilitating discussions between the key decision-makers.

Hilton Worldwide Signs Deal For First Hotel In Sierra LeoneThe Company’s Latest Hotel In Africa Expected To Open In 2014
Hilton Freetown Cape Sierra will have 200 rooms, including 60 executive standard rooms and 20 suites and feature a business centre, health club, outdoor pool and five restaurants and bars. The hotel is due to open in 2014.

Increases above all in travel to Europe – vacations an increasingly powerful motivation for travel, especially for the Chinese – Significant declines in foreign travel by Japanese expected
The volume of foreign travel from Asia’s three main travel nations, China, Japan and South Korea, is growing again. Following a nine per cent decline due to the crises in 2009, in 2010 foreign travel from Asia increased by 17 per cent.