As of 1st August 2012, Stefan Magiera (37) will take up the position of Vice President Corporate Sales for the DACH region, which covers Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The trained travel agent and business administration graduate will be responsible for corporate customer sales and travel agencies.

TTG Events and Outbound Tour Operators Association of India (OTOAI) Forge Partnership for IT&CM India 2012
IT&CM India organiser, TTG Events and OTOAI have entered into a strategic partnership that is slated to further increase participation at the event by attracting OTOAI members, bona fide Indian buyers, to the event. With the objective of promoting India to the world and the world to India, IT&CM India targets equal the number of international and Indian buyers.

A broad-based destination image research study conducted across 14 countries by the Tourism Authority of Thailand has provided clear pointers on ways to sharpen the imagery and message of the country’s upcoming “Thainess” tourism campaigns.

Collective international arrivals into Asia Pacific1 destinations grew by 4% year-on-year during April 2012, according to preliminary data released today by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). In percentage growth terms, this result was relatively constrained across the region compared to the robust expansion achieved during the first quarter of the year.

Interview with Willie Ooi, Executive Vice-President of Gloria Hotels & Resorts
Having been a hotelier for over 30 years, Willie Ooi, Executive Vice-President of Gloria Hotels & Resorts can rightfully be called an industry veteran. After a long period with the Shangri-la Group and extended stints

Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne reveals an ongoing struggle to maintain rate parity forcing hotels to rethink their distribution mix
According to a new study by Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (Switzerland) and RateTiger, rate parity is the dominant factor affecting hotels’ distribution and revenue strategies today, and has resulted in hotels neglecting the fundamentals of revenue management but has also opened their eyes to alternative distribution techniques.