The most important trade show for the Asian market has opened its new website. Buyers, exhibitors and media can now register at www.atfbrunei.com.

The ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) is a cooperative regional effort to promote the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region as one tourist destination. This annual event involves all the tourism industry sectors of the 10 member nations of ASEAN: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Renaissance Hotels & Resorts Welcomes Newest ‘Gem’ to its Global Collection – Renaissance New York Hotel 57

Renaissance New York Hotel 57 is the newest gem in the Renaissance brand’s global collection of 140 properties. The highly distinctive Hotel 57 is nearing completion of a $40 million makeover and is the second Renaissance in Manhattan. The property, located at 57th Street & Lexington Avenue, is owned by Apple Eight Hospitality Management of Richmond, Virginia.

The evening’s center of attention was 262.5 meters long, 32 meters wide, weighed 76,998 gross register tons and is the first ship of TUI Cruises: The “Mein Schiff” was christened in a grand ceremony at the St. Pauli Fish Market in Hamburg, Germany. Renowned artists, such as Udo Lindenberg and Jan Delay, celebrated the “Mein Schiff” and sent it off to its great voyage. Multi-faceted artist Ina Müller, being the godmother, was given a very special role: Around 09.20 p.m., she recited the baptismal verse in Low German before smashing the champaign bottle on the bow of the “Mein Schiff”.

Journalist and MICE Awards announced – plans for the promotion of Sabah

Berlin, Germany. Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Sutera Harbour Resort in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Mr. Ravi Kathiravelu paid a friendly trade visit to Germany, where he introduced Sutera Harbour’s vast family of products and services to members of the local media.

Along with the recently appointed Director of Business Development Europe, Joachim Fischer, Berlin, the COO visited German cities, using the opportunity to inspect various hotels in order to take a look at what German tourists expect from, and appreciate in hotels. In the course of his visit, the COO announced the recently launched, first awards of the Sutera Harbour Group

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CHD Expert (Deutschland) acquires numerous new clients in the food service market

Head-on into the blue sea of opportunities: International market research institute CHD Expert, Scheessel near Hamburg, is continuously expanding its global presence. Numerous new clients for challenging market research and database projects were acquired in Europe and North America in recent months. Complementing the developments, the company was renamed to CHD Expert (Deutschland) GmbH.

The tourist board of holiday destination Hainan has a new director. Norbert Pfefferlein (54) replaced Toni Liu and will be responsible for the German-speaking region in the future. Previously, Pfefferlein and his company TCME touristic concept marketing & events international GmbH had been commissioned by Hainan since March, 2009 to take on the marketing of the tropical island, which is considered China’s most popular resort destination.