Singapore Travel and Tourism Organisations With The Most Impactful Story Can Win Up To SGD 8,000 Cash

For the second year running, PATA Singapore Chapter, with the sponsorship of Workforce Development Agency (WDA) is rewarding cash prizes to Travel and Tourism Organisations in Singapore for their most impactful productivity story. Call for entry submissions begin today. Companies across Singapore’s travel & tourism industry simply need to pitch their best productivity success story through a simple 1,500 word essay.

The brightest minds in the robotics industry will descend on Sydney in 2012 for the international Robotics Science and Systems (RSS) Conference. During the five-day conference in June, Sydney will be a hotbed of discussion, ideas exchange and international collaboration for the booming robotics industry. The RSS Conference is expected to attract 400 delegates to Sydney to explore the latest developments in the robotics field, particularly the algorithmic or mathematical foundations of robotics, robotics applications, and the analysis of robotic systems. The event will generate an estimated $1.7 million for the New South Wales (NSW) economy.

airberlin and the Russian airline S7 have extended their codeshare agreement and now operate 47 joint routes. The additional services to numerous destinations within Russia are now available for booking. Passengers can fly on codeshare flights from Berlin, via Moscow, and on to Irkutsk, Samara, Kazan, Perm, Ufa or Rostov. A brand new destination is the major city of Yekaterinburg in the Urals, which, like all other Russian cities, can be reached via Moscow from Düsseldorf, Munich, Frankfurt or Hanover.

Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) today announces the Company’s financial statements and its subsidiaries for the 2nd quarter of 2011. The Company’s total revenues amounted to THB 45,559 million with operating loss of THB 5,959 million and also incurring a THB 2,265 million loss from foreign currency exchange,resulting in a net loss of THB 7,874 million.

The Egyptian city of Aswan will host the official 2011 World Tourism Day (WTD) celebrations, which will include a High-Level Think Tank on this year’s theme, ‘Tourism – Linking Cultures’ (27 September 2011).

MalaysiaN Airline system Berhad, AirAsia Berhad AND AirAsia X Sdn Bhd ENTER INTO COMPREHENSIVE COLLABORATION FRAMEWORK TO LEVERAGE ON RESPECTIVE CORE STRENGTHS

Malaysian Airline System Berhad (“MAS”), AirAsia Berhad and AirAsia X Sdn Bhd today entered into a Comprehensive Collaboration Framework (“CCF”) which includes a Collaboration Agreement to explore opportunities to co-operate on a broad range of areas.  Under the CCF, all parties will strive to complement each other’s businesses so as to leverage on their respective core competencies and optimise efficiency for the benefit of consumers.