82 extraordinary organisations and individuals are taking home the 24K gold-plated signature Hermes trophy at this year’s TTG Travel Awards – an annual regional event organised by TTG Asia Media’s Travel Trade Publishing group.
A new record of 120,000 valid votes was garnered during a 2 month period (from end May to early August) from print and online subscribers of the group’s six titles: TTG Asia, TTG China, TTG India, TTGmice, TTG-BTmice China and TTG Asia Luxury.
The value of IT&CMA and CTW Asia-Pacific as a platform to reach the international industry audience is evidenced beyond the exhibition showcase. Corporates, National Tourism Organisations (NTOs) and Convention Visitor Bureaus (CVBs) such as Tourism New Zealand, Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB), Airports of Thailand, Dusit International, sky100 Hong Kong Observation Deck, Fukuoka Convention & Visitors Bureau, 3rd Planet Pte Ltd, Taiwan Pavilion, Kenes Asia and Sukosol Hotels are leveraging on this platform as a springboard to the reach out to the international media and the global MICE and Corporate Travel industry with their latest announcements.
→ read more...Latest travel insights report shows mobile as one of the top five emerging trends in corporate travel practices across the Asia Pacific region
Despite soaring adoption rates of smartphones and tablets across Asia Pacific, mobile applications remain a largely untapped opportunity within the travel industry here, according to a regional study released by Abacus International today.
Dusit Thani Pattaya is celebrating the latest addition to the list of its greatest achievements after having been presented the Golden Kinnari Award at the 9th Thailand Tourism Awards 2013 held at the Royal Jubilee Convention Hall of the Impact Challenger Muang Thong Thani in Nonthaburi, Bangkok. Hotel GM Chatchawal Supachayanont accepted the trophy for the Award of Excellence in the Tourist Accommodation category from Somsak Pureesrisak, Minister of Tourism and Sports.
→ read more...Worldhotels, a leading global group of independent hotels, has gathered more than 70 of its hoteliers and senior industry experts at its annual International Leadership Conference to discuss issues affecting business leaders today and in the future. During the conference, which took place at the Point Hotel Barbaros in Istanbul, Worldhotels also launched its partnership with Lausanne Hospitality Consulting (LHC).
→ read more...Research by the hotels division of CBRE, the world’s largest real estate services provider, indicates that Bangkok hotels have, and are expected to continue to, perform exceptionally well.
The revenue per available room across Thailand has increased by a total of over 10% on average in the last two years. Whilst Hong Kong and Singapore have been relatively flat these figure beat countries like Malaysia and Vietnam and even Japan’s recovery from the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
