Stylish urban accommodation that offers ecofriendly Thai hospitality in the heart of Bangkok. Green, healthy and creative Thai experiences in convenient locations represent the uniqueness that Grande Centre Point Hotels has particularly prepared for business and leisure guests to enjoy when staying in all three tasteful urban hotels, aimed at the upper midscale market.

Thailand has been selected to stage “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 Award.” The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) together with William Reed Business Media is preparing to officially announce this collaboration at Paste, Artisanal Thai Cuisine, Gaysorn Shopping Centre, on 20 October, 2015. The lavish event, supported by TAT, is expected to generate extensive publicity for the kingdom’s gastronomic delights, promote Thai cuisine worldwide through various publicity channels, as well as enhance the delight of sampling the huge array of restaurants that have opened in Thailand.

At ITB Berlin 2016, the 11th Pow-Wow for Tourism Professionals in Hall 4.1b will focus on the importance of water for the global travel industry – exhibitors can register online. Water is a valuable and indispensable resource. Some countries have an overabundance of water, while many others are faced with drought and water shortages or live with the threat of natural disasters from flooding and rising sea levels.

The chief executive officers of six airlines in the Etihad Airways Partners group are meeting in Rome to identify and progress collaborative initiatives designed to cut the carriers’ costs, increase their revenues, and expand sustainable choice for their customers.The partnership summit is being chaired by James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways, and brings together the leaders of Alitalia, the airberlin Group, Jet Airways, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles and Etihad Regional, and the chief officers of Etihad Airways and Alitalia.

Signature of management agreement for two hotels in Tehran. AccorHotels, the world’s leading hotel operator, today announced that it has signed a management agreement with Aria Ziggurat for its two inaugural properties in Tehran. The new hotels – Novotel IKIA and ibis IKIA – are connected to the main terminal of Imam Khomeini International Airport and scheduled to open in October 2015. AccorHotels is the first international hotel group to launch its brands in Iran.

Registration for the much sought-after hosted buyer programme of CONVENE has now opened and demand for places on this flexible and comprehensive scheme are once again expected to exceed the places available.CONVENE 2016, the fourth edition of the event, will provide buyers with complimentary return travel, transfers, hotel accommodation, a buyer only welcome reception and the gala networking event, full daytime and evening refreshments as well as the opportunity of applying for a place on one of a number of fam trips out into region‘s destinations.