
Bangkok's Real Estate Market Set for Growth With Fast Expansion of Mass Transit Rail Network
Category: Destination News
Bangkok (Thailand) - February 15, 2019 (travelindex.com) - Bangkok is becoming one of the world’s most well-connected mega-cities - a leading example of how infrastructure and innovation can transform people’s lives. The expansion of the city’s MRT subway and BTS skytrain networks, along with new Airport Rail Links and suburban SRT lines, is revoluti...

PATA Embraces Adventure in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
Category: Destination News
Rishikesh (India) - February 15, 2019 (travelindex.com) - The PATA Adventure Travel and Responsible Tourism Conference and Mart 2019 began on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India with 300 delegates from 28 countries in attendance for the three-day niche event, comprising a one-day-travel mart and one-day conference. The event, which was organ...

Seychelles Congratulated by Reunion VP Faouzia Vitry at Ministerial Meeting
Category: Destination News
Victoria, Mahe (Seychelles) - February 15, 2019 (travelindex.com) - Last weekend's Vanilla Islands Ministerial Meeting saw Faouzia Vitry, the Vice President of the Regional Council of Reunion Island remind the opening ceremony of the meeting that no one could talk about the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands without being reminded of Alain St.Ange, the former Tourism Minist...

Longines Grand Prix Brings Gripping Conclusion with Denis Lynch Victory
Category: Destination News
Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR China) - February 18, 2019 (travelindex.com) - Three days of action brought with them a life’s worth of memories as the curtain came down on the Asian stage of the Longines Masters Paris - Hong Kong - New York intercontinental series today. More than 35,000 people gathered across the three days of this year’s Longines Masters of Ho...

Saint Ange Tourism Report – 18th February 2019
Category: Destination News
Victoria, Mahe (Seychelles) - February 18, 2019 (travelindex.com) - Last week, Seychelles once again, assumed the Presidency of the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands. The significance of this position is often taken for granted. It is not only the honour of being the face for the Indian Ocean Islands, but the President of the Vanilla Islands is expected to be the driving f...

Best Western Hotels Acquires Global Luxury Hotel Collection, Worldhotels
Category: Destination News
Phoenix, Arizona (United States) - February 18, 2019 (travelindex) - Best Western Hotels & Resorts announced today it has acquired renowned global hotel brand WorldHotels™ representing a collection of approximately 300 unique and special hotels and resorts in premier destinations around the world. ...

ITB Berlin Convention Looks at the Future of Travel
Category: Festival & Event News
Berlin (Germany) - February 13, 2019 (travelindex.com) - Big names and leading international companies focus on forward-looking transportation systems and the shift in customer demands in the luxury travel market – Presentation of the latest results of an exclusive international report by Travelzoo and ITB Berlin – For exhibitors, trade visitors and the me...

Best Western Hotels Debuts Urban Boutique Brand Vīb in Asia Pacific with Opening in Bangkok
Category: Destination News
Bangkok (Thailand) - February 14, 2019 (travelindex) - Best Western Hotels & Resorts has celebrated the opening of its ...

Asia Pacific to Welcome 900 Million International Visitor Arrivals in 2023
Category: Destination News
Bangkok (Thailand) - February 7, 2019 (travelindex.com) - The overall annual growth rate for international visitors into 40 Asia Pacific destinations is estimated to have been around 7.8 percent in 2018, generating an inbound volume of around 688 million for the year – almost 50 million more foreign arrivals than in 2017. According to the Executive Summary of t...

The Naka Island Phuket Wins Green Hotel Award
Category: Destination News
Phuket (Thailand) - February 8, 2019 (travelindex.com) - The Naka Island, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Phuket awarded “Gold Level” Green Hotel Award at the 12th Anniversary G-Green award ceremony organized by Thailand’s Department of Environmental Quality Promotion, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. This prestigious award streng...

Bangkok Chefs Gala Dinner Raises THB 44 Million for Underprivileged Children
Category: Destination News
Bangkok (Thailand) - February 11, 2019 (travelindex.com) - Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presided at the 10th edition of the Bangkok Chefs Charity Fundraising Gala Dinner featuring an 11-course gourmet menu crafted by twenty-two top chefs from five-star hotels in Thailand and Thai Airways International using the finest quality imported products, p...

Saint Ange Tourism Report – 11th February 2019
Category: Destination News
Victoria, Mahe (Seychelles) - February 12, 2019 (travelindex.com) - This week, we'll see the ceremonial handing over ceremony of the Vanilla Islands Flag to Seychelles, as it takes over the Presidency of the Vanilla Islands once again. Delegates arriving in the country are:- Reunion - The Vice President of the Regional Council Faouzia Vitry, IRT - Vice- President of t...

Solin to Host Acclaimed Tourism and Multimedia Festivals
Category: Destination News
Solin (Croatia) - February 1, 2019 (travelindex.com) - The historic and charming city of Solin on Croatia's Adriatic Coast, build on the location of ancient city of Salona will host of the 26th INTERSTAS, the 22nd ITF'CRO-International Tourism Film Festival and the 17th CEA-CRO 2019, all three international events, al...

Thai Tourism Income Crosses 2 Trillion Baht
Category: Destination News
Bangkok (Thailand) - February 4, 2019 (travelindex.com) - A sharp resurgence in Chinese visitor arrivals in December helped Thailand close 2018 with a total of 38.27 million arrivals, generating tourism expenditure of just over two trillion Baht. ...

Saint Ange Tourism Report – 4th February 2019
Category: Destination News
Victoria, Mahe (Seychelles) - February 4, 2019 (travelindex.com) - Welcome to Edition 4 of our Volume 3 series. Today, as we start with the announcement that the French President will be visiting the Vanilla Islands of Reunion and Mayotte in June and appeal for the tourism organisation of the Indian Ocean to be able to benefit from the Presidential visit and the visib...

At Digital Travel APAC Discover Asias Evolving Online Travel Market
Category: Destination News
Singapore (Singapore) - February 5, 2019 (travelindex.com ) - Digital Travel APAC brings together top minds at Asia’s most successful airlines, hotels, OTAs, metasearches, tours and activities, car rentals, cruise lines and tourism boards to plan eCommerce, digital marketing and customer experience strategies for growth in 2019 and beyond. No commercials or egos...

SureStay Hotel Group Debuts in Japan with Opening of New Hotel in Osaka
Category: Destination News
Osaka (Japan) - February 6, 2019 (travelindex) - Best Western Hotels and Resorts has launched its exciting new ...

Raffles Singapore Unveils New Culinary Concepts with Celebrity Chefs
Category: Destination News
Singapore (Singapore) - February 6, 2019 (travelindex.com) - Raffles Singapore unveiled today its new line-up of dining experiences, which combine the hotel’s much-loved culinary traditions with contemporary dining concepts by renowned celebrity chefs. Each dining concept promises to tantalise the senses and has been carefully selected to enhance the famed ̵...

Best Western Hotels Opens Brand New Hotel in Downtown Osaka
Category: Destination News
Osaka (Japan) - February 1, 2019 (travelindex) - Best Western Hotels and Resorts has celebrated the launch of a brand new hotel in the heart of Osaka, Japan's second largest city, commercial center and culinary capital. ...

World Tourism Association for Culture and Heritage to Combat Overtourism
Category: Destination News
Sydney (Australia) - February 1, 2019 (travelindex.com) - The new body will focus on measures to protect and empower host communities who want a long-term 'sustainable' relationship with tourism that respects their cultural values. The World Tourism Association for Culture and Heritage (WTACH) has been formed to protect local cultures, heritage and historical sites th...

Mall Group Chairwoman Supaluck Umpujh Calls on Travel Industry to Develop Thailand as World-Leading
Category: Destination News
Bangkok (Thailand) - January 22, 2019 (travelindex.com) - The Thailand Tourism Forum (TTF) returned for its eighth edition, with an action-packed agenda focusing on the mega-projects that are currently transforming the tourism landscape in Bangkok and beyond. Running under the theme “Managing Tourism - Ensuring Great Experiences and Sustainable Outcomes,”...

Another Milestone for BHMA Hotel Management Company
Category: Destination News
Bangkok (Thailand) - January 23, 2019 (travelindex.com) - The start of the New Year marked yet another milestone for BHMA, a rapidly-evolving international hotel management company, as it announced its latest hotel management agreement with BYD Apartments Co., Ltd and A And H Modern Living Co., Ltd. in Phuket. The newly inked deal will see the property rebranded as BY...