As the Maldives reopened its international borders on Wednesday (July 15),  Villa Air Flyme resumes operations connecting local routes and destinations with enhanced safety protocols. The airline has implemented meticulous safety measures, in accordance with the guidelines provided by the health...

Maldives has been showcased at an online travel festival organised by Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), the country's official tourism promotion body, showcased "the Sunny Side of Life" during the Dream to Travel Festival,...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Travel company TUI (TUIT.L) (TUIGn.DE) will offer travellers free coronavirus insurance starting this weekend, a German media group reported on Friday. The head of TUI in Germany, Marek Andryszak, told the newspapers of the Funke Mediengruppe that TUI was collaborating with

The South-east Asian travel industry could take a lesson from Thailand's incident with Covid in Rayong the past week, where the 31-person Egyptian military delegation, containing one Covid-positive individual, exposed the previously Covid-free tourist town to infection.

Qatar Executive – Qatar Airways' private charter arm – has introduced Diamond Agreement, a service which allows customers to pre-purchase flight time at fixed hourly rates on the company's private jets.

A trio of events – ITB Asia, MICE Show Asia and Travel Tech Asia – will take place in a virtual format from October 21-23, 2020, Messe Berlin (Singapore) announced on Thursday.

Angel Llull Mancas, Booking.com's vice president and managing director Asia-Pacific, discusses why stakeholders need to have a unified approach to help support Asia-Pacific travel sector's walk towards recovery

Even as travel freezes, Sentosa Development Corporation’s CMO Lynette Ang has ensured the island remains top of mind among travellers and business partners.

Letting no crisis go to waste, the MBB big-three consulting firms – McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Grou

There are so many key drivers of Netflix’s success but for the purpose of this exercise, let’s focus on how Netflix approaches the online user experience and how hoteliers could apply this to their own hotel websites. 

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SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 327 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Friday (Jul 17), with nine infections in the community, said the Ministry of ...