Singapore (Singapore) – October 25, 2017 (travelindex) – The annual Hotel Management Singapore Summit (HMS), presented by Hotel Management and Questex Hospitality Group, welcomed 31 international speakers and over 150 delegates at the newly built luxurious Sofitel Singapore City Centre on 12 Oct 2017. HMS received rave reviews as it drew a record-breaking number of […]
Singapore (Singapore) – October 25, 2017 (travelindex.com) – The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is celebrating its long-standing 10-year partnership with Messe Berlin. To mark the occasion, Singapore will be the Official Partner Country for ITB Asia 2017, Messe Berlin’s regional flagship tradeshow. STB’s new brand, Passion Made Possible, will feature prominently across the exhibition show […]
Geneva (Switzerland) – October 25, 2017 (travelindex.com) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects 7.8 billion passengers to travel in 2036, a near doubling of the 4 billion air travelers expected to fly this year. The prediction is based on a 3.6% average Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) noted in the release of the […]
Singapore (Singapore) – October 24, 2017 (travelindex) – Best Western Hotels & Resorts is celebrating this week after it completed an impressive hat-trick at Travel Weekly Asia’s 2017 Reader’s Choice Awards. The world famous hotel group won the title of “Asia’s Best Mid-Range Hotel Chain” for the third consecutive year, as voted for by the […]
Bangkok (Thailand) – October 24, 2017 (travelindex.com) – The first Mekong Trends Aviation Seminar, organised by Destination Mekong in partnership with Amadeus and the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO), shows regional aviation growth continues at an impressive pace to meet demand. The event took place on 10 October at the Amadeus Executive Briefing Centre in […]
Bangkok (Thailand) – October 24, 2017 (travelindex.com) – The Ministry of Energy of Thailand has the honor to be the host of the 7th ASIAN Ministerial Energy Roundtable (AMER7), which will take place in Bangkok, Thailand on 1-3 November 2017. This prestigious biennial event will be a platform for 36 Energy Ministers from energy producing […]
London (United Kingdom) – October 23, 2017 (travelindex.com) – The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today announced the election of Christopher J. Nassetta, President and CEO of Hilton, as the Council’s next Chairman. Mr Nassetta joined Hilton in 2007, bringing with him an extensive background in real estate and hospitality. Since assuming the role […]
Bangkok (Thailand) – October 20, 2017 (travelindex) – Best Western Hotels and Resorts is celebrating the launch of Asia’s first ever SureStay Hotel with a tempting Double Points promotion. SureStay Plus Hotel by Best Western Sukhumvit 2 opened this month in the heart of downtown Bangkok. This new-build premium economy hotel will provide guests with […]
Bienne (Switzerland) – October 20, 2017 (travelindex.com) – Swiss watch brand Strom today presents the “In Memorian HR Giger” watch, one of the final projects on which the artist worked before his death in 2014. A veritable “wrist sculpture”, the timepiece features HR Giger’s legendary biomechanoid creature. Acclaimed for his “fantastic-realism” works, HR Giger shot […]
Victoria, Mahe (Seychelles) – October 20, 2017 (travelindex.com) – All samples from patients suspected to be ill with the pneumonic plague in Seychelles have been tested at a partner laboratory of the World Health Organisation in Paris and they are all negative, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Wednesday. Ten samples – including several suspected […]