The West Java provincial government was planning to attract tourists from the Middle East to visit the province`s tourist sites, a local tourism official said.
Chairman of the West Java Tourism and Culture Office Herdiwan said here Wednesday the province had a number of interesting tourist objects which could attract Middle Eastern tourists, such as mountains [...]
The current global economic slowdown brought the growth of international tourism to a standstill in 2008 and threatens to reverse the four?year gains made by the industry in foreign travel, according to a report published Wednesday by the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
Although international tourist arrivals reached 924 million in 2008, up 16 million from [...]
Kuwait-based Wataniya Airways, a full-service airline, is offering passengers mobile inflight passenger communications services from OnAir.
The new commercial service, which will be available across Wataniya Airways’ fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft, took to the sky Saturday onboard a flight from Kuwait to Dubai.
With the new Mobile OnAir service, Wataniya Airways passengers can stay connected inflight [...]
The Carlton football team flew into Penang yesterday to begin a five-day visit arranged by Tourism Malaysia office here.
Tourism Malaysia is a major sponsor of the club in the Australian Football League this season which begins next month. The Carlton website said the visit would provide the team with first hand experience of Malaysia.
“This is [...]
Philippine budget airline Cebu Pacific on Saturday said it flew 6.7 million passengers in 2008, representing a 23 percent annual growth despite impacts of high fuel prices and the global economic turmoil in the second half of the year.
In a press release, the 13-year-old airline company attributed the passenger load growth to the increase in [...]
Etihad Airways has teamed up with Bangkok Airways in a new codeshare agreement. Under the deal, the Abu Dhabi-based airline will place its two-letter ‘EY’ code on Bangkok Airways’ flights between the Thai capital city and the popular islands of Phuket and Samui.
James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ chief executive, said, “Asia is an important market for [...]
Marriott officially opened the 658-room Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel on Thursday. The new hotel is Marriott International’s fifth hotel in Hong Kong but its first Marriott branded property.
Marriott is managing the hotel under an agreement with the owner, Union Sky Holdings, a partnership between Shun Tak Holdings, and a joint venture of Dragages Hong [...]
