Travel and Tourism Industry News

Philippine Airlines (PAL) on Saturday announced it is offering a new round of low fares — as low as US$ 98 — to 20 trans-Pacific and regional routes, including to Australia. Philippine Airlines, in a statement, said the five-day sale from June 1 to 5 dubbed “Way to Go”, covers the travel period from September [...]

WORLD, 26 May 2009: UK-based InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) retains its number one position in the world, surpassing the 600,000 room mark. Meanwhile, Hilton Hotels recorded the largest growth among the top 10 at 9.3%, bringing their global room count to over half-a-million. Projects already launched prior to the financial downturn transpired in 2008, hence [...]

South Korea’s Jeju Island is sprucing itself up, ready to greet visitors with various cultural events and programs ahead of the summit between President Lee Myung-bak and the leaders of Southeast Asian countries, the local government said Wednesday. South Korea is set to host a series of summits and ministerial meetings among leaders of ASEAN, [...]

Philippine Airlines flight schedules, promo fares, advisories, products and services, including mileage points earned by Mabuhay Miles members, can now be conveniently accessed through WAP-enabled cellphones as an alternative means of retrieving information posted on the PAL website. The PAL mobile service can be accessed by holders of WAP-enabled mobile handsets by logging on to [...]

Accor has launched a competition for travel agents throughout Asia Pacific giving them a chance to win a free trip to Hong Kong for two. Agents just have to book rooms (on any public rate and including agents based in Hong Kong) at any Novotel hotel in Hong Kong between May 20 and August 19th [...]

A waiting period of up to six months for a visa to visit Denmark is costing the tourist industry between DKK 200 – 300 millions, travel insiders claimed, the Denmark Embassy’s News ex-press reported Tuesday. The official application process for visitors applying for a visa from outside the European Union (EU) is three months, but [...]

Following a well-received promotional campaign in Jordan, Tourism Malaysia is now in Damascus to coax more Syrians to visit Malaysia. Leading the charge is Tourism Malaysia deputy director-general for planning Azizan Noordin, who arrived in the Syrian capital Monday evening after traveling by land from Amman. Malaysia welcomed 4,066 Syrian tourists in 2008, and 1,153 [...]