Archive for September, 2009
Cebu Pacific is now offering P2,499 seat sale for the Manila-Osaka route starting now until September 21, 2009. This Cebu Pacific Osaka discounted ticket promotions is valid for travel from October 15 to December 15, 2009. The travel period for the seat sale coincides with the fall season of the Kansai area, which covers Osaka [...]
September 16th, 2009 | Posted in Airline News, Asia, Aviation News, Japan, Philippines, Travel and Tourism News | 1 Comment
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) on Monday launched its “Ultimate Thailand Explorers” competition, calling all internet savvy world travellers to enter the competition to get a free trip to Thailand and chance to win over US$ 15,000 cash and prizes. TAT chairman Weerasak Kowsurat chairman and TAT Deputy Governor Surapol Savetaserani jointly held a [...]
September 16th, 2009 | Posted in Asia, Thailand, Travel and Tourism News | No Comments
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and London Mayor Boris Johnson announced on Tuesday a two-year tourism agreement to boost travel between the two cities. The cities will provide each other with outdoor media advertising space, and NYC & Company and Visit London, their respective tourism arms, will share best practices as a way to [...]
September 16th, 2009 | Posted in Tourism News, Tourism Promotion, Travel and Tourism News, Travel Business News, United Kingdom, USA | No Comments
The 27 million people expected to make home-bound trips for the Idul Fitri holidays this year have the potential of contributing up to Rp16.2 trillion to the regions through the tourism sector, a minister said. “The expenditures of each traveller is minimally Rp600,000 so regional governments and tourism industry players should do their best to [...]
September 15th, 2009 | Posted in Travel and Tourism News | No Comments
Cebu Pacific (CEB) now ranks 4th among Asia’s top low-cost carriers. This was stated by Smart Travel Asia’s Top 10 Budget Airlines of 2009 poll. SmartTravelAsia.com, Asia’s leading online travel magazine with one million readers worldwide, revealed the results of their May to July 2009 Best in Travel survey recently. Low cost carriers were rated [...]
September 12th, 2009 | Posted in Airline News, Asia, Aviation News, Philippines | 1 Comment
The women-only bus service operated by Nepali Minibus Entrepreneurs Association, has become effective and popular in the capital Kathmandu, the National News Agency RSS reported on Friday. According to the RSS, the association had brought the bus service only catering to women into operation since Sept 6. Women-only bus service was started with the request [...]
September 12th, 2009 | Posted in Asia, Travel and Tourism News | 1 Comment
Amadeus has formed a partnership with AirAsia, which for the first time, will enable Amadeus-subscribing travel agencies worldwide to book AirAsia flights in the same way they would for a full-service carrier. More than 102,200 travel agencies worldwide using the Amadeus Global Distribution System (GDS) for reservations will now be able to book flights for [...]
September 11th, 2009 | Posted in Airline News, Asia, Aviation News, Travel and Tourism News | No Comments