Travel and Tourism Industry News

Delegates to the ASEAN Tourism Conference emphasized the need to increase the concerted efforts to build up trademarks for tourist sites in Southeast Asia. The meeting, held in Hanoi on Jan. 10 within the framework of the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2009, brought together representatives from tourism associations and companies of the ASEAN member countries [...]

Luxury Travel Vietnam will participate in the World Largest International Travel Show “ITB Berlin 2009″, to be held from March 11 to 15, 2009 in the city of Berlin, Germany. The aim is to promote the Vietnamese tourism product in the luxury segment, which is addressed to people who want to live a unique experience, [...]

Around 400 foreign and local tourist agencies are expected to gather at the ASEAN tourism forum scheduled to open in Hanoi on Jan. 5. The eight-day ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) will include a raft of meetings between ASEAN tourism ministers, executives of tourism agencies and dialogue partners. The forum would serve as a venue for [...]

The anti-government protestors that had been holding Bangkok’s two major airports – Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang – as well as Thailand’s tourism industry and image under siege, returned the airports to the official authorities on Wednesday, after having caused enormous damage to the Thai economy. Flights are however gradually returning to normal at Suvarnabumhi, but [...]

2008 Gyeonggi International Travel Exhibition kicked off on Nov, 13 ,2008 for a four-day run at KINTEX in Ilsan, some 20 km north of Seoul. Philippine Department of Tourism (DoT) has taken center stage at KINTEX with the spacious 10 booths showcasing diverse tourism attractions of the archipelago, notably its newly developed adventure tourism products [...]

Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi will be the venue for over 1,500 delegates, including policy makers and managers from ASEAN countries, to gather at a regional forum focusing on tourism slated for September 5-12, 2009. The ASEAN Tourism Forum 2009 will include meetings of ASEAN tourism ministers and the ministers with dialogue partners. Leaders of [...]

Across the globe, September 27th heralds World Tourism Day, an annual event sanctioned by the U.N. World Tourism Organization. In Washington this year, the salute will be highlighted at the Travel Leadership Summit, where 27 state tourism leaders and dozens of cities will convene to press passage of the Travel Promotion Act (S.1661 / H.R. [...]