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The Wellness Trend Nobody Wanted: How pollution is dictating the future of wellness

Thu, 08/22/2019 - 12:11

Today, people are more willing to pay to escape or defend against pollution than ever before, making it a good time for the wellness and hospitality sectors to get on board.

Attracting a new generation of Chinese wellness travellers

Fri, 08/09/2019 - 13:58

Spa & Health

“Healthy China 2030” initiative was established as a national strategy in 2016, with a goal of “enabling everyone to be involved in health, share health, and be responsible for health.”

The New Wave of Luxury Travel in Asia

Wed, 08/07/2019 - 12:48

Articles

Luxury travellers have always enjoyed a degree of novelty, personalisation and bespoke services during their travels, but the level of tailored planning, personalised services and one-of-a-kind outings in Asia is rising.

China Outbound Tourism Trends Prediction 2022

Tue, 07/30/2019 - 13:50

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It has become much easier to leave China: Visa regulations are simplified or even totally abolished, many 2nd and 3rd tier airports in China offer international flights, the amount of information about different destinations is growing, and electronic gadgets are helping to overcome language barriers.

Protecting the Maldives's unique natural environment

As one of the lowest lying countries in the world (mean 1.5 m), the country and its people are especially vulnerable to climate change impacts such as sea level rise, coral reef bleaching and mortality, ocean acidification, and increases in severe weather events.

Articles Wed, 05/11/2016 - 05:34
The outcome of the 2016 “Digi.travel Thailand International Conference & Expo”

The 2016 “Digi.travel Thailand International Conference & Expo” featured numerous and varied inspirational speakers representing different tourism sectors and experience backgrounds (hoteliers, IT suppliers, technology entrepreneurs, marketers, travel agent, destination management organizations).

Articles Wed, 04/06/2016 - 05:40
Affordable hospitality ripe for the Philippines

Global financial bellwether Bloomberg predicts the Philippines will outstrip China in 2016 in terms of growth trajectory. Who would have foreseen all of this 10 years ago?

Articles Sun, 03/20/2016 - 00:16
Indian destination weddings – minding the big, fat, business

Industry estimates show that about 350 such weddings were solemnised in overseas locations in 2014, with an average guest count of 300-400 per event. The size and volume of such weddings celebrated overseas are growing exponentially with a year-on-year growth of 18 per cent.

Articles Thu, 03/10/2016 - 09:16
Austrian startup SnapShot names CEO, announces expansion plans

Tweraser's appointment as CEO of the Big Data startup comes at a time when it's revving up for a hospitality analytics breakthrough. The startup is on the verge of launching of a powerful, yet streamlined analytics platform, which has been in beta testing for the last several months.

Articles Thu, 01/21/2016 - 10:28
Using surveys to “listen” to hotel guests

Without a doubt the influence of social media on purchase and travel decisions is here to stay and businesses that do not meet the challenge of performing in public will find themselves increasingly on the losing end of consumer decisions.

Articles Mon, 12/07/2015 - 10:52
Rising Asian tigers in global tourism

Meanwhile, because TT Industry is very complex and growing at a fast pace, even the developed formations of World TTI can hardly follow the variances and cannot succeed in adaptation of standard techniques & measures.

Articles Tue, 12/01/2015 - 07:37
What slowdown? Why Chinese outbound tourism will continue to grow

Why are Chinese still traveling and spending in such strong numbers despite economic turbulence and a slowdown GDP growth in China? CLA recently posed this question to travel and tourism professionals in China.

Articles Tue, 11/17/2015 - 07:37
Three tourism marketing insights to increase visitation

Bronwyn White, co-founder of MyTravelResearch.com says that when destination marketers go online, they should go back to the future.

Articles Thu, 07/30/2015 - 11:28
Southeast Asia loses, Turkey gains as Chinese tourists seek new pastures

According to the FT, with the exception of Thailand in the first three months of 2015 the number of Chinese visitors to Southeast Asia dropped to 1.5 million, down from 1.9 million one year before.

Articles Wed, 07/29/2015 - 12:39