Asia-Pacific

Spa numbers in Singapore have grown 63% since 2003, with 173 spas currently open and operating according to Intelligent Spas’

Changi Airports International has made its first airport investment in China. The deal involves a significant stake in the Nanjing

Air Canada is smoothing the route to Asia this summer by doubling its daily Vancouver-Beijing service and increasing the frequencies

Japan Airlines (JAL), Malev Hungarian Airlines and Royal Jordanian Airlines will start offering oneworld services from 1 April 2007 in

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s laid out her three-year plan to develop the Central Philippines as a “Super Tourism Region.” This

India and Italy have strengthened their tourism ties in a meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Culture

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released full-year traffic results for 2006 showing slower but more profitable growth. Global passenger

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and its new lifestyle brand, aloft(SM) hotels, has signed an agreement with Beijing Yongtai Hotel

Thailand`s Samed Resorts group has appointed Ms Dymphna Brennan as General Manager of the luxury Paradee on Samed island, southeast

Travel industry’s leaders will be speaking at ASTA’s upcoming International Destination Expo-Asia in Jeju, Republic of Korea (March 25-29,2007), imparting