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Malaysia bans key foreign hotel workers
Ian Jarrett - Jan 16, 2024
KUALA LUMPUR – AFP reports that Malaysia will ban hotels from hiring foreigners in frontline positions. The move brings hotels…
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Carlson welcomed by Sunshine in China
Ian Jarrett - Jan 16, 2024
BEIJING – Carlson Hotels Worldwide – Asia Pacific has secured a strategic partnership with the Sunshine100 Group, one of China’s…
Murdoch double clicks with Bezurk.com
Ian Jarrett - Jan 16, 2024
SINGAPORE - - Rupoert Murdoch’s News Digital Media has made a multimillion-dollar investment in travel meta-search engine Bezurk.com. Former executives…
Internet entrepreneurs invest in German dotcom
Bev - Jan 16, 2024
HOWZAT media has invested in trivago, a German based pan-European internet media company. It is the fourth dotcom investment by…
Exchange rates deter US visitors to Europe
Bev - Jan 16, 2024
US travellers are avoiding Europe because of unfavorable exchange rates, according to TripAdvisor’s Travel Outlook for 2008. The survey found…
Dirtiest hotels in US?
David - Jan 15, 2024
TripAdvisor chose its 2008 worst hotels, selected by members as “beyond scummy,” and the Hotel Carter in New York City…
Prime says new base makes air, car and hotel spending far easier
David - Jan 15, 2024
Prime Numbers Technology Inc. says it has released the most comprehensive real-time travel database ever to provide benchmarking services to…
Women only hotel floors taking hold
David - Jan 15, 2024
How many hotels devote an entire floor to women? Not many, but add the Hampton inn in downtown Albany, NY,…
Megabus to offer LateRooms accommodation online
Phil Davies - Jan 15, 2024
Low fares coach firm megabus.com has signed a deal with late-availability hotel room specialist LateRooms.com to provide hotel search and…
Apartments Abroad launches Cyprus agent incentives
Phil Davies - Jan 15, 2024
A range of trade incentives, including free holidays and discounted accommodation, are being offered by Apartments Abroad to back a…
Jetstar Asia cleared for Singapore-KL launch
Ian Jarrett - Jan 15, 2024
SINGAPORE - Jetstar Asia will launch daily flights from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur from February 1.Passengers departing from Singapore will…
Are you ready for the mashup?
Ian Jarrett - Jan 15, 2024
If there's one new web term that you need to be aware of in 2008, it's 'Mashup'. The travel industry…
