INDEPENDENT safety and product rating site AirlineRatings.com has released its top picks for the year ahead after having judged dozens of major airlines in various categories.“The Etihad A380…
In pictures: These beautiful ‘doortraits’ around Asia are raking in the likes on Instagram
TOURISTS around the world are turning to “doortraits”, portraits of pretty doors they come across during their travels.“Doortrait” taker Laurel Waldron told The Daily Mail t…
Thousands of passengers stranded at Chengdu airport due to smog
MORE than 10,000 passengers have been stranded at China’s ChengduShuangliu International Airport since Wednesday night due to heavy smog.Reports said the airport’s runway was closed for…
Korean Air welcomes first direct flight to Delhi, India
Korean Air has celebrated its inaugural Delhi-Incheon direct flight with a welcome ceremony at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Airport.Korean Air’s maiden flight from Incheon to Delhi, KE481, tou…
Bangladesh sets sights on ambitious tourism plans
BANGLADESH is largely overlooked as a tourist destination, and it’s partly owing to it being prone to flooding as well as a severe lack of tourism development and marketing.TTG Asia reported …
Super luxurious villa project in the pipeline for Phuket
PHUKET-BASED property firm Kamala Beach Resort & Hotel has attracted investors from Singapore and Hong Kong to build the most expensive villa project in Thailand valued at 700 million baht (abo…
Meetings with a quirk: Unusual venues in Japan for business events
JAPAN is a popular corporate travel destination; an estimated 138,137 international visitors entered the country for business purposes in July alone, an increase of 5.2 percent on July 2015.The JNT…
Japan moves closer towards legalizing casinos, opens US$40 billion market
FOR a long time, casino gambling has been outlawed in Japan, but the lower house of parliament yesterday voted through a bill that could see the lifting of the country’s casino ban. The PM ha…
Under wraps: These undeveloped south Asian islands can rival the Maldives
IT’S no secret that Asia-Pacific is home to some of the world’s most beautiful islands. But what remains secret are some of the region’s undeveloped archipelagos and islands that …
Flooding in Thailand affects tourism during peak season
FLOODS in Thailand have killed 14 people and badly affected southern holiday islands as the country heads into the December-January high season for tourism, authorities said on Tuesday.Tourism has …