Hospitality
Hospitality is a section of Travel on investvine.com
Thailand’s tourism industry slowly gets into gear
With the easing of almost all restrictions to enter and enjoy a stay in Thailand, the country’s battered tourism industry is starting to recover,...
Malaysia again ranked first for halal tourism amid sector recovery
Malaysia has maintained its position as the top travel destination for Muslims in the world. The country came first again in the newly released...
Thailand drops in global tourism index
Thailand’s ranking in the Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021 just released by the World Economic Forum slipped to 36th from 35th place in...
Southeast Asia’s tourism numbers catching up, but Thailand’s prospects questioned
With a recent relaxing of entry rules, most of Southeast Asia is reacting to the easing Covid-19 pandemic and reopening for travel, with airlines...
Asia-Pacific’s tourism seen struggling to recover until 2024
Tourism in the Asia-Pacific region will take longer to recover from the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the newly released “Travel-ready index 2022”...
Nearly two thirds of Thai hotels make losses after two years of Covid-19 restrictions
A whopping 63 per cent of hotels in Thailand still recorded losses in February 2022, a result of ongoing restrictions after two years of...
Thailand’s tourism income drops to next historic low in 2021
Total receipts from tourism in all of Thailand’s 77 provinces slipped to another historic low in 2021, declining by 69.6 per cent to 241.4...
Indonesia to open 4,000 restaurants around the world to promote culinary culture
Indonesia has plans to open no less than 4,000 restaurants abroad to promote its food heritage and culinary culture, the country’s minister of tourism...
Laos hopes for one million tourists after reopening to international visitors
Laos has partially reopened its border for international tourists on January 1 and is now expecting at least one million fully vaccinated travelers visiting...
New domestic airline set to take off in Malaysia
SKS Airways, a new commercial airline in Malaysia, has been awarded a full Air Service License by the Malaysian Aviation Commission, effective January 1,...
Thailand’s Central Group, Austria’s Signa acquire UK luxury retail store chain
Thai retail and hospitality conglomerate Central Group and Austrian property investment company Signa Group said on December 23 that they would jointly acquire UK...
Cambodia reintroduces e-visa scheme for tourists
Cambodia has reintroduced its e-visa scheme for tourists after the country decided to gradually open its borders as distress from the Covid-19 pandemic eases.
The...
Vietnam faces hotel sell-off with 40% discounts amid tourism collapse
Closed hotels in Hanoi
Vietnam is currently experiencing a sell-off of hotels in large numbers across Vietnam as...
Myanmar’s ‘China Town’ expands despite Covid-19 crisis, junta chaos
The planned casino hotel in Shwe Kokko
A special economic zone in southeastern Myanmar is expanding its development...
Philippines to set official standards for cooking national food, starting with Adobo
One way of serving chicken adobo
The standardization division of the Philippine department of trade and industry (DTI)...
What Covid? Vietnam to open 123 new hotels in the coming years
The spectacular Empire City Hotel in Ho Chi Minh CIty will be a new landmark
The Covid-19...
Malaysia’s Genting Group opens huge casino resort in Las Vegas as pandemic starts to subside in US
Malaysia’s Genting Group in a late-night VIP party on June 24 local time in Las Vegas officially...
Vietnam’s Phu Quoc positions itself as Southeast Asia’s prime island holiday destination
A pre-pandemic, stress-free,white-sandy Phu Quoc beach © Arno Maierbrugger
Phu Quoc, a picturesque island off the south-western coastline...
Latest
Laos to boost online gambling industry
Laos has plans to issue regulations for offshore online gambling businesses with the aim to attract operators targeting markets elsewhere in Southeast Asia, particularly...
Stories of the week
Philippine new tax chief determined to collect $3.7 billion in outstanding tax from Marcos family
The Philippines’ incoming tax agency chief Lilia Guillermo said she intends to collect the long-due estate tax from the family of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos...