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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...
Indonesia to spend nearly $280 million to create “five new Balis”
View at the iconic landscape of Labuan Bajo in East Nusa Tenggara
Indonesia is preparing for a post-Covid-19...
Almost half of Thai hotels fear closing as cash runs out amid pandemic
A recent survey by Thailand’s hotel industry showed that 47 per cent of the country’s hotels are...
Thailand abandons hope for quick tourism recovery as third Covid-19 wave rages across country
Pattaya's infamous Walking Street has become a lifeless ghost strip
Thailand’s government is giving up on hopes that...
VinGroup launches luxury resort complex on Phu Quoc island amid pandemic
Phu Quoc United Center stretches over 1,000 hectares in the north of the island
Despite uncertainty when and...
Singapore’s street food vendors rapidly adopt digital payments
Singapore's hawkers go digital
More than half of Singapore’s hawker stalls now offer e-payments, with transactions in January...
Resort operator to become seventh company listed at Yangon Stock Exchange
The Amata Resort Hotel & Spa in Yangon
Yangon-based Amata Holding, one of the largest resort hotel operators...
Singapore hawkers are now officially cultural world heritage
Hawker street in Singapore
Singapore hawker culture has been put on the Intangible Cultural Heritage list by the...
Malaysia, Indonesia get strict on booze
Southeast Asia’s Muslim-majority nations Malaysia and Indonesia are getting stricter on the sale and consumption of alcohol...
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New “ultra low-cost” airline gets approval to operate in Malaysia
The Malaysian civil aviation commission has approved and licensed another new domestic airline startup despite the industry is still reeling from the impact of...
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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...