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InterContinental Baan Taling Ngam Resort to Open February 2012

InterContinental Samui Baan Taling Ngam Resort set to open on February 1, 2012. The new InterContinental property will be located on the former site of Baan Taling Ngam Resort, wh...

Posted: Fri 16 Dec, 2011 9:32 AM

Macau to Publish Room Rates on Permanent Basis

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) announced that starting December 15 it will publish the rates of different hotels and guesthouses room categories on its website on a perman...

Posted: Thu 15 Dec, 2011 10:17 AM

Marriott to Open Hotel in Haiti

Marriott is set to open a new hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The US$45 million Port-au-Prince Marriott Hotel will be under a management agreement with ownership group Unigestion ...

Posted: Fri 2 Dec, 2011 11:42 AM

Thailand Works on Restoring Tourism Industry

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has revealed plans of reinstating a tourist visa fee waiver scheme for China, India, Russia and Chinese Taipei passport holders. This plan ...

Posted: Fri 25 Nov, 2011 4:19 PM

Indonesia Sets Billion Dollar Tourism Budget

The Government of Indonesia announced that it is allocating US$23.3 billion to the economic development of the country’s eastern region.   Tourism and Creative Ec...

Posted: Wed 23 Nov, 2011 2:27 PM

China Continues Restoration of Great Wall

China has embarked on a major restoration project of the western end of the Great Wall. The restoration project commenced on November 18, 2011 and work will be done in sections of...

Posted: Wed 23 Nov, 2011 2:08 PM

New Zealand International Visitor Arrivals Surge in October

The Rugby World Cup 2011 (RWC) gave New Zealand international arrivals a boost in October. According to the International Visitor Arrivals (IVA) data released by Statistics New Ze...

Posted: Tue 22 Nov, 2011 10:38 AM

PATA Opinion

Weekly Chapter Update: Read the Colloquium Report, Experience Philippine Fun

Read the Colloquium Report, Experience Philippine Fun This week I would like to share with you the minutes report of our Chapter Colloquium on April 19, ....

Posted on Thu 17 May 2012 10:54 AM

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