Qatar Airways Agrees To Codeshare With United Airlines
Qatar Airways and United Airlines have announced they are filing a joint application with the U.S. Department of Transportation seeking permission to place their codes on each other's flights.
Blackstone Buys Hilton Hotels
Hilton Hotels has entered into a definitive merger agreement with The Blackstone Group's real estate and corporate private equity funds in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$26 billion.
South Korea Plans For 1.5 Million Inbound Chinese Tourists
This year is the fifteenth anniversary of South Korea's establishment of diplomatic relations with China and the countries have been highlighting ways the two nations are working together.
New China Travel Agreement For Data Providers
The Pacific Asia Travel Association has inked a strategic partnership with the Nielsen Company, focused on delivering statistics, analyses and forecasts to the Asia Pacific travel and tourism industry.
Italians Want Chinese Travelers
The Italian Tourism Board has formally launched a Chinese language website to bridge its communication with Chinese tourists.
Marriott Will Add Two Hotels In Hangzhou
Marriott has announced plans to add two more new hotels in Hangzhou to offer more choice of accommodations for travelers.
Lufthansa Incentivizes Asian Travel Agents
Lufthansa German Airlines announces that its 'eXperts eXplorer Asia 2007' event for those travel agents who have most visited and utilized its official travel agent loyalty program website eXperts was a great success.
Singapore Airlines Orders More From Airbus
Singapore Airlines has signed a contract with Airbus for twenty A350-900 XWB aircraft, with options to purchase twenty additional units, affirming the Letter of Intent signed and announced by the parties in July last year.
Wynn Macau Names New President
Wynn Resorts announced that Ian Coughlan has been named the new president of Wynn Macau.
Shinagawa Takes DOSM Suzhou Post
Ayumi Shinagawa has been newly appointed as director of sales and marketing of Shangri-La Hotel, Suzhou.
Thank You Party 2007 In Shenzhen
The Pavilion Shenzhen recently held a Thank You Party, where Jeffrey Chan, expressed gratitude to all the guests for making the hotel so well known in only six years.