Thailand Signs Tourism Cooperation Agreement With GZL

Sanrasern Ngowrangsri, the director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand East Asia office, has signed a one-year strategic cooperation agreement with Guangdong's largest travel group, GZL International Travel Service.

Waldorf Astoria Welcomes De Cuyper To Shanghai

Waldorf Astoria, the luxury and lifestyle hotel brand in the Hilton Family of Hotels portfolio, has appointed Dirk De Cuyper as the general manager of Waldorf Shanghai on the Bund, which is scheduled to open in 2010.

New Appointments For Shanghai JC Mandarin

Meritus Hotels & Resorts has announced the appointments of George Benney as general manager and Justine Lee as director of sales and marketing of Shanghai JC Mandarin Hotel.

Pullman To Open Two New Hotels In Shanghai

Pullman Hotels, the upscale Accor brand, is to open two new five-star hotels in Shanghai as part of its plans for developments in China, Thailand, and Vietnam that will add to the current operating network of 10 Pullman hotels and resorts in Asia — extending the group's development commitments to 17 hotels.

Macau: Inbound Tourist Numbers Decline In 2009

At the Annual Marketing Meeting of the Macau Government Tourist Office, Joao Manuel Costa Antunes, the director of MGTO, stated that according to provisional data, in the first five months of 2009, the number of inbound tourists was 8.9 million: a decrease of 10% over the same period of last year.