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Veteran hotelier Lee Richards of Millennium Hotels and Resorts and his team have come up with creative ideas to boost local tourism revenues for hotels in Singapore and Southeast Asia. The vice president for hotel and resort operations in the region has rolled out staycations that combine plush rooms with sea activities such as sailing on a yacht to much success.

Millennium hotels offer reinvented staycations with yachting to lift COVID spirits

Singapore Tourism

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Senso-ji, Asakusa, Tokyo (Photo by Nicholas Doherty on Unsplash)

JR East to hold virtual Japan rail fair in Singapore

Singapore Tourism

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"Fun from Home" project. (Photo courtesy of Shizuoka Prefecture's office in Singapore)

Japanese municipalities to live-stream tourist spots on Facebook

Singapore Tourism

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Supplied photo shows the location Hoshino Resorts Co. plans to open a hotel property in the Mt. Tiantai area in China’s Zhejiang Province. (Photo courtesy of Hoshino Resorts)

Hoshino Resorts to open hotel property in China's Zhejiang in 2021

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China Joy 2019 (Photo from Twitter of China Joy 2019)

Japanese travel agency H.I.S. to offer free tours -- online

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Japan's Solaria hotel in Bangkok named alternative quarantine base

Thailand Tourism

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An employee of H.I.S. Tours, a Thai unit of H.I.S., holds a vacuum made by Japanese home appliance maker Iris Ohyama at a branch in Bangkok on July 22, 2020. (NNA)

Travel agency H.I.S. starts selling hygiene home electronics in Thailand

Thailand Tourism

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Photo by Fikri Rasyid on Unsplash

Japan's travel subsidy campaign kicks off amid virus spread concerns

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A Shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded on Aug. 9, 2019, with people heading to their hometowns and resort areas for summer holidays. (Kyodo)

Japanese summer holiday spending to hit record low due to virus: poll

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Photo by Ryan Kwok on Unsplash

Japan to launch travel campaign without Tokyo amid virus resurgence

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Hiroshima, Japan (Photo by Satoshi Hirayama from Pexels)

Foreign visitors to Japan drop 99.9% in June for 3rd straight month

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Hotel Nokko Hai Phong (Image courtesy of Okura Nikko Hotel Manaement)

Hotel Nikko Hai Phong to open Aug. 1 on Vietnam’s successful anti-virus fight

Vietnam Tourism

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Travel from Japan to Vietnam to partially resume this week: Motegi

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Tokyo Disney parks to reopen July 1 after 4-month closure due to virus

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Freedom of travel restored across Japan as virus fears ease

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Gion, Kyoto

Record low 1,700 foreign visitors in Japan in May amid pandemic

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Hanada Airport, Tokyo

Japan to begin easing travel restrictions with flights to Vietnam

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Japan to let in 250 foreigners per day under eased travel curbs

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Japan slowly opens tourist spots amid concerns over coronavirus flare-ups

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Hotels, university offer free stays for foreigners stranded in Japan

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(Photo taken March 19, 2020, shows fewer people than usual in Osaka's Dotonbori entertainment district. The number of foreign visitors to Japan fell 58.3 percent in February from a year before to an estimated 1.09 million, dented by travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.)

Foreign visitors down 99% in April due to virus-linked entry bans

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Photo by LA khai-way on Unsplash

Pandemic battered Thai hotels turn to food to cope with $2.5 bil. loss

Thailand Tourism

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Hotel Nikko Bangkok, as shown in a photo taken on April 13, 2020, is still hosting a small number of guests amid the coronavirus outbreak in Thailand (NNA)

Pandemic forces Hotel JAL City Bangkok to postpone May opening

Thailand Tourism

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(An official in protective gear at Narita airport near Tokyo checks passengers arriving from South Korea on March 9, 2020.

Japan to extend visa suspensions until end of May as virus spreads

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Asakusa, Tokyo (Photo by Jezael Melgoza on Unsplash)

Foreign visitors to Japan sink 93% in March, biggest on-year drop

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Thailand's Centara Hotels plans to expand in Southeast Asia, Middle East

Thailand Tourism

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The front desk with Japanese-speaking staff in Wishton Hotel Yangon, operated by Yamaman Co.’s local arm, is shown following an opening ceremony for the company's first overseas hotel held in Yangon on Jan. 23, 2020. (NNA/Kyodo)

Japan realtor Yamaman to open 1st overseas hotel in Yangon in Feb.

Myanmar Tourism

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