Tourism

Hotels in Phuket like Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket have tried to stay afloat with domestic tourism during the pandemic. Starting from July 1, the island will receive foreign tourists who are fully vaccinated. (Photo: Centara Hotels and Resorts)

Thailand reopens to tourists, starting with Phuket in July

Thailand Tourism

1 MONTH AGO

CEO Tim Hentschel of HotelPlanner.com and Meetings.com believes Southeast Asia is poised to set the pace for the recovery of global hospitality industry. (Photo coutresy of HotelPlanner)

HotelPlanner CEO: How hospitality players can maintain competitiveness in 2021, Southeast Asia may set pace

Singapore Tourism

7 MONTHS AGO

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

8 MONTHS AGO

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

JR East to hold virtual Japan rail fair in Singapore

Singapore Tourism

9 MONTHS AGO

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

Japanese municipalities to live-stream tourist spots on Facebook

Singapore Tourism

9 MONTHS AGO

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

10 MONTHS AGO

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

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

12 MONTHS AGO

Japan's Solaria hotel in Bangkok named alternative quarantine base

Thailand Tourism

12 MONTHS AGO

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

27, Jul. 2020

Photo by Fikri Rasyid on Unsplash

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

22, Jul. 2020

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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

22, Jul. 2020

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Photo by Ryan Kwok on Unsplash

Japan to launch travel campaign without Tokyo amid virus resurgence

17, Jul. 2020

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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

16, Jul. 2020

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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

07, Jul. 2020

Photo by Marcus Ng on Unsplash

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

23, Jun. 2020

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

23, Jun. 2020

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Freedom of travel restored across Japan as virus fears ease

19, Jun. 2020

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Gion, Kyoto

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

18, Jun. 2020

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Hanada Airport, Tokyo

Japan to begin easing travel restrictions with flights to Vietnam

16, Jun. 2020

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

11, Jun. 2020

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Photo by Oskar Vertetics on Unsplash

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

02, Jun. 2020

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Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash

Hotels, university offer free stays for foreigners stranded in Japan

26, May. 2020

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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

15, May. 2020

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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

23, Apr. 2020

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

22, Apr. 2020

(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

22, Apr. 2020

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Asakusa, Tokyo (Photo by Jezael Melgoza on Unsplash)

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

15, Apr. 2020

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