This week, Travel Daily chats with Hansruedi Frutiger,  General Manager, Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach Phuket... 1)            How has the hotel industry in Phuket performed recently, and is the Movenpick Resort & Spa Karon following this trend? Occupancy in Phuket and for our resort for the first quarter in 2013 has ...

Asia Pacific, April 16, 2013

Today, Travel Daily chats with Mbuvi Ngunze, Chief Operating Officer of Kenya Airways about China, Dreamliners and Africa’s ‘peace dividend’…  Q)     Kenya is currently expanding in Asia; to what extent is China driving this growth?  If you're doing business in the Asian region and not pushing hard into China, especially as an ...

Asia Pacific, April 8, 2013

This week, Travel Daily goes Face-to-Face with  David Wicker, general manager of the  New World Saigon Hotel... 1. Can you please give us a brief outline of your hotel’s key selling points? Our main selling points are our location – walking distance from major shopping destinations such as the famous Ben Thanh ...

Asia Pacific, April 2, 2013

Today, Travel Daily Asia chats with Jean-Marie Pin Harry, General Manager of  Johor Premium Outlets... Q)           Could you explain the concept of Johor Premium Outlets? Johor Premium Outlets is a collection of 80 designer and name brand outlet stores. Premium Outlets is a portfolio of outlet shopping centres which brings together the ...

Asia Pacific, March 26, 2013

Today, Travel Daily chats with Cheong Sui Hunn,  General Manager, Abacus Travel Systems in Singapore... Q)           What has the response been for Abacus solutions in Singapore in the last 12 months? Our travel agency solutions have been very well adopted in the last 12 months, in fact this is much better than ...

Asia Pacific, February 26, 2013

Travel Daily chats with Ilya Gutlin, President of Asia Pacific for airport technology company SITA... Q)           What technologies will have the biggest impact on the airport experience in the coming years? In the short-term, the rise of mobile devices will have a big impact. The 2012 SITA Passenger Self-Service survey shows that ...

Asia Pacific, February 5, 2013

Travel Daily goes Face-to-Face with Peter Kaelli,  Chief Executive Officer of The Unique Collection of Hotels & Resorts... 1)                  How does Unique Collection differ from a standard hotel management company? The Unique Collection is different from standard hotel management companies in the sense that there is nothing standard about us. In ...

Asia Pacific, January 22, 2013

Travel Daily chats to Brett Wilson, General Manager of the new Pullman Phuket Arcadia resort... How does it feel to be the GM of the new Pullman Phuket Arcadia? It is an honour to be GM of this exciting new cosmopolitan lifestyle property. The owners have been smart about the design ...

Asia Pacific, January 16, 2013