Karen Yue

Business event planners in search of a quiet sanctuary in the buzzing heart of Jakarta can now leverage a transformed outdoor garden at the luxurious Ayana Midplaza Jakarta hotel.

Club Med Bintan, which turns 30 next year, has started to welcome guests into a transformed environment that includes brighter and more vibrant guestrooms, new family experiences, refreshed dining concepts, and enhanced leisure spaces that work together to present a stronger offering for holidaying families.

Frasers House, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Singapore has launched a cultural initiative that highlights artisans and craftsmen with a strong sense of culture, place and purpose, with curated showcases, retail experiences and hands-on workshops all in the line-up.

Club Med is on track with its global expansion ambition, which spells out a target of 100 resorts by 2035. Building towards this goal, the company has been accelerating the development of mountain resorts in North America, Europe and North Asia as well as sun resorts in the Mediterranean and South-east Asia.

Networking moments at ICCA Congress 2026, set for November 8 to 11 in Panama City, are being turned into strategic opportunities for meeting delegates to connect around shared interests and hold meaningful conversations.

Vietnam’s tourism landscape has been making headlines, with a wave of new hotels and tourism infrastructure being announced and launched. Amadeus’ latest market study also noted an 11 per cent boost in international air travel to Vietnam between March 2025 and March 2026.

Series presents real action taken by tourism organisations to support long-term social, cultural, environmental and economic outcomes

Design Hotels, a global collection of independent, design-driven hotels, has welcomed 15 new hotels in 12 destinations to its Asia-Pacific network this year, signalling continued growth in high-end hotel development across the region as well as a growing appetite for inspiring hotel stays among travellers.

We hope these tweaks to TTG Asia will allow my team and I to fulfil our commitment to promoting positive travel and tourism... and spreading best practices that will uplift the entire industry.

Holidays with pets are becoming mainstream, notes a recent Amadeus study on what it terms the pawprint economy. Citing Bloomberg data, the study projects the global pet industry will be worth US$500 billion in four years, with pet travel accounting for US$2 billion to US$3 billion.