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  • Volunteer greeters offer free tours of hometowns Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:10PMNaila Qureshi has lived in Houston for 14 years, but she didn't notice how green her city was until she started showing around visitors from foreign countries two years ago.
  • Visitor count on rise but still lagging Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:00PMMaui County welcomed 1,068,804 visitors in the first six months of 2010. While that was a gain of 7.1 percent over the year before, it was far below the 1.3 million or more than would have been expected in a nonrecession half year.
  • Subic Bay Freeport positions as luxury cruise destination Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:33AMSUBIC BAY FREEPORT -- This economic zone is positioning itself as a regular docking point for international luxury cruise ships.
  • US-China Tensions Flare Over South China Sea Dispute Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 9:21AMUS Secretary of State Clinton's offer to help resolve long-held territorial claims angers Beijing
  • Palau Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:52AMAn overview of Palau including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media
  • Medical Tourism Sector Yet to Reach its Full Potential Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:13AMDubai, UAE, July 29: A survey published today by a prominent UAE-based health travel consultant has revealed that 94% of medical tourism industry insiders believe their sector of the industry has yet to reach its full potential.
  • Publicis Groupe: First Half 2010 Results Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:34AMSecond quarter 2010
  • SAIF Invests in Huiyuan at a Premium and Launches Generous Employee Motivation Plan With Controlling Shareholder Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:29PMChina Huiyuan Juice Group Limited , a leading fruit and vegetable juice producer in China, announced today that it received notice from Danone Asia Pte Ltd. , its second largest shareholder, that Danone had entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with a famous Asian investment fund-SAIF Partners .
  • Taiwan emerges champion in Sabah International folklore festival Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 7:02PMKOTA KINABALU: Taiwan emerged as the champion in the 5th edition of the Sabah International Folklore Festival here.
  • Patients Beyond Borders® Author to be Featured Speaker at Medical Travel Meeting Brazil Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:40AMThree-day event in São Paulo to showcase Brazil’s emerging role in global healthcare and medical travel
  • China warns against U.S. interference in island ownership battle Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 10:30AMOpposition is gathering in China to Washington's renewed "national interest" in the territorial disputes over more than 200 tiny islands in the South China Sea.
  • Angara: The 2nd Annual REIT Pacific Philippine Summit 2010 New World Hotel, Makati City Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:52AMJuly 27, 2010. The financial turmoil that gripped the global economy - unparalleled by any past financial crisis since the Great Depression - emphasizes the value of a strong capital market as a safeguard against booms and busts in the system. During the 14th Congress, the Senate took the initiative in enacting...
  • Taipei dancers steal show at Fest Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:08AMKota Kinabalu: Taiwan were voted overall best and won the Chief Minister's award in their first outing at the 5th Sabah International Folklore Festival 2010 Competition at the Sabah Culural Centre in Penampang Saturday night.
  • Tennis: Soderling leads stars Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 7:25PMWORLD No 5 Robin Soderling of Sweden leads a cast of international stars for the ATP Tour's US$947,750 (RM3.029 million) Malaysian Open at Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Sept 25-Oct 3.
  • Top ATP tennis stars to feature again in Malaysian Open Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 6:23PMKUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Open tennis championships will again showcase a star-studded line-up of ATP World Tour stars when it is held at Stadium Putra in Bukit Jalil from Sept 23-Oct 3.
  • China Warns U.S. to Stay Out of Islands Dispute Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 5:32PMThe country’s foreign minister said that international involvement in dispute in the South China Sea would make “resolution more difficult.”
  • Imposing sculpture generates Moore tourism Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:47PMYeoval businessman Alf Cantrell wanted a public sculpture that would stop traffic, and he got it in the form of a six metre high detached head.
  • China Warns U.S. Against Wading Into Islands Dispute Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 12:41PMThe country’s foreign minister said that international involvement into the territorial dispute in the South China Sea would make “resolution more difficult.”
  • ATP World Tour Stars Making Their Return To Malaysia Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 9:10AMKUALA LUMPUR, July 26 (Bernama) -- Nine of the current ATP World Tour Tennis stars have confirmed their participation in this year's edition of the prestigious ATP World Tour 250 - Malaysian Open, which will be held at Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil from Sept 25 to Oct 3.
  • Visitors to Japan surge nearly 60 per cent in June Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:13AMTokyo - The number of foreign visitors to Japan soared in June by 59.7 per cent from a year earlier, to 678,000, the government said Monday. It was the eighth consecutive monthly increase, led by Asian visitors, the Japan National Tourism Organization said.
  • Annual Borneo Cultural Festival To Be A Grandeur Do Next Year Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:09PMSIBU, July 26 (Bernama) -- The 10th edition of the Borneo Cultural Festival, Sibu and Sarawak central region signature tourism event, will be celebrated on a grander scale next year.
  • Taiwan, China set to reopen talks over flight dispute Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 8:15PMTAIPEI : Taiwan and China have agreed to reopen talks to resolve a dispute over the number of flights between the former rival nations, a Taiwanese transport official said Sunday.
  • Optimism as economy ably weathers turmoil Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 12:34PMThailand has emerged almost unscathed from the political crisis in the first half of this year, with the Bank of Thailand revising its economic growth projection close to the International Monetary Fund's 7-8 per cent estimate.
  • Norman Manley speaks from the grave through Brian Meeks Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 4:51AMMandeville, Manchester - He is probably at risk of being dismissed as an outdated 1970s idealist, if not Socialist.
  • Dance festival an avenue for get-together, charity Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 10:02PMKUCHING: Kuching International Dance Festival should be listed among the annual affairs in the state tourism calendar, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu ak Numpang.
  • Imperial Tobacco lights up for income-seekers Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 5:51PMALTHOUGH investing in tobacco companies is not to everybody's taste, the valuation of Imperial Tobacco at the moment looks pretty compelling - especially for income-seekers.
  • Offering to Aid Talks, U.S. Challenges China on Disputed Islands Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 1:12AMHANOI, Vietnam -- Opening a new source of potential friction with China, the Obama administration said Friday that it would step into a tangled dispute between China and its smaller Asian neighbors over a string of strategically significant islands in the South China Sea.
  • BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/7 Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 4:33AMnew decree more strictly regulates how developers of housing projects can raise capital and is expected to shine a light on fraudulent practices.
  • Hong Kong Market: Smartphones account for over 50% of handset sales, says Motorola executive Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 4:29AMSmartphones currently account for a 50% share of Hong Kong's mobile phone market, up from 25% in 2009, according to Ritchie Ma, general manager of mobile device business for Motorola Hong Kong.
  • South China Sea dispute in spotlights at ASEAN forum Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 11:43PMHanoi - A long-running territory dispute in the South China Sea is expected to be high on the agenda of an annual regional security forum opening in Hanoi Friday, as are security concerns over North Korea and Myanmar.
  • AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 6:08AMTECH LAUNCH... HONG KONG: Tech Dynamic today introduced its new Power Solution product line. The i.Tech PowerApp and i.Tech Power X are portable, compact, external batteries designed to pr
  • BUSINESS IN BRIEF 21/7 Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 5:48AMThe PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) is planning to build a 528-m tower, the second tallest building in Asia after the Buri Dubai Tower in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
  • Tension rises as China-Taiwan flight pact hits bumps Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 5:01AMTAIPEI (Reuters) - China and Taiwan face a widening dispute over scheduling of direct flights, an important factor behind $100 billion in two-way trade, raising tension between old foes just weeks after they signed a massive trade pact.
  • Dance troupes from 15 countries to perform at 5th Sabah International Forklore Festival on July 23 Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 10:55PMKOTA KINABALU : The 5th Sabah International Folklore Festival has received overwhelming response from the people of Sabah which indicates the success of the festival, said Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, Datuk Masidi Manjun.
  • More duty-free goods in the offing Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 9:32PMKUALA LUMPUR – The Tourism Ministry hopes to identify more goods to be listed as duty free to make Malaysia a preferred shopping destination for tourists, said its minister Dr Ng Yen Yen.
  • Fatal theme park rides put spotlight on safety Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 7:27PMWhen Yang Bowen's parents asked their son where he wanted to celebrate his fourth birthday this month, it took him just seconds to decide: Happy Valley.
  • Dire tourism predictions overblown Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 5:42PMThe fallout from Thailand's recent political riots appears to be far less disastrous than originally feared, an international travel industry leader says.
  • Tourism Ministry To List More Duty Free Items To Make Malaysia Shopping Destination Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 9:54AMKUALA LUMPUR, July 20 (Bernama) -- The Tourism Ministry hopes to identify more goods to be listed under duty free items to make Malaysia a preferred shopping destination for tourists, said its minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen.
  • The Support Activity Group Entity Program Evaluation Office: TOP SECRET! Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 8:31PMWhat matters tomorrow, tonight. ... Read it and sleep. United States - National security - Robert Byrd - Harry Reid - Congress
  • Taiwan opens to all mainland tourists Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 7:41PMTraveling to Taiwan was made available to mainland residents from six more provinces and regions in the north and the west beginning Sunday, which means the island has opened its tourism market to all mainland visitors, the Guangzhou Daily reported.
  • Telltale Signs: Shanghai Expo and Philippine Tourism Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 4:24PMBy Rodel Rodis SHANGHAI, CHINA- “Visit the Shanghai World Expo 2010″ has been on my bucket list for some time just below another item that I thought was near impossible – “Witness the inauguration of an honest Philippine president.” I did both in two weeks....
  • Consultants sell 'birth tourism' to expectant Chinese mothers Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 7:30AMThere are no solid figures, but dozens of firms advertise "birth tourism" packages online, many of them based in Shanghai.
  • The economy is holding up Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 3:36AMThe Philippine economy, as shown by the benign inflation in June and the relatively stable exchange rate, is doing well so far. The stock market index surged to a 30-month high last week, reflecting the bullish sentiment of investors, while the external accounts kept posting surpluses.
  • All mainland tourists can visit Taiwan Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 3:27AMTo mark the second anniversary since Taiwan opened its tourism to mainland residents, residents from the last six provinces of Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang are now allowed to visit Taiwan starting on July 18. And as of now, all mainland tourists can travel to Taiwan, Guangzhou Daily reported today.
  • Webber, Far East Students Swap Stays Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 8:40PMBABSON PARK | International students are nothing new to Keith Wade, president of Webber International University in Babson Park.
  • Details crucial to airport upgrade Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 11:14AMThe government’s efforts to improve the service quality of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport will focus on the details, Minister of Transportation and Communications Mao Chi-kuo (毛治國) said yesterday.
  • Leading Hotels of the World hopes to add 2nd luxury hotel in S'pore by end 2010 Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 9:34AMSINGAPORE: Hospitality chain Leading Hotels of the World is looking to put its premier brand behind a second luxury hotel chain in Singapore.
  • Bureau offers free shuttle service to 11 scenic spots Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 11:18AMThe Tourism Bureau said yesterday that travelers could board shuttle buses to 11 sightseeing sights for free from today through September.
  • Legislator says GIO biased over Kaohsiung center Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 11:12AMDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Kuan Bi-ling (管碧玲) yesterday accused the Government Information Office (GIO) of lowering the status of a proposed national film culture center in Kaohsiung for political reasons.
  • Gaming is competitive tourism Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 9:47AMBased on purely economic grounds, there may be no way the Philippines can compete in the gaming-tourism business. How can a poor country compete with Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Macao, the gambling capital in this part of the world?