Dr. Carol Jacobs, Chairman of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, says the tourism sector is of critical importance in the fight against HIV/AIDS. “In a region which boasts of 40 million tourists passing through the region annually, the tourism sector must see itself as having a critical role in sensitizing those who work in the industry, as well as those who travel for pleasure or for work,” said Dr. Jacobs, an eminent Caribbean family physician, who also chairs the Barbados National HIV/AIDS Commission. […]

Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation notes that All Nippon Airways reportedly plans to establish up to two LCC subsidiaries next year to grow and defend international and domestic markets. “This provides even more evidence that the LCC movement in this region is increasingly being fostered by full service carriers. The subsidiaries – in many cases intended to help carriers defend market shares – are increasingly viewed as effective market segmentation/branding tools, and cost reduction/restructuring vehicles,” stated Peter Harbison, Executive Chairman of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. […]

The Japanese penchant for the latest gadgetry expenditure on phones is double that of international travel’s has extended into a taste for distinctive tours and fresh destinations. This according to Evolution Tourism Institute Director Mr Tenshin Kobayashi, who added: Japanese are losing interest in traditional travel products Mr Kobayashi joined Marriott International Global Sales Vice President-Japan Mr Victor Osumi and Travel Journal Chief Operating Officer Mr Kiyotaka Kaburaki on an interactive panel about Japanese outbound tourism at PATA Travel Mart 2006 in Hong Kong today. Mr Kobayashi […]

Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation reports that the airline industry’s general exasperation about the impact of high fuel prices on profitability is increasingly unsupported by figures from its own peak industry body. Forecast average fuel prices for the year have steadily risen by 28% since the Dec-05 IATA forecast for a USD4.3 billion industry loss for 2006. But that loss has since been cut by more than half, to USD1.7 billion, according to IATA’s latest estimate. According to the Center’s Executive Chairman, Peter Harbison, “the improved outlook […]

N E W S 31 August 2006 Bali Free Ride Nation Cup 2006 Penyelenggaraan Bali Free Ride Nation Cup (Kejuaraan Dunia Jet Ski) 2006 sangat didukung oleh Bupati Badung AA Gde Agung mengingat kegiatan ini merupakan suatu usaha dalam rangka recovery dan mempromosikan Bali kepada dunia internasional. 26 August 2006 Kolaborasi Apik Tropical Transit dan Nyoman Sura Alunan nada pentatonis dari Tropical Transit meramaikan arena Food and Bazaar di ajang Sanur Village Festival (SVF) 2006, Inna Grand Bali Beach Cottage, Jumat (25/8) siang kemarin. 26 August 2006 […]

The recent Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting with its Asian Regional Forum (ARF) counterparts here adopted a proposal to develop guidelines for civilian and military cooperation to ensure swift response to natural disasters in the region. The guidelines, to be consistent with existing UN and ASEAN mechanisms on disaster management and emergency response, will form the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on civilian and military cooperation for humanitarian purposes. I think it is among the most important portion of the statement issued, said M C Abad, […]

Julian Carr, Manager New Product Development at IATA, told local and international delegates at the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation’s Third Annual India and Middle East LCC Symposium that interlining between LCCs may be a natural progression of the model in the region. At the CAPA Symposium, Mr Carr posed the question, “will low cost long haul be achieved through interlining?” in the future, as LCCs in India and the Asia Pacific seek to expand their networks. LCCs that are not planning to expand into certain markets […]

The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) predicts the shock waves through the media will undoubtedly result in a temporarily reduction in flight bookings and some cancellations maybe a few percent at most. The Centre observes however that passengers today are very resilient and less ready to over-react to what, at this stage, appears to be a particularly UK-US issue. (The positive is that it appears that intelligence was sufficiently good that it stopped the threat. Nonetheless there will be a considerable consumer backlash, particularly in the […]

The World Tourism Day has been annually celebrated on September 27th since 1980. This year, Indonesia is proud to celebrate the day in a form of special events, under the title called Bali Bike Fest 2006. This festivity is planned to spin on September 16th ” 17th, 2006 in Bali, bringing along a main theme: Bali Bike Fest 2006 Peace Through Tourism. The goal of the celebration is to bring everyone, individually, as families, or as a community, to have fun through tourism activities, which is bicycling […]

The recent signing of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Framework Agreement on Visa Exception (FAVE) is being termed as a boon for the tourism industry as well as for dreams of regional unities. Recently, the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Visa Exception was signed during the 39th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Citizens of ASEAN nations traveling within member countries no longer require a visa for social visits of up to 14 days. The agreement will take effect once it is ratified by all 10-member […]