Thai Business Funds Traveloka

Investment will be provided by PTTOR International Holdings Pte. Ltd. in Singapore, which is a subsidiary of PTT Oil and Retail Business (OR), for the online travel startup Traveloka, which is based in Jakarta. The PTT Oil and Retail Business (OR) is a significant player in the petroleum and gas ...

Cristiano Ronaldo won't travel with Manchester United on their pre-season tour of Australia and Thailand

Ronaldo's absence has been authorised after Portugal's national team member was given more time to address a family matter; According to Sky Sports News, Man Utd is open to proposals for Ronaldo this summer. Andreas Pereira, Phil Jones, and Brandon Williams did not participate in the pres...

Travel trends in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are revealed through a Twitter study.

In May, Twitter commissioned an insight poll to discover the top travel trends among Saudi Arabian and UAE visitors ahead of the peak season.

Many people in the Middle East are wanting to travel abroad now that summer has arrived. Travel had been halted owing to the COVID-19 epidemic un...

Collaboration Of STB With Traveloka & Trans Digital Media

The tourism board of Singapore, STB has signed a memo of cooperation with an application called Traveloka and Trans Digital Media. Traveloka is a lifestyle super application and STB has signed this memo of cooperation with Traveloka and TDM to run tactical campaigns to prepare the grand welcome o...

Thai companies will travel to Saudi Arabia for an official trade mission

For the first time in 32 years, the Thai Chamber of Commerce will lead business delegations to Saudi Arabia to restore trade and investment links.

According to Sanan Angubolkul, chairman of the chamber, the business sector will follow the official Thai trade mission led by Foreign Affai...

CDC Does Not Recommend Traveling to Brazil, Mexico, and Singapore

On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued travel advisories for several countries including, Brazil, Mexico, and Singapore due to the high number of Covid-19 infections there. The CDC raised these countries to its highest level of Covid-19 warning I.e., Level Four: Very Hig...

UAE new travel restrictions for unvaccinated citizens

Highlights:

• The COVID scare continues to make amendments in UAE

There has been a travel ban announced in UAE due to the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, which is followed by the highly contagious Omicron variant.

The UAE has only permit...

Singapore Imposes Travel Ban as Covid-19 Cases Surge

Singapore has decided to stop selling air and bus tickets in the annual holiday season from December 23rd to January 2oth to curb the Omicron cases rapidly spreading across the world.

All 24 countries that have a quarantine-free travel agreement with Singapore will have to comply with t...

Omicron Variant Enters Iceland and Singapore

Hong Kong updates its travels conditions as the Omicron variant begins to spread around the world. Hong Kong’s list of high-risk countries now includes Singapore and Iceland after the new variant was reported there. The government has imposed a mandatory 21- day quarantine period on anyone ...

Rethink your travel to Japan: New Restrictions Imposed

Japan hence announced that it will ban all foreign visitors beginning Tuesday as an emergency precaution against the variant, tentatively through the end of the year. The government will undoubtedly permit Japanese nationals and foreigners holding resident permits to quarantine 14 days following ...

South Africa's Travel Punishment Uncalled For

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the operations of businesses, especially industries such as travel and hospitality, automotive and manufacturing, amongst others. The virus, which was initially discovered in Wuhan, China, has spread across continents. Numerous countries have faced multiple wave...

PM Lee wants to deepen cooperation with Japan

Singapore is hoping to enhance cooperation with Japan in areas such as safe resumption of travel. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had a phone call with his Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on November 22. 

Highlights

• PM Le...

As Singapore-India VTL starts, daily flights will operate from Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said that Singapore's vaccinated travel lane with India will start from November 29, flights will be available from Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai in India. Applications for long-term pass holders and short-term visitors will begin from November 22, but only v...

Kishida's cabinet to approve stimulus package of 55.7 trillion yen

Fumio Kishida's cabinet has decided to approve an economic stimulus  package of 55.7 trillion yen this fiscal year. They have planned on using this amount for recovering the economy from the impact of the Covid-19. 
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Canadian military joins rescue operations in flood-devastated areas

The Canadian Armed Forces have deployed hundreds of troops, a Hercules transport aircraft and several search helicopters in the flood affected region, while thousands more are kept on standby.

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• Canadian Armed Forces deploy hundreds of troops ...

Singapore extends Vaccinated Travel Lanes with India, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia

Singapore has decided to extend the Vaccinated Travel Lane arrangement with India, Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as told by the Ministry of Health.

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• Singapore to begin VTL with India and Indonesia on November 29...

Australia lifts ban on citizens travelling overseas

Australia is lifting the ban on its citizens travelling overseas without permission. The ban on  travelling will be lifted next week. Australians have been following one of the strictest border rules for the past 19 months, to avoid further transmission of C...

Australia and Singapore to start travel bubble soon

Australia is set to establish a travel bubble soon with Singapore. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that the details of the plan will be revealed next week.

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• Australia to establish travel bubble with Singapore
• The deal is in its ...

Seasonal flights from Singapore to Vancouver launched by Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines (SIA) said that two of it's weekly Seattle-Vancouver-Singapore flights will start operating from Dec 2 to Feb 15 next year. The flights will be flying four times a week to Vancouver in Canada and Seattle in the United States.

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Japanese tourism minister considers resuming “Go To Travel" subsidy program

Highlights

• Tetsuo Saito is considering the resuming "Go To Travel" program
• The government is planning to attract 60 million foreigners by 2030

Japan's new tourism minister, Tetsuo Saito is considering the resuming of&nb...