Quarantine requirements will be waived for vaccinated foreign visitors arriving on the resort island of Phuket from July 1, the first destination to reopen since the Covid-19 pandemic struck last year. The Centre for Economic Situation Administration, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o- cha, on Friday approved the proposal by Phuket’s private sector and business…
Boncafé (Cambodia) Ltd and Tianle Food Global Co Ltd on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to offer high quality beverages such as coffee and Italian Sodas at Papa John’s first outlet in Sangkat Chroy Chongva. Under the MoU, Boncafé Cambodia, the supplier of coffee equipment and beverage ingredients, will support Papa John’s expansion…
The governor of Preah Sihanouk, Kuoch Chamroeun, has granted permission for three hotspots in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, including Jin Bei Casino and Hotel, to resume normal operations. All three branches of Jin Bei Hotel as well as Jin Bei Casino and Hotel were closed down in late February after two positive cases of COVID-19 among Chinese…
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest hotel franchising company and leading provider of hotel management services with over 8,900 hotels across nearly 95 countries on six continents, has opened its first hotel in Cambodia, the Howard Johnson Plaza by Wyndham Blue Bay Sihanoukville, a brand new landmark on…
Moving into 2021, hospitality company Banyan Tree Group is set to continue with its global expansion. The company has signed 20 hotel management agreements in 2020, adding to its pipeline of 35 properties opening over the next 3 years. “Our robust momentum in business development and pipeline of new openings this year will continue to…
INTERNATIONAL REPORT—Hotel activity is on the rise in Southeast Asia with two signings in Vietnam and an opening in Cambodia. IHG expands Crowne Plaza brand in Central Vietnam InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed a management agreement with Minh Dong Travel Service and Trading Company Limited—a member of PGT Group—to open the second Crowne Plaza…
The Ministry of Tourism plans to launch a travel bubble allowing transit between Cambodia and 12 other regional countries in a bid to resuscitate the tourism sector amid crushing impact of the ongoing spread of Covid-19, Ministry of Tourism spokesman Top Sopheak told The Post on January 10. He defined a “travel bubble” as a…
Vietnam recorded a 79 percent decline year-on-year in the number of foreign visitors in 2020 due to travel restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. The country received 3.83 million foreign tourists against a record 18 million in 2019, General Statistics Office data shows. The government in early of the year set a target of 20 million….
King Norodom Sihamoni has promulgated a long-awaited gambling law that aims to create jobs, boost the economy and bolster tourism as well as establish safeguards against money laundering and corruption. The law, which will dictate how casinos and gambling operators conduct business, has 12 chapters and 97 articles. It was passed by the National Assembly…
Hong Kong-listed NagaCorp Ltd, the parent company of local casino operator NagaWorld Ltd, on November 15 announced plans to develop a $350 million non-gaming integrated resort (IR) in Siem Reap province. The industry term IR is used to describe a large-scale resort complex that comprise tourism and conference amenities and often feature casinos and other…
The once dormant Cambodian gaming capital of Sihanoukville is returning with a modernized model for the times that appears prepared to create added steady revenue flow for Cambodia. Recent History Originally arising from a construction boom backed primarily by Chinese investors, Sihanoukville developed into a resort of palm-fringed beaches with no regard for urban planning,…
A Hong-Kong based company is now the sole owner of the Four Seasons Oahu. Ko Olina master developer Jeff Stone’s company, The Resort Group, announced today that it has sold its interest in the Four Seasons Resort Oahu to its partner Hong Kong-based Henderson Land Group. Details on a closure date and purchase price were…
Hyatt has appointed renowned hospitality professional Herman Kemp as general manager of Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh, the largest internationally branded hotel in the heart of Cambodia’s capital. A Dutch national with extensive experience in Southeast Asia, Kemp will oversee the pre-opening of the 247-room property, which will become the first Hyatt Regency hotel in Cambodia…
Sihanoukville – A new luxury retail space opened its doors to consumers on 1 October 2020 after a three-year construction period. It is a shopping mall with five floors and an area of 50,000 square metres, which offers a stylish shopping experience to the customers in Sihanoukville. Prince Mall is now Sihanoukville’s premier shopping destination,…
The decline in the number of visitors and revenue due to the Covid-19 pandemic has led many investors selling their hotels in Vietnam. The pandemic has left efforts to stimulate domestic tourism in tatters, as many tourists cancelled tours and some popular destinations have had to be closed. Figures from the General Statistics Office (GSO)…
Hotels with ‘for sale’ signs have mushroomed across different parts of Vietnam, despite a scarcity in buyers. The sales trend first kicked off in central areas of HCMC and Hanoi’s Old Quarter, but later spread to other tourism hotspots like Phu Quoc Island, Da Nang City, and other coastal towns including Nha Trang, Vung Tau,…
Hong Kong-listed NagaCorp Ltd, the parent company of local casino operator NagaWorld Ltd, has expressed an interest in developing integrated resorts (IRs) in areas of Siem Reap and Preah Sihanouk provinces. Siem Reap town is home to UNESCO World Heritage site Angkor Wat in Nokor Thom commune, just 6km north of the provincial capital’s downtown…
Shangri-La Hotels (Malaysia) Bhd, controlled by tycoon Tan Sri Robert Kuok, expects the performances of its investment properties, which include UBN Tower and UBN Apartments to soften further through the fiscal year 2020, in tandem with weakening economic activity resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. The group expects the market conditions for its hotel operation to…
Cambodia casinos will restart operations, the country’s Prime Minister, Hun Sen, confirmed on Friday. With operators now having an official green light by the government, estimated 200 casinos are expected to restart. The approval comes after the Ministry of Health has worked out the necessary safety measures to defer the spread of COVID-19 on the…
Investment continues to pour into Cambodia’s tourism sector and hospitality industry, setting an optimistic mood that the Kingdom will soon welcome back international visitors. The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved local company Sun and Moon Hotel Co Ltd’s $35.2 million four-star hotel project in Phnom Penh. The hotel will comprise 200…
Gaming revenue in Macau plunged 93% to 1.76 billion patacas ($221 million) in May, the eighth consecutive month of decline. The world’s casino capital is struggling to recover from a 15-day shutdown in February and closed global borders. It’s the latest sign of pain in the region’s gambling industry — Japanese operator Okada last week…
According to research, some markets in APAC are expressing interest in future domestic travel. In Indonesia, India, the Philippines, and Vietnam, more than 25% of respondents expressed plans to travel domestically in the next three months, compared with countries like Australia and Japan, where less than 14% of them plan to do so. Safety is…
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, coupled with an online gambling ban that went into effect on January 1, growth in the casino hotspot of Bavet town in Svay Rieng province has slowed down to a crawl. But on March 18, Vietnam suspended the entry of all foreigners into the country to curb the spread of…
Bangkok (CNN) — With news that many countries in Europe are reopening to tourism in time for summer, travelers with their sights set on Asia are anxiously awaiting word on when they’ll be given the green light to visit their favorite destination. As of now, those with Thailand in mind will need to wait at…
Hong Kong’s Century Entertainment International Holdings Limited, formerly known as Amax International Holdings, has terminated a lease deal with Cambodia’s Crown Resorts Co Ltd to operate a VIP room at Genting Crown Casino in Poipet, Cambodia. The lease deal, which was due to expire in November, saw Century Entertainment run 13 VIP tables at Genting…
The government has approved the construction of a $100 million five-star hotel in Preah Sihanouk province that officials say will be ready to welcome tourists once Covid-19 disappears. The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) issued a final certificate of registration to Yong Wang (Cambodia) Co Ltd to build the 700-room establishment with a…
The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration, led by the National Committee of Cambodia Coastal Management and Development, is bulldozing a coastal area in Bit Traing commune, Prey Nop district, to create a new public recreational beach named Chum Teav Mao Beach for national and international tourists to visit. Provincial tourism department director Taing Sochet Kresna told…
Honolulu – Venturing out of a hotel room in Hawaii right now might land you in handcuffs. Just ask one of the roughly 20 people who have been arrested for violating Gov. David Ige’s two-week quarantine imposed on all who arrive in the state or travel between its islands. Hundreds more have been arrested or…
Many owners cannot maintain operation of their hotels during the epidemic and want to sell them. Tran Hoa, the owner of Hanoi Passion Suite on Tran Nhat Duat street in Hanoi, has sold her hotel for VND350 million. In HCM City, small hotels and homestays in central districts 1, 3 and Phu Nhuan have also…
With just 270 cases and zero coronavirus deaths, Vietnam has emerged as the first Southeast Asian country to pull its tourism sector out the pits, ahead of major Southeast Asia nations such as Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines that are still under various degrees of lockdown. Domestic flights are now back in operation,…
