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The ASEAN Tourism Forum 2025 is slated for 15th to 20th January 2025 in Johor, Malaysia with the theme Unity in Motion: Shaping ASEAN’s Tourism Tomorrow.

Key industry trends, particularly innovation, connectivity, and customisation take centre stage at the 32nd edition of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) slated for 28th April to 1st May 2025 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

The Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA) held its annual seminar at the Srinakarin Hall of Thailand’s Dusit Thani College from 30th November to 3rd December.

Aside from breaking records, this year’s Extraordinary Travel Festival in Bangkok, Thailand also saw the launch of the ETF/AB Magellan Travel Index (MTI.)

Hong Kong recently played host to this year’s Leaders of Luxury Summit which was held at the Regent Hong Kong from 26 to 28 November. 

This year’s Extraordinary Travel Festival in Bangkok marked a historic milestone as it brought together 250 of the world’s most intrepid travellers, including 31 with the enviable accomplishment of visiting all 193 UN-recognized countries.

The Hong Kong Special Autonomous Region (SAR) government has designated the ITE Hong Kong and MICE Travel Expo 2025 as one of the territory’s mega events for the first half of 2025.

The Hong Kong Association of Travel Agents (HATA) successfully hosted  its 48th annual overseas convention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 22nd to 24th November 2024. 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand presented its country’s diverse travel offerings at this year’s China International Travel Mart in Shanghai.

Global business leaders, policymakers and innovators are currently in Asia’s world city for Hong Kong Maritime Week 2024 which began Sunday, 17th November, and runs until Saturday, 23rd November.

Experts pointed out the uneven recovery of the Asia Pacific travel market post-pandemic at the recently concluded Web in Travel conference in Singapore.

Over 400 delegates from over 50 countries are expected to attend the 18th annual Global Citizenship Conference hosted by Henley & Partners in Singapore this month.

The 2024 Web in Travel (WiT) Singapore conference turned its attention to the dynamic world of tours and activities.

The opening discussions of Crew Connect Global, the event currently being held in tandem with Seatrade Cruise Asia in Manila, seek to delve into the different aspects of maritime crewing, as well as the need for cruise and shipping firms to properly invest in human resources.

The Philippine tourism department is going over options to make the country more appealing to the cruise sector.

Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jnr cited the potential of the Philippines as one of the world’s foremost cruise tourism hubs during his address at the welcome reception held for Seatrade Cruise Asia on the evening of Monday, 11th November, at The Okada Manila.

Several of the world’s leading exhibition organisations expressed their confidence in Thailand as a global MICE destination at The Exhibition Industry Summit 2024.

Seatrade Cruise Asia 2024 officially opens in the Philippines tonight at a welcome reception at The Cove at the Okada Manila, kicking off a major industry event that will run till Wednesday, 13th November.

The inaugural Super Terminal Expo 2024 opened on Tuesday, 5th November at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong, welcoming over 500 international and local aviation professionals.

Aviation sector IT provider SITA announced its participation at the upcoming FTE APEX Asia Expo slated for the 19th and 20th of this month.