Already present in Nay Pyi Daw, Myanmar administrative capital with a five-star resort, Kempinski group continues to restore one of Yangon’s iconic building, the British New Law Courts, a significant and imposing structure along Yangon’s [Read More…]
Reporter Kyaw Hsu Mon from the Irrawady newspaper thinks that government’s tourist numbers are misleading and that Myanmar will be far away from a target of 4.5 to 5 million international tourists this year. For [Read More…]
Air Bagan resumed flights on October 1, just on time before the high season kicks off. The information has been communicated by Daw Yin Myo, public relations and customer service manager at the airline. “We [Read More…]
Tourist arrivals to Myanmar are on pace to reach more than 4.5 million visitors this year, declared Myanmar Union Minister for Hotels and Tourism U Htay Aung last Tuesday. According to the Minister, the total [Read More…]
In the newspaper Myanmar Times, the Chairman of the Myanmar Tourism Marketing Committee U Phyo Wai Yar Zar urged the government to deliver reliable data about the real number of tourists coming into Myanmar, helping [Read More…]
Three million tourists arrived in Myanmar by the end of August, the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism told the Myanmar Global Investment Forum in Nay Pyi Taw. This represents exactly the total number of the [Read More…]
While Thailand was and is considered as a mature market with a sophisticated retail offer –particularly in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pattaya/Hua Hin and Phuket-, retailers start to move to other cities in the Greater Mekong [Read More…]
Wyndham Hotel Group has signed a franchise agreement with Asia Myanmar Shining Star Company for its first hotel in Myanmar. The 260-room Wyndham Grand Yangon Royal Lake will be to the south of Kandawgyi Lake [Read More…]
A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Sunday for the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge that will play a key role in the East-West Economic Corridor traversing continental Southeast Asia. The ceremony for the bridge linking the [Read More…]
Ho Chi Minh City had it 25 years ago when Vietnam started to open its doors to tourism and lacked enough standard accommodation. Boats converted into hotels were then the solution to ease demand versus [Read More…]
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