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TikTok your way to Langkawi

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LANGKAWI 27 January 2022: Are you ready to start the year right and win some exciting prizes? Langkawi Development Authority (LADA) presents an exciting competition for travellers who have recently visited the “99 Magical Islands in the Sun.”

What’s not to love about this perfect tropical holiday spot? Shimmering waters, amazing beaches, mysterious forests, exotic flavours and super-friendly locals, it is truly Langkawi Best Wey! And now, even the memories you create on this beautiful island can help you win big too.

Travellers who have visited Langkawi since 15 December 2022 are challenged to upload a TikTok video encapsulating their best experience in Langkawi with the hashtag #LangkawiBestWey.

Users are required to highlight two different aspects of Langkawi in this video (For example, choose two themes from the local food scene, pristine beaches, hidden cafes, and adventure activities). The video can be uploaded on any social media page, including Facebook, Instagram or TikTok.

To be eligible, contestants must tag the relevant Naturally Langkawi page. Following the closing date for the competition, 15 February 2023, 20 winners will be selected to win a range of cool prizes that will leave you with the urge to return to this beautiful island once more.

Regarding this limited-time-only contest, LADA’s chief executive officer

Nasaruddin bin Abdul Muttalib said: “We appreciate all the tourists for visiting our adored island and choosing Langkawi as their holiday destination of choice. To thank them, we have decided to run this contest and give these tourists an opportunity to use the memories they have created on the island to win big.”

He added, “In this digital age, travellers love to document their travels through smartphones. We have decided to leverage this and award those most creative with their captures to keep up with the modern-day trends. We will filter through every submission and ensure that we reward those who can capture Langkawi in the most beautiful way possible.”

Guidelines

Langkawi is loaded with breathtaking experiences, and there is just so much to do. Given that, travellers will have opportunities to create exciting videos of their travels. Winners will be chosen based on their skills and creativity in shooting, editing and finessing the video. Judging will be entirely based on the creativity and quality of the video, with participants allowed to submit as many videos as they like. However, all videos submitted must be tasteful and not offend any religious, racial, national, ethical, or moral standards and sensibilities. Offensive language and nudity are also not permitted. Any content featuring any of the above will be automatically rejected.

Prizes for the winners

The grand prize winner will walk away with two Sky Cab Langkawi tickets, a three-day/two-night stay at Tanjung Rhu Resort inclusive of breakfast, two tickets to the Langkawi Sunset Party Cruise, two tickets to Splash Out Langkawi as well as a Langkawi 99 Magical Islands Jacket and LangkawiBestWey T-Shirt. Twenty runners-up will receive a variety of other amazing prizes.

For more information regarding the prizes, you may click on this link.

For tourists seeking the ultimate tropical escape, Langkawi has to be the standout option, and even more so now with the #LangkawiBestWey competition. Already an enticing holiday destination, Langkawi’s allure just got that little bit bigger with this contest. What are you waiting for? TikTok, time is running out.

For more information on LADA, please visit https://www.lada.gov.my/en/ or https://naturallylangkawi.my

(Your Stories: LADA)

Emirates ramps up European flights

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Dubai, UAE, 27 January 2023: Emirates will scale up its A380 operations with the iconic double-decker returning to Glasgow and Birmingham in the UK and Nice in France during the first half of 2023.

The A380 resumes flights to Glasgow on 26 March, Nice on 1 June and Birmingham on 1 July. The airline has also announced it will resume its second daily service to Stansted (UK) starting from 1 May, using its wide-body Boeing 777-300ER aircraft fitted with its renowned ‘game changer’ first-class product. With the return of the second daily flight to Stansted, Emirates will ramp up its operations to London to 11 daily flights.

Emirates currently deploys its flagship A380 to 40 destinations worldwide. By the end of this summer, the popular aircraft will be serving almost 50 destinations, restoring close to 90% of the airline’s pre-pandemic A380 network.

Emirates is the largest operator of Airbus A380, with more than 80 aircraft currently in active service. The airline launched A380 services to Birmingham in 2016, Nice in 2017, and Glasgow in 2019.

For more information on flight schedules, visit emirates.com.

Tickets can be booked on emirates.com, Emirates Sales Office or via travel agents.

(Your Stories: Emirates)

JLL expands regional team

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SINGAPORE, 27 January 2023: JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group has named two hires in Australia and Japan that will bolster its regional client coverage.

Gus Moors joins JLL as managing director and head of New South Wales Investment Sales. Based in Sydney, he will be responsible for managing JLL’s hotel sales platform in Australia’s most populated state, managing a team of investment professionals and providing advisory services to domestic and international clients. 

He joins JLL from Colliers International, where he was most recently Head of Hotels, Australia.

James Abe comes to JLL as managing director and head of Investment Sales for Hotels & Hospitality Group, Japan. He will be responsible for leading a diverse team of market-leading hospitality investment professionals in Japan, as well as partnering with members of the global and regional hotels business to further connect investors with opportunities in one of the world’s most sought-after hospitality markets.

He brings experience from Westmont, where he led their hotel business in Japan. In this role, he was responsible for the sourcing and acquisition, disposition and asset management for Westmont’s hotel portfolio in Japan. 

Ethiopian to fly to Copenhagen

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SINGAPORE, 27 January 2023: Ethiopian Airlines will launch a new passenger flight from Addis Ababa to Copenhagen, Denmark, on 22 May 2023.

The new flight will operate five times weekly – Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 

 Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Mesfin Tasew commented: “We are glad to open a new route to Copenhagen, Denmark, which will be our 21st destination in Europe. With the flight launch, Copenhagen will become a crucial gateway for Ethiopian Airlines in northern Europe and southern Scandinavia.

“Thanks to the wide network of Ethiopian Airlines across Africa, the new flight will enhance the air connectivity between Europe and Africa, thereby facilitating trade, tourism and diplomatic relations of the two regions.”

Copenhagen Airport chief executive officer Thomas Woldbye welcomed the news saying It had been a long-term objective to improve connections between Copenhagen and Africa.

Ethiopian Airlines will deploy Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on the route, with 315 seat arrangement. The airline started serving Copenhagen in November 1999, but the flight was suspended about four years later.

Singapore hosts aviation safety summit

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SINGAPORE, 27 January 2023: Around 300 government and industry leaders from countries in the Asia Pacific will gather in Singapore from 22 to 24 March for an inaugural summit on aviation safety as the aviation sector recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic has added unprecedented challenges to aviation safety. They include the availability and proficiency of skilled personnel, the airworthiness of aircraft returning to service from storage and familiarity with new procedures and safety regimes as aviation companies face financial pressure to ramp up service.

Disruptive shifts in the aviation sector and the emergence of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and remotely controlled aircraft systems, while creating exciting new opportunities, also pose unique safety risks.

Keynote speakers at the three-day event include prominent international aviation experts such as Stephen Creamer, director of the Air Navigation Bureau at the International Civil Aviation Organisation; Christopher Hart, former US National Transportation Safety Board chairman and Patrick Ky, executive director of European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

The inaugural summit, organised by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Flight Safety Foundation (FSF), will be held in Singapore at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, from 22 to 24 March 2023.

CAAS director-general Han Kok Juan said: “Singapore is privileged and honoured to launch and co-organise this region-wide summit with the Flight Safety Foundation. While countries have their own national regimes, aviation is cross-border, and airlines operate across national boundaries; region-wide cooperation is necessary to assure aviation safety.”

For more information on the event programme and to register, visit https://flightsafety.org/ap-sas2023/

OR visit  www.flightsafety.org.

(SOURCE: Flight Safety Foundation)

Cebu Pacific returns to Melbourne

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MANILA, 27 January 2023: Cebu Pacific Air will resume its Melbourne-Manila flights at the end of March following the relaunch of its Sydney-Manila service in mid-2022.

To celebrate the relaunch, CEB introduces a one-way fare starting at AUD299 on the Melbourne to Manila sector.

The seat sale expires on 31 January, with the travel period extending until 30 June 2023. The airline also offers a fare of AUD309 on the Sydney to Manila route.

CEB’s direct Melbourne-Manila flights, with a flight time of around eight hours, will operate three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) starting 27 March using either an A330ceo aircraft with 436 seats or an A330neo with 459 seats.

In addition to its international network, the airline flies to  34 domestic destinations, including popular islands such as Bohol, Boracay, Cebu, Coron and Siargao, and 19 international destinations.

Commenting on 2023 recovery trends, the airline says it “is firmly in place for full recovery in 2023 and expects to restore 100% of its pre-Covid network and capacity by March”, when it should reinstate all of its flights to  25 international destinations in 14 countries.

CEB has made significant progress restoring  92% of its pre-Covid capacity since December.

Qantas extends IndiGo codeshare

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SYDNEY, 27 January 2023: Qantas is offering customers even more travel options across India as part of an expansion of its codeshare partnership with IndiGo.

It follows the initial codeshare agreement with India’s largest domestic carrier signed last August that offered seamless connections from Qantas flights in Bengaluru and Delhi to IndiGo services to other major Indian cities, including Mumbai and Chennai,  as well as smaller destinations such as Pune and Goa.

Under phase two of the agreement, Qantas customers can now travel to an additional eight cities, bringing the total number of Indian destinations available for connection from Delhi and Bengaluru to 21. Qantas customers will also have more choices across IndiGo’s domestic network, with more than 250 new flights available for booking.

Qantas Frequent Flyers can earn and redeem points on connecting IndiGo flights (with the QF code), and IndiGo recognises Qantas Frequent Flyer benefits for tiered members (Silver, Gold, Platinum and Platinum One), including priority check-in and priority baggage.

New codeshare destinations:

  • Guwahati
  • Indore
  • Chandigarh
  • Mangalore
  • Jaipur
  • Nagpur
  • Thiruvananthapuram
  • Visakhapatnam

Existing codeshare destinations:

  • Ahmedabad
  • Amritsar
  • Bengaluru
  • Chennai
  • Delhi
  • Goa
  • Mumbai
  • Kochi
  • Kolkata
  • Hyderabad
  • Lucknow
  • Patna
  • Pune

Qantas flights to India

Qantas operates four return flights from Melbourne to Delhi per week and four from Sydney to Bengaluru per week.

Mui Ne resort names GM

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BANGKOK, 26 January 2023: Centara Hotels & Resorts has appointed Tom Pieter Van Tuijl as the new general manager of Centara Mirage Resort Mui Ne in Vietnam.

He will be responsible for strategically managing and operating the resort’s 984 Mediterranean-designed rooms and villas.

Before joining Centara Hotels & Resorts, he was general manager of FLC Hotels & Resorts, responsible for FLC Sam Son Beach & Golf Resort and FLC Halong Bay Golf Club & Luxury Resort. Before that, he worked for the flagship Lotte Hotel in Hanoi.

Commenting on his appointment, he said: “With its favourable geographical location, just four-hour driving from Ho Chi Minh City, mild climate all year round, and rich and unique local cuisine, Mui Ne is becoming one of the best ideal cities for luxury tourism investment, as well as an attractive beach destination for both Vietnamese and foreign tourists.”

(Your Stories: Centara Hotels & Resorts)

Emirates restores Aussie flights

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SINGAPORE, 26 January 2023: Emirates will relaunch its daily direct flight between Singapore and Melbourne from 26 March 2023 as part of its frequency ramp-up to Sydney and Melbourne in response to strong travel demand.

From 26 March to 01 April 2023, Emirates’ flight EK404, operated by a Boeing 777-300ER, will depart Dubai at 2115 and arrive in Singapore at 0850. The flight will continue to Melbourne, taking off at 1025 from Singapore and touching down in Melbourne at 2035. The return service EK405 will take off from Melbourne at 0325 and arrive in Singapore at 0815 before departing for Dubai at 0940. It will arrive in Dubai at 1300.

Starting from 02 April 2023, Emirates’ flight EK404 will land in Melbourne at 1935 and take off to Singapore as EK405 at 0225.

Flight

Number

Departure

Local Time (hrs)

Arrival

Local Time (hrs)

EK404

Dubai

2115

Singapore

0850

Singapore

1025

Melbourne

2035

EK405

Melbourne

0325

Singapore

0815

Singapore

0940

Dubai

1300

The resumption of Emirates’ Singapore-Melbourne route will help serve the pent-up demand for air travel between the two cities and beyond across the airline’s global network, providing even more choice and flexibility for travellers with the capacity to transport up to 5,000 passengers a week between the two points.

Emirates country manager for Singapore & Brunei, Rashid Al Ardha said: “The return of our direct service between Singapore and Melbourne further establishes our commitment to supporting the local travel and tourism recovery in both markets. With travel restrictions easing globally, we are progressively restoring our operations to pre-pandemic levels, as we expect customer demand to remain strong in 2023.”

Emirates has been serving Singapore since 1990. Aside from the newly-restored Melbourne service, the airline continues to connect travellers to 130 cities across the globe through Dubai three times a day. Tickets can be issued on emirates.com, the Emirates App, or via both online and offline travel agents.

Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in a three-class configuration offers travellers eight private suites in first class, 42 lie-flat seats in business class and 304 spacious seats in economy class.

(Your Stories: Emirates)

Danang develops a duty-free zone

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Danang, Vietnam, 26 January 2023: The People’s Committee of Danang has submitted a proposal to build a duty-free zone on a site located 30 km southwest of the city centre, Vietnam News Agency

The area will cover 151 ha at the end of Ba Na – Suoi Mo Road – 30km southwest of the centre and near the Ba Na Hills resort.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is reviewing the project that would include a trade complex with entertainment sites, duty-free shops, a logistics hub, warehouses, healthcare services, an R&D centre, an international education centre, a medical school and an exhibition centre.

If it gains the green light from authorities, developers say it will open in 2027. Construction would take around three years.

VNA reported that the first downtown duty-free shop was launched at the beachfront Crowne Plaza Danang resort at the end of last year.

(Source: VNA)

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