SINGAPORE – Without fear of spreading the coronavirus, Singapore has been testing a ‘bubble’ business hotel that will allow quarantined executives arriving in the country to conduct face-to-face meetings and even exchange documents. The bubble was set up in an exhibition venue near Changi airport in the city-state and has separate air ducts for tourists and guests, plus hundreds of …

MANILA – Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat announced yesterday that all hotels under areas classified as general community quarantine and modified GCQ may now be allowed to operate at a full capacity. Puyat said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has authorized the Department of Tourism (DOT) to make the decision on whether allowing operational …

After Cambodian netizens were angered by their use of Cambodian cultural symbols, including the iconic Angkor Wat, as building decorations, which they found unacceptable, a hotel in Koh Phangan issued an apology. The Koh Phangan Le Palais Hotel was inspired by the grandeur of Angkor Wat, located in Cambodia. Cambodia is our founder’s motherland and always holds a special place …

KUALA LUMPUR – If the government decides to convert some of the hotels into a quarantine centres one again, it will suffer more losses, says Malaysian Associations of Hotels (MAH). MAH Chief Executive Officer Yap Lip Seng said that if the government went ahead with the plan of converting hoteles to quarantine facilities for Malaysians returning from abroad, The industry …

DAVAO CITY – Mindanao’s first and only five-star hotel founded by the family of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III announced hat it was indefinitely suspending operations because of the impact of the Coronavirus disease pandemic. “All of you have been the core and our partners in building Marco Polo Davao. The owners and management will forever be grateful for your …

Mr Somchai is one of a number of hotel owners who have offered to allow the Ministry of Public Health to make use of their facilities in the fight against Covid-19. ‘If Wuhan authorities can build field hospitals with 1,000 beds in 10 days, Korat province can develop field hospitals with several hundred beds in two days,” Somchai Chatpathanasiri, owner …