Posted in Travel Info on Jul 27th, 2009
SINGAPORE, July 27 — Businessman Andy Bhasin has dumped buses for airplanes.
“I don’t think I will ever take the bus again,” declared the 45-year-old who zips between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur once every two months.
Andy and thousands others like him are reaping the benefits of what some would say is a revolution in air travel [...]
Posted in Travel Info on May 12th, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 – Tune Hotels.com, the limited service hotel brand is offering room rates from as low as RM0.02 per night in its hotels in Penang, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Kuala Lumpur and the KLIA-LCCT Airport beginning today.
“The promotion was initiated to extend appreciation to guests for supporting the Tune Hotels.com brand since it [...]
Posted in Travel Info on Feb 19th, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — Malaysia Airlines travel to selected destinations will get cheaper starting tomorrow, thanks to further fuel surcharge reductions by the national airlines.
The reductions are 55 per cent for the destinations from six per cent presently. This translates to up to RM910 reductions for flights to South America.
The other destinations that fall [...]
Posted in Travel Info on Dec 9th, 2008
The price of air tickets should start coming down soon because of the world financial crisis, experts are predicting.
But they are ruling out a plunge that would endanger the health of airlines.
‘If you keep prices too high you’re going to lose more passengers,’ said Exane BNP Paribas’ Geoff van Klaveren, against a background of both [...]
Posted in Travel Info on Jul 8th, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Malaysia’s two oldest cities, George Town and Malacca, have finally been listed as World Heritage sites after seven years of campaigning at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), which gave the status yesterday.
Its Paris-based World Heritage Council met in Quebec, Canada and confirmed the listings which will [...]
