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Navera Phuket, MGallery Collection, Set for Fourth-Quarter 2026 Opening

Category:Hotels, Posted:16 Sep 2026 | 17:37 pm Accor will open Navera Phuket, MGallery Collection, in the fourth quarter of 2026. The 48-key resort of suites and villas is located on Phuket’s west coast. The property is the eighth MGallery Collection hotel in Thailand and the fourth in Phuket. Units include one- and two-bedroom suites and villas, some with private pools. This is […]

BEING, RISE and PHIST Draw Over 2,000 in Phuket September Events

Category:Hotels|Tourism, Posted:16 Sep 2026 | 11:26 am More than 2,000 hospitality professionals attended BEING Thailand, RISE and PHIST across the first two weeks of September 2026, held  at  Laguna Phuket. The turnout confirms what the format was built to test: one flight into Phuket now covers three of the region’s sharpest hospitality events. BEING Thailand 2026 opened the run on 2 September […]

RUSSIAN VISITOR ARRIVALS TO VIETNAM NEARLY TRIPLED IN H1 2026 COMPARED WITH H1 2025

Category:Tourism, Posted:07 Sep 2026 | 08:07 am Russia has become Vietnam’s fastest-growing source market. Russian visitor arrivals reached 742,700 in the first half of 2026, up 185.8% year-on-year and already above the 689,714 recorded across all of 2025. That takes Russia from Vietnam’s tenth-largest source market to its third, behind China and South Korea. Full breakdown in the infographic below. Source: @C9 […]

Rixos to Open First All-Inclusive Resort in Thailand as a Conversion of Former Splash Jungle

Category:Hotels, Posted:05 Sep 2026 | 11:09 am Rixos will open its first all-inclusive resort in Thailand at Mai Khao, Phuket, converting the former Splash Jungle waterpark site into Rixos Water World Phuket. The project, developed by Ennismore and Central Group Capital, is scheduled to open in early 2028 with more than 600 rooms and villas, five food and beverage venues, and an […]

INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ARRIVALS TO JAPAN FALL 2% YEAR-ON-YEAR IN H1 2026 AS CHINESE ARRIVALS DROP BY MORE THAN HALF

Posted:04 Sep 2026 | 17:06 pm   Chinese visitor arrivals to Japan fell by more than half (−56.4%, from 4.7 million to 2.1 million) in the first half of 2026, yet Japan’s total international visitor arrivals fell just 2% year-on-year, to 21.1 million. Excluding China, visitor arrivals grew 13.3% year-on-year, as every other major international source market expanded. Full breakdown in […]

ONE HANAZONO VILLAS Brings Park Hyatt’s First Branded Villa Concept in Japan to Niseko

Category:Hotels|Real estate|Tourism, Posted:03 Sep 2026 | 10:42 am Pacific Century Premium Developments (PCPD) and Hyatt unveiled ONE HANAZONO VILLAS in Niseko, Japan on 1 September 2026, marking the first Park Hyatt-branded villas in the country. The project sits in the Hanazono area and comprises 13 individually separated residences, each spanning 700 to 1,000 square meters (7,500 to 10,400 square feet) with four to […]