TODAY: Phuket exposes flaws in hotel sector & another Trump Hotels breach.
Phuket under pressure as tourism growth exposes flaws in hotel sector.
One of Asia’s most desirable tourist destinations, Phuket is attracting an ever-increasing number of international visitors to its golden beaches and turquoise seas.
But many of the millions of travellers who visit Phuket each year could be staying in unlicensed - and effectively illegal - hotels.
Dusit International to manage new five-star resort in the Philippines.
Thailand-based, Dusit International has signed a hotel management agreement with Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC) to operate the Dusit Thani Mactan Cebu, a five-star resort situated on the northern peninsula of Mactan island. This resort is slated to open in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Trump hotels hit by 3rd card breach in 2 years.
Maybe some of you missed this amid all the breach news recently (I know I did), but Trump International Hotels Management LLC last week announced its third credit-card data breach in the past two years.
I thought it might be useful to see these events plotted on a timeline, because it suggests that virtually anyone who used a credit card at a Trump property in the past two years likely has had their card data stolen and put on sale in the cybercrime underground as a result.
News from around the EAME region.
Hotel industry and travel news from around the Europe, Middle East & African region: Dusit and Park Regis make their first appearance in Bahrain, AC Hotel Bella Sky Copenhagen sold, Avani announces its first Mauritius hotel and more...
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