DESTINATIONS ASIA & AUSTRALASIA WTM 2015
LEFT: Taiwan ‘ambassador’, Oh! Bear
RIGHT: Japanese kabuki actors
BELOW: Shangri-La’s Le Touessrok Resort & Spa, Mauritius
WATER WORLD
w ASIA & AUSTRALASIA Fancy winning a stay at one of the Maldives’ hottest new hotels? Thai hotel chain Onyx Hospitality Group (AS348) is celebrating the opening of its Amari Havodda Maldives on February 1 by giving away a four-night stay to one lucky agent. Just take a selfie with the inflatable flip-flops on-stand and post it using hashtag #AmariMaldivesCountdown on Wednesday or Thursday – the more creative you get, the better your chance of winning. While you’re there, ask the
team about the extension of Amari Samui, reopening April 1, Onyx’s first Vietnam property Ozo Hoi An, and first Indonesian hotel Amari Pecatu Bali, opening in late 2016 and 2017 respectively. A change of leadership at the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (AS130) means there will be a two-year moratorium on new hotels, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t lots of news to catch up on – preferably over a drink at the trade reception (Monday, 4-5pm), where agents can get
Taiwan is hosting tea-drinking ceremonies followed by agent training
updates on Shangri-La taking over Le Touessrok, the island’s first all-suite four-star hotel Ravenala Attitude, and new luxury villas at Four Seasons Resort Mauritius. Any avid monarchists can
catch a glimpse of a princess – not Charlotte, but Her Royal Highness Princess Ubolratana Mahidol of the Thai royal family – at the Thai Airways (AS330, Monday, 3pm) booth. Don’t forget to drop a card into the draw for a pair of economy tickets to Thailand, and return on Tuesday at 4pm to find out if you’ve won. While Thai food is a favourite with many Brits, Korean cuisine is only just becoming better known, with growing media coverage of its health benefits – especially spicy cabbage dish
kimchi – raising its profile. Find out what all the fuss is about at the Korea Tourism Organization (AS550) stand, where the Korean Food Foundation will be giving out food samples, and offering a peek at plans for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. There will also be plenty of
Taiwanese treats at the Taiwan Tourism Bureau happy hour (AS450, Monday, 4-6pm), with celebrity chef Ching He-Huang sharing her tips, photo opportunities with cuddly ‘ambassador’ Oh! Bear, and a chance to win flights to Taipei with Eva Air. There will also be Taiwanese tea- drinking ceremonies at 11.30am on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, followed by bespoke agent training; to sign up, email
taiwan@brightergroup.com. There will be some fun photo opportunities with the Japan National Tourism Organization (AS370) too, which will have a traditional kabuki actor in full costume on Monday and Tuesday, plus a host of gifts to be won – including high-quality
WTM’s official charity Just a Drop will be selling reusable water bottles from its stand on the Main Boulevard. The bottles, donated by H2WOW!, can be refilled at water stations around ExCel. Just a Drop was founded by former WTM chairman Fiona Jeffery, and all proceeds from the show will help fund the charity’s work in ensuring some of the world’s poorest communities have access to clean, safe water.
sake and faceless sarubobo dolls – from different regions of Gifu Prefecture, which is exhibiting for the first time. Now is the time to go, as tourism to Japan is booming – UK visits were up 20% in the first half of this year – and there are a host of luxury hotels opening plus a new bullet train connecting northern island Hokkaido to Tokyo in just over four hours. Take the Japan training course and you could win a set of Mount Fuji sake cups. And don’t forget the rest of
Australasia. The South Pacific Tourism Organisation (AS255) has a drinks and networking event (Monday, 4.30-5.30pm), while stand partner Tahiti Tourisme is giving away pens and soap.
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