Glenn de Souza

One of the world's largest hotel groups has opened its first ever property in Myanmar. Wyndham, which has a global network of almost 8,000 hotels, has launched the Tryp Yangon, a…

Wyndham Hotel Group will soon open a new luxury hotel at Halong Bay, the UNESCO World Heritage site in northern Vietnam. Scheduled to welcome its first guests in June 2016, the new…

Wyndham Hotel Group has opened its first Days Inn hotel in Thailand.    The new Days Inn Patong Beach Phuket is a 122-room hotel located in Phuket's main resort area, six minutes'…

Best Western is expanding its Asian operations with the opening of more offices across the region. The company established its regional head office for Asia in Bangkok in 2001, but under…

Best Western has touched down at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The Best Western Plus Maple Leaf is a brand new upscale hotel located on the doorstep of Bangladesh’s…

Best Western is expanding further across Asia, with the launch of its first ever hotel in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. The company has signed an agreement for a brand new 41-room…

Best Western International is aiming to increase its number of properties in Asia and the Middle East to 300 in the next four years. Speaking to Travel Daily at ITB Asia, Glenn de…

Best Western has continued to expand in Malaysia with the signing of a new upscale hotel in the Genting Highlands. The company has agreed to manage the brand new Best Western Premier…

Best Western has signed a new management agreement to expand its portfolio in the Philippines. The hotel group has penned a contract with Hilcres Consolidated Corporation to operate…

Best Western is continuing to expand in Myanmar with the signing of its first ever hotel in Mandalay. Scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2015, the new midscale hotel will…

Best Western has continued its rapid expansion in Indonesia, with the launch of a new luxury hotel in the Greater Jakarta region. Located in East Jakarta, close to the Cawang…

Best Western has launched a new spa in Phnom Penh that houses the first Turkish hammam in Cambodia. Located at the recently-opened Best Western River Palace Hotel in Phnom Penh, The…

Best Western will soon unveil a new hotel in Phuket. The Best Western Patong Beach, which will open in October, is located less than 1km from Phuket’s main tourist area, Patong Beach.…

Best Western has taken over the management of riverside hotel in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. The Best Western River Palace Hotel is set on the banks of the Tonle Sap River and…

Best Western has reached another landmark in its Asian expansion, with the launch of its first ever hotel in Sri Lanka. Following the company's debut in Myanmar late last year, Best…

Best Western has launched its second hotel in the Japanese capital, Tokyo. Located in eastern Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward, Best Western Tokyo Nishikasai is a midscale hotel with 184 rooms, a…

Best Western has unveiled a new luxury eco-resort in Malaysia. Located in Perak state, on the Malay Peninsula, the Best Western Premier The Haven, Ipoh, offers 100 rooms and suites.…

Best Western International’s rapid expansion in Indonesia has continued with the opening of its first hotel on the island of Sulawesi. Located in the island’s largest city, Makassar,…

Best Western has helped conserve Thailand’s marine environment with a weekend CSR initiative and charitable donation. A group from the company’s Asian head office in Bangkok recently…

Best Western has identified the South Asian countries of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as key growth markets to drive its regional expansion. In Sri Lanka, Best Western has already…

Best Western has launched a new hotel in central Jakarta. The Best Western Grand Palace Kemayoran is set in a grand four-storey building in the city's Kelapa Gading area, featuring a…

Best Western has become the first major US-based hotel chain to open a property in Myanmar since the country opened up to international investment. The company has now officially…

Best Western has signed a new agreement that will see it open a new-build hotel located adjacent to Bangladesh’s main international air gateway, Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in…

Best Western has continued its rapid expansion in Indonesia with the launch of a new hotel in Jakarta - Best Western Hariston. Located in North Jakarta, the newly-built midscale hotel…

Best Western has launched a new hotel on the coast of Vietnam - the Best Western Premier Havana Nha Trang. Located in the beach resort town of Nha Trang, the new upscale resort rises…

Best Western has expanded its portfolio in Jakarta, with the launch of a new midscale hotel, the Best Western Mega Kuningan. Set in a nine-storey building, the modern hotel features…

Best Western has unveiled a new look for its Asian website. The revamped bestwesternasia.com site offers information about Best Western's hotels in Asia and the Middle East,…

Best Western has opened its first hotel in the northeast Thai city of Buriram. The Best Western Royal Hotel in Buriram, 395km northeast of Bangkok, will offer 81 rooms and suites, all…

Best Western has signed its first ever hotel in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar. The company held a ceremony in the city last week to mark the signing of a management agreement for…

Best Western has signed a new hotel in Tangerang, West Java. Set to open in the fourth quarter of 2013, the new Best Western Serpong is a seven-storey hotel offering 196 rooms and…

Best Western International has launched its first hotel in Kuwait - Best Western Mahboula. The new 18-story hotel will feature a selection of business and leisure facilities.  The…

Best Western has announced plans to launch its first hotel in Myanmar. The US hotel company has sealed an agreement to take over the management of the Green Hill Hotel in Yangon, in a…

Best Western has opened its first hotel in the Philippine city of Cebu. The 10-storey Best Western Plus Lex Cebu Hotel is located in the centre of the city and features 83 rooms,…

Best Western has launched its first hotel in the Indonesian city of Semarang. The newly-built 28-storey Best Western Star Hotel is located in the centre of the Central Java city, and…

Best Western International has launched a new hotel in the Vietnamese resort town of Nha Trang. The Best Western Sea & Sun is a 10-storey property situated just five minutes’ walk…

Best Western has opened a large resort property in Malaysia. Located in the coastal town of Port Dickson, close to Kuala Lumpur, the 300-room Best Western Prima Inland Sea Resort is set…

Best Western is planning to quintuple its portfolio in Indonesia with the opening of 25 new hotels in the next three years. The new developments, which cover nine destinations and two of…

The perfect airline passenger, according to flight attendants, is a single male. This was the key finding of a new survey of cabin crew, conducting by travel search site Skyscanner. The…

Best Western is planning to open its first hotel in the Philippine city of Angeles. The midscale Best Western The Mint Hotel, which opens this month, will be located in the Balibago tourist…

Best Western has selected RateGain to boost its online channel exposure in Asia and the Middle East. The company is using RateGain's SaaS-based channel management solution in order to…

Best Western has unveiled a new look and feel for its website. The bestwestern.com site has been given a more contemporary new look, offering extra information about the company's hotels, a…

Weeks after launching its first hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Best Western has unveiled plans to open a second property in the Malaysian capital. Due to open in 2015, the hotel will form part of…

Best Western has celebrated its 10th anniversary in Asia with a major event in Kuala Lumpur. The company, which opened its regional headquarters in Bangkok in 2001, marked a decade in the…

Best Western has launched another new hotel in Bangkok. The Best Western Klassique Sukhumvit becomes the company's seventh property in the Thai capital, and the third new opening of 2012.…

Best Western has merged three of its Manila hotels to create one large property. Located in the Makati district of the city, the new Best Western Plus Antel Hotel becomes the first upscale…

Best Western has opened its first hotel in Kuala Lumpur; the Best Western Premier Dua Sentral. Launched earlier this month, the new upscale hotel marks Best Western’s debut in the Malaysian…

Best Western will soon open the doors to its sixth hotel in Bangkok; Best Western Plus Grand Howard. After recently launching the luxury Best Western Premier Sukhumvit, Best Western has now…

Best Western has revealed plan to launch its first hotel in Nepal. Scheduled to open its doors in Q1 2013, the 60-room Monty’s Hotel will be a brand new midscale property on Thamel Road, a…

Best Western has opened the its third property in Bali – the Best Western Kuta Villa. The new property, located in the popular Kuta area of the island, offers 50 rooms all including outdoor…

Best Western has announced plans to launch its first hotel in the Philippine city of Angeles. An upscale 78-room Best Western Premier hotel, Casa Verde, is expected to open its doors in the…

Best Western has continued its Asian expansion with the launch of a new upscale hotel in Bangkok. Located on the city's Sukhumvit Soi 1, the new 145-room Best Western Premier Sukhumvit is…

Best Western has launched its first ever hotel in the Malaysian UNESCO World Heritage-listed city of Melaka. The Best Western Wana Riverside Hotel offers 170 rooms, all including…