Sirtex, a leading developer of targeted and innovative cancer therapies, will be featured on the “Business and Technology Report” airing on American Airlines In-Flight Radio. The audio segment is part of Sky Radio’s “Best in Breed: Industry Innovators” and will play throughout December on 29,000 American Airlines flights reaching approximately 4.2 million travelers. A 30-second [...]

MGM MIRAGE and Asian Coast Development Ltd. (ACDL) announced plans to develop the MGM Grand Ho Tram — Vietnam’s first “Las Vegas style” integrated resort. ACDL will own and finance the project, and MGM MIRAGE will provide development assistance, brand equity and operate the five-star integrated resort property upon completion.
MGM Grand Ho Tram will anchor [...]

Berjaya Land Berhad (KLSE:4219) is teaming up with Jeju Free International City Development Center (JDC) to develop a resort-type residential and commercial complex in Jeju in South Korea at a cost of US$2.6 billion.
Berjaya Land’s wholly-owned unit Berjaya Leisure (Cayman) Limited signed the joint venture agreement with JDC on 29 April 2008.
Under the agreement, Berjaya [...]

Asia Pacific’s most outstanding travel and tourism event will be organised with much aplomb in year 2008. Schedule to be held at the Beijing Exhibition Center, China from 19 to 21 June 2008, the 5th presentation of Beijing International Tourism Expo 2008 (BITE 2008) is exceptionally meaningful and significant as it coincides with the much-anticipated [...]

Up to 45 percent of the Kuwaiti people possess real estate abroad, 60 percent of which are for tourist purposes and enjoy moderate weather in the summer, the Kuwait’s Professional Real Estate Company said on July 7.
This rate is the highest at the Gulf and the Arab level, Chairman Faraj Al-Khudhiri of the company told [...]

A NEW luxury super condo, tagged to be among the crème de la crème of condominiums in the country, has been launched in Desa Seri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur.
The developer, Maymont Development Sdn Bhd, will construct 158 luxury super condos that offer privacy and exclusivity on 5.2 acres of freehold land belonging to Datuk P. [...]

Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa, Muscat is offering GCC residents a special summer family rate of RO120++ for two superior rooms at Al Waha, the resort’s dedicated five-star family hotel, from 10 May to 10 October 2007.
The largest of the resorts’ three hotels, Al Waha features 262 bedrooms with a minimum room size [...]

Tune Hotels Sdn Bhd has invested about RM20 million to set up its first 173-room ‘no-frills’ hotel which is expected to be fully-operational by March 20.
Founder Datuk Tony Fernandes, who is also group chief executive officer of AirAsia Bhd, said the hotel, situated at the intersection of Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, [...]

Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) will launch a retail entrepreneurship programme in March to boost Bumiputera real estate ownership in urban areas, said Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
He said the programme was aimed at achieving the government’s target of increasing the Bumiputera’s real estate ownership from 11 per cent to 30 [...]

Foreign investors are driving a boom in Malaysia’s luxury condominium market, lured by the relaxation of purchasing rules, a strong economy and low prices compared to other Asian capitals.
“Malaysia was off the international radar screen for years and it seems to have crept back in,” said general manager of sales and marketing with the high-end [...]

Foreign investors are driving a boom in Malaysia’s luxury condominium market, lured by the relaxation of purchasing rules, a strong economy and low prices compared to other Asian capitals.
“Malaysia was off the international radar screen for years and it seems to have crept back in,” said general manager of sales and marketing with the high-end [...]

Reliance Pacific Bhd (RPB) (KLSE:8885) and IJM Corporation Bhd (KLSE:3336( have are selling their joint venture Avillion Hotel in Sydney for A$115 million (US$89.9 million).
RPB has been managing the hotel since it was opened in 2000 just before the Sydney Olympics.