Mobile ownership is “virtually universal” among Indonesian adults, said Kapoor, and Indonesians are far more likely to access the Internet by mobile phones than Filipinos, Malaysians, Singaporeans or Thais.
* Deals and developments in Sri Lanka—Hotel News Now
With nine hotels and more than 800 rooms, Aitken Spence Hotels ranks as the nation’s second-largest hotel owner after John Keells Hotels. It plans to build four additional hotels during the next few years that will result in a total 2,132 rooms.
* Thailand: Data suggests supply/demand mismatch—Hotel News Now
With hotel rates already eroding, Thailand—particularly Bangkok and Phuket—will soon host hundreds of new upscale hotels that won’t match the pocketbooks of the groups flying from Vladivostok and Beijing,
Susan J Cunningham 