https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/tags/tag/myanmar/ Myanmar News en Breaking Travel News Copyright 2026 2026-04-20T11:33:27+00:00 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/focus/article/asia-dmc-setting-the-standard-in-destination-management/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/focus/article/asia-dmc-setting-the-standard-in-destination-management/ In the dynamic world of travel and tourism, where every experience counts, ASIA DMC has emerged as a beacon of excellence. Sat, 17 May 2025 13:07:50 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/banyan-tree-eyes-myanmar-expansion-with-new-joint-venture/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/banyan-tree-eyes-myanmar-expansion-with-new-joint-venture/ Banyan Tree Holdings and Myanmar Treasure Hotel & Resort Group Company have signed a joint venture agreement for the formation of a hotel management business. Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:35:41 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/myanmar-offers-visas-on-arrival-to-six-new-countries/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/myanmar-offers-visas-on-arrival-to-six-new-countries/ The Myanmar government has introduced new regulations to facilitate easier access for tourists. Tourists from six countries - Australia, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and Switzerland - can now enter Myanmar with a visa-on-arrival at Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw airports. Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:29:38 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/centara-hotels-moves-into-myanmar-with-six-property-deal/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/centara-hotels-moves-into-myanmar-with-six-property-deal/ Centara Hotels & Resorts and KMA Hotels Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to begin the development and renovation of six hotels across Myanmar. The properties are located at some of the most popular tourist destinations in the country and will all to be managed under Centara brands. Thu, 16 May 2019 05:25:42 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/pandaw-unveils-plans-for-new-river-cruise-vessel-in-myanmar/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/pandaw-unveils-plans-for-new-river-cruise-vessel-in-myanmar/ The ultra-shallow twin decked K-class vessels can go where other ships cannot and are perfect for Pandaw’s style of soft adventure river expeditions. Wed, 20 Mar 2019 04:53:20 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/dusit-signs-for-first-asai-property-in-myanmar/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/dusit-signs-for-first-asai-property-in-myanmar/ Dusit International has signed an agreement with Rich Mandalay Group to operate Asai Yankin, one of the first properties to be signed under its new affordable lifestyle brand. Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:57:52 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/hotel-suggati-seeks-to-put-mawlamyaing-myanmar-on-map/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/hotel-suggati-seeks-to-put-mawlamyaing-myanmar-on-map/ Designed by US-based architect Daniel West, the 72-key Hotel Suggati is set to celebrate its grand opening on December 15th in Mawlamyaing, the capital of Myanmar’s Mon state. Thu, 15 Nov 2018 07:39:42 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/videos/video/may-myat-mon-win-chairperson-myanmar-tourism-marketing/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/videos/video/may-myat-mon-win-chairperson-myanmar-tourism-marketing/ With the country making its way onto the international tourism scene, Breaking Travel News here talks with May Myat Mon Win, chairperson, Myanmar Tourism Marketing, to discover what it can offer in a competitive marketplace. Also on the agenda is the security situation in the country, its potential as a year-round destination, and a look at how tourism can help Myanmar develop. Mon, 12 Mar 2018 13:00:38 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/itb-berlin-2018-myanmar-calls-for-european-support-in-growing-tourism-secto/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/itb-berlin-2018-myanmar-calls-for-european-support-in-growing-tourism-secto/ Representatives from Myanmar Tourism Marketing have called for action from European tour operators to support tourism in the country. Wed, 07 Mar 2018 06:08:36 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/heritage-hotel-kempinski-yangon-to-open-in-spring-2018/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/heritage-hotel-kempinski-yangon-to-open-in-spring-2018/ Currently in the final phase of restoration, The Heritage Hotel Kempinski Yangon is scheduled to open its doors to guests in spring 2018. Fri, 08 Dec 2017 02:26:52 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/myanmar-strategic-holdings-to-list-on-london-stock-exchange/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/myanmar-strategic-holdings-to-list-on-london-stock-exchange/ Myanmar Strategic Holdings has announced its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange. The independent developer and operator of consumer-focused businesses is based in Myanmar, one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Mon, 14 Aug 2017 08:15:40 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/hotel-g-yangon-set-to-open-its-doors-in-september/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/hotel-g-yangon-set-to-open-its-doors-in-september/ Yangon will gain its first lifestyle hotel in September with the debut of Hotel G Yangon, an 85-room design hotel located at the heart of Yangon’s vibrant entertainment neighbourhood, with art galleries, shopping malls, the famous Bogyoke Aung San (Scott’s) market and Yangon’s central railway station right on its doorstep. Fri, 11 Aug 2017 08:01:41 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/unesco-recognition-for-indawgyi-lake-in-myanmar/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/unesco-recognition-for-indawgyi-lake-in-myanmar/ In another nod to the huge potential of tourism in Myanmar, UNESCO has designated Indawgyi Lake in Kachin State as a Biosphere Reserve. The lake is the largest freshwater lake in the country and the third largest in south-east Asia, while the recognition is the second of its kind for Myanmar. Wed, 02 Aug 2017 08:34:39 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/best-western-opens-first-hotel-at-inle-lake-myanmar/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/best-western-opens-first-hotel-at-inle-lake-myanmar/ Best Western Hotels & Resorts has opened its latest property in Myanmar’s Shan State. The new Best Western Thousand Island Hotel is perfectly positioned on the bustling riverfront of Nyaung Shwe, the city north of the lake that acts as the main trade and transportation gateway to Inle. Sat, 04 Feb 2017 13:16:19 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/dusit-thani-yangon-to-bring-international-hospitality-to-myanmar-in-2019/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/dusit-thani-yangon-to-bring-international-hospitality-to-myanmar-in-2019/ Dusit International has signed a management agreement with Myanmar V-Pile Group to operate the Dusit Thani Yangon. Located just 15 minutes by car from Yangon International Airport, and approximately 20 minutes’ drive from the city’s main tourist attraction, the Shwedagon Pagoda, the new property sits at the heart of land earmarked by the Myanmar government to become the former capital’s new Central Business District. Wed, 14 Dec 2016 09:08:13 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/myanmar-celebrates-tazaungdaing-festival/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/myanmar-celebrates-tazaungdaing-festival/ In a remote field in the mountains in mysterious Shan State in Myanmar a yearly tradition is about to become bigger. The whole country celebrates Tazaungdaing, the Festival of Lights in the middle of November. Festivities in Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State, will be more spectacular than ever, according to the organising committee. Fri, 04 Nov 2016 09:46:12 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/melia-yangon-brings-international-luxury-to-myanmar/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/melia-yangon-brings-international-luxury-to-myanmar/ Meliá Hotels has welcomed the opening of Meliá Yangon, the first hotel operated by the company in the country and a strategic project for its expansion strategy in the Asia Pacific region. The group enters Myanmar market with its first hotel in Yangon, city known as the Garden City of the East. Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:37:39 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/sanctum-inle-resort-set-for-october-opening-in-myanmar/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/sanctum-inle-resort-set-for-october-opening-in-myanmar/ The first upscale hotel to come on line in one of Myanmar’s most compelling tourist destinations will officially debut October 1st when 94-room Sanctum Inle Resort holds its grand opening on the shores of Inle Lake. An Olympic-sized swimming pool overlooking the lake, the 150 square meter presidential Sanctuary Suite and a Shan and international cuisine restaurant, The Refectory, are among the new features to be unveiled as part of the Brigitte Dumont de Chassart-designed resort’s grand opening. Thu, 04 Aug 2016 08:49:51 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/vietjet-launches-new-route-to-yangon-myanmar/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/vietjet-launches-new-route-to-yangon-myanmar/ Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company has officially launched the operation of its international flight route from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to Yangon, Myanmar. The route will initially operate five round trips per week with a flight duration of two hours 15 minutes per section. Vietjet currently operates two daily flights from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City. Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:30:53 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/boeing-delivers-first-ever-all-new-plane-to-myanmar/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/boeing-delivers-first-ever-all-new-plane-to-myanmar/ Boeing and Myanmar National Airlines have celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first Next-Generation 737-800 leased from GE Capital Aviation Services, the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE. The celebration also marked the first all-new Boeing airplane to be delivered to any Myanmar-based airline. Fri, 12 Jun 2015 09:21:13 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/myanmar-takes-step-out-of-the-cold-with-garuda-indonesia-deal/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/myanmar-takes-step-out-of-the-cold-with-garuda-indonesia-deal/ Garuda Indonesia and Myanmar Airways International have concluded a codeshare agreement. The signing of the agreement was carried out by Garuda Indonesia executive vice president, sales and marketing, Erik Meijer and Myanmar Airways International managing director Si Thu. Under the agreement, Garuda Indonesia will place its GA marketing code on Myanmar Airways International’s flights between Bangkok-Yangon and Singapore-Yangon. Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:05:14 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/hilton-enters-myanmar-with-nay-pyi-taw-opening/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/hilton-enters-myanmar-with-nay-pyi-taw-opening/ Hilton Worldwide has made its debut in Myanmar with the opening of Hilton Nay Pyi Taw, in the country’s capital city. Set amid lush tropical landscaped gardens, the 202-key Hilton Nay Pyi Taw spans more than 100 acres of land and is situated within the developing Dekhina Thiri Township. Wed, 22 Oct 2014 09:02:41 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/malaysia-airlines-resumes-codeshare-with-myanmar-airways/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/malaysia-airlines-resumes-codeshare-with-myanmar-airways/ Malaysia Airlines and Myanmar Airways International signed a new code share agreement that will take effect starting February 15th 2014. Booking for the service will be made available on February 10th 2014. The arrangement would increase the national carrier’s access to Yangon, from the current 14 flights weekly to 19 flights weekly. Tue, 28 Jan 2014 23:30:12 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/hilton-moves-into-myanmar-with-yangon-property/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/hilton-moves-into-myanmar-with-yangon-property/ Hilton Worldwide has marked its entry into the Burmese market with the signing of a management agreement with LP Holding to manage Hilton Yangon in Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The first Hilton Worldwide property in Myanmar, the 300-room Hilton Yangon will also be the first Hilton Hotels & Resorts branded hotel and is scheduled to open in 2014. Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:08:13 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/myanmar-welcomed-back-into-unwto-fold/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/myanmar-welcomed-back-into-unwto-fold/ Myanmar president U Thein Sein has confirmed the country will initiate the process of restoring its membership of United Nations World Tourism Organisation. Officials in the country argue the destination is unique in that it can offer a relatively untouched, authentic experience that few countries around the world can still truly deliver. Mon, 14 May 2012 10:41:27 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/travel-leaders-symposium-assesses-myanmars-potential-in-sustainable-tourism/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/travel-leaders-symposium-assesses-myanmars-potential-in-sustainable-tourism/ The landmark hosting by Myanmar of the first-ever Travel Leaders’ Symposium on Sustainable Tourism has been a historical opportunity for over 100 travel industry representatives from the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) and around the globe to gather, share their experiences and learn more about Myanmar. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:30:48 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/first-international-travel-trade-event-in-myanmar-takes-place/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/first-international-travel-trade-event-in-myanmar-takes-place/ With Myanmar featuring in the international news, and the world watching as the country opens up, the first international travel trade event in Myanmar will be held in the countrys historic ancient capital of Bagan, this Sunday, November 27. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:00:25 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/amadeus-delivers-myanmar-airways-internationals-first-e-commerce-solution/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/amadeus-delivers-myanmar-airways-internationals-first-e-commerce-solution/ Amadeus, a leading travel technology partner and transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry, today announced the launch of an online booking engine for Myanmar Airways International Co. Ltd’s international and domestic customers. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:23:27 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/aseanta-to-launch-new-campaign-at-itb-berlin/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/aseanta-to-launch-new-campaign-at-itb-berlin/ The ten members of the Association of the South-eastern Asian Nations will officially launch their new consumer destination marketing campaign at ITB Berlin this week. The campaign – entitled South-east Asia: Feel the warmth - is designed to travellers to plan trips, estimate costs, check availability and book through a unique map-based trip planner. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:40:21 +0000