Best Western International (BWI) unveils plans to increase its Indonesia portfolio from 5 to at least 31 hotels by 2015. This will increase its total room inventory from just over 700 to more than 6,000. Of the 26 hotels in the pipeline, 5 new properties will be in Jakarta. The expansion also includes debut hotels in many key emerging cities across the country, including Samarinda, Bogor, Pontianak and Malang.

Thai-conglomerate TCC Hotels Group and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) have signed an agreement for the Holiday Inn Express Bangkok Sathorn. The newly-built 184-room hotel will be located in Bangkok's up-and-coming district of Sathorn, in the centre of the central business district and diplomatic area. This will be the first Holiday Inn Express owned by TCC Hotels Group, which also owns 5 IHG properties across the region.

With effect from 27 October 2013, Garuda Indonesia will increase the frequency of flights on its Singapore - Bali route to a double daily, and will also begin operating daily flights between Singapore and Surabaya. With the added frequency, Garuda Indonesia will be operating over 90 weekly flights from Singapore to 4 Indonesian destinations, namely Bali, Jakarta, Balikpapan and Surabaya.

Singapore-based low-cost carrier Scoot will start offering the Singapore - Hong Kong route from 15 November 2013. The new route starts with 5 weekly flights and increases to daily flights from December 2013. Scoot will compete with 5 other carriers, which currently offer more than a combined 20 return services a day. The carrier aims to cater to the increasing demand for budget-conscious leisure travel and expects an 80% seat occupancy rate on this new route.