Ground handler dnata has announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase a stake in the Destination Asia Group, a leading destination management company within Asia.

This acquisition marks dnata’s first foray into Asia’s inbound travel market. Destination Asia is an integrated destination management company, located in 11 major countries within Asia, including Thailand, Vietnam, China, Japan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and Laos. The company was formed in October 1996 in Thailand and Vietnam and has progressively expanded to cover all of the major markets in Asia.