Lao Airlines (QV, Vientiane) travel division, Champa Holidays, and Singapore's GTMC Travel have formed a new partnership that will offer tour packages to Laos. Lao Airlines will hold a 51% stake in the new joint venture company, with GTMC taking the remaining 49%. Both companies will have two directors on the new company's board with 10 staff to be employed at Lao Airlines' head office in Vientiane. The venture will use Vientiane as a transitory hub while providing free stopover tours to passengers in transit to their destinations.