Raffles Hotels & Resorts marches on with global expansion
Raffles Hotels & Resorts continues to grow its global footprint, with the planned opening of flagship properties in Dubai, Udaipur, Bahrain and Macau later...
Vietjet reports higher year-on-year revenue
Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet has recorded higher year-on-year revenue, earning VND127 billion (US$5.5 million) in the first half of 2021, despite the pandemic.
According to...
Qantas and Jetstar furlough 2500 staff due to Sydney’s lockdown
Around 2,500 frontline Qantas and Jetstar employees will be stood down for an estimated two months in response to ongoing Covid-19 outbreaks.
The Qantas Group...
ACI World updates airport operations business recovery guidance
Airports Council International (ACI) World has published updated guidance for airports to aid in their recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
As the industry prepares to...
Malaysia’s largest Escape theme park to rise in Cameron Highlands
A new theme park and the first one in Cameron Highlands will be constructed across a 24ha valley at an elevation of 220m.
This will...
Genting Dream restarts services in Hong Kong
Dream Cruises’ Genting Dream is the first cruise ship to restart operations in Hong Kong with her maiden Super Seacation voyage on July 30.
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Long-weekend travel falls out of favour, while tourism villages gain popularity...
A national vaccine rollout has boosted Indonesians' confidence to travel domestically in the second half of the year, but the majority will shun long-weekend...
Thailand extends lockdown, expands enhanced restrictions to more provinces
Thailand will extend lockdown restrictions in Bangkok and 12 other dark-red zone provinces for another two weeks starting Tuesday (August 3), with 16 more...
Manila to return to rigid lockdown as the Philippines struggles to...
In yet another setback for the Philippines' tourism industry, the government has announced that metro Manila will be placed under the most restrictive enhanced...
Qantas to require digital health pass for international flights
The Qantas Group will work with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to roll out a digital health pass when international flights resume.
The IATA...
