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Don't Expect Cheap Airfares to Come Back Soon, Airline Executives Say
Business, Published on 10/11/2022
» Airfares are sky high, and airline executives expect them to stay that way.
Hotel tycoon Bill Heinecke wants to charge tourists more to fund recovery
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/11/2022
» Bill Heinecke, the Thai-American chairman of Minor International Pcl that runs more than 500 hotels worldwide, wants Thailand to allow hotels to charge international tourists a surcharge of 300 baht (US$8) per room night to fund the industry’s post-Covid-19 pandemic recovery.
Germany's Scholz arrives in China to boost economic ties
AFP, Published on 04/11/2022
» BEIJING: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Beijing Friday seeking to bolster a vital economic relationship but facing criticism about his country's heavy reliance on a nation growing more authoritarian under Xi Jinping.
Hong Kong set for Asean cooperation and entry into RCEP
Published on 03/11/2022
» Hong Kong is set to gain early admission into the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), city leader John Lee Ka-chiu has said as he expressed confidence the city would bring "enormous value" to the free-trade grouping and revealed that member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) supported the move.
Hong Kong travel sector appeals for coronavirus breaks for tour groups
Published on 31/10/2022
» Representatives of Hong Kong's travel sector are pressing the government to grant special privileges to tour groups so they can eat in private areas of restaurants and visit attractions, instead of restricting their movements for three days of Covid-19 medical surveillance on arrival, a senior industry executive has told the South China Morning Post.
Lufthansa says it has 'left pandemic behind'
AFP, Published on 27/10/2022
» FRANKFURT: The German airline giant Lufthansa said Thursday it had "left the pandemic behind" as it reported a robust third-quarter net profit, and predicted strong demand in the months ahead.
The Great Netflix Debate: Do Its Movies Belong in Theaters?
Business, Published on 21/10/2022
» Inside Netflix Inc.'s movie studio, top executives lobbied Ted Sarandos, the company's co-chief executive, for much of this year to experiment with releasing more Netflix original movies broadly in theaters.
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific to ramp up flights to top destinations
Published on 19/10/2022
» Hong Kong's flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has said it will add hundreds of flights to popular destinations such as Japan and the United Kingdom during the last two months of this year, as the company resumed travel to five other locations.
Weak baht aids tourism resurgence and growth: Arkhom
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/10/2022
» A weaker baht is supporting Thailand’s post-pandemic tourism recovery, which is key to shoring up the nation’s economic performance, according to Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.
Thais still leery of travel to S Korea
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/10/2022
» Thai tourism operators and South Korean authorities are joining forces to reinvigorate tourism in the two countries as the Covid-19 pandemic is starting to ease with the lifting of most travel restrictions.