Asia

Vistara has been in the public eye in France for a year now, with its arrival in Paris offering an alternative to Air India and Air France. The private airline, the result of a joint venture between the Indian group Tata Sons (51% of shares) and Singapore Airlines (49%), has succeeded in establishing itself as a model of quality in...

Hilton has not waited until the beginning of next year to present its list of most eagerly awaited openings in 2023. And, of the twenty or so hotels selected to represent the American group's best projects, two are in French cities linked by a rich wine-growing and historical heritage, Bordeaux and Dijon. While the Burgundy metropolis...

The gradual lifting of restrictions on Hong Kong over the last few months has led to a resumption of air traffic to and from the Chinese metropolis. It remains modest, of course. The airport's official figures for October show traffic of 755,000 passengers. An increase of 447.9% compared with October 2021. But only...

Qatar Airways has just announced an increase in its flights to around ten destinations, the vast majority of which are in the Asia-Pacific region. This is good news for business travellers, as there is still a significant shortage of frequencies, particularly to Asia. For example, to Asia, OAG notes that, for the week of November 1, capacity was...

How is air traffic, particularly business travel, to Korea developing? Ludovic Froidure - The new Korean president quickly lifted the quarantine measures last June. As a result, we saw an influx of travellers over the summer who hadn't been able to come before. Demand was very strong, while...

What is the current state of MICE in Korea? Are major events and conferences making a comeback? Kwon Jong Sool - Korea is actively working to bring back face-to-face events. KTO (Korea Tourism Organization) actively supports the hosting of international conferences and incentive operations, and thanks to the selection of the "Korea...

Most often seen as the gateway to the country, Incheon has nevertheless developed its own assets to establish itself as a destination in its own right. In addition to the international airport, and as renowned as it is for the quality of its facilities, Incheon regularly hosts major events, often as part of a combined trip with Seoul. And for...

As rich as it is in facilities and experiences, the Korean capital should not overshadow what the rest of the country has to offer for a MICE operation. Especially as distances and infrastructures make it easier to explore the territory. Here are a few examples of colourful stops on an incentive trip from Jeonju to Yeosu. Jeonju

Soon to be fifty hotels in Dubai, ten or so openings planned in Qatar, a boom in its luxury brands in Saudi Arabia: the Marriott group is continuing to expand its presence in the Middle East. The American hotelier is preparing to add 5,000 rooms by the end of 2023, with around twenty establishments in the pipeline. As the...

Until 2019, Finnair was the airline specialising in Asia, with a network that included many secondary cities with little or no service from competitors. At the time, the Finnair network included cities such as Sapporo and Fukuoka in Japan and Xian in China. "But the conflict between Russia and Ukraine...

The airline capacity analysis website OAG has been confirming this for some weeks now: South-East Asia is now the fastest-growing region for air transport in terms of the number of seats year on year. If we look at the first week of September 2022 compared with 2021, the number of seats...

Along with China, Japan is one of the last two countries to which travellers still find it difficult to go. But the destination is continuing its policy of reopening its borders step by step. From September 7, Japan will abolish the requirement to present a negative PCR test for Covid less than 72 hours old....

In order to control the illegal flow of money into and out of Pakistan, the government is introducing strict currency controls for all travellers. From now on, travellers will be required to declare all their currency - whether local or international. This rule applies both on arrival and departure from the country. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)...

The measure comes late and is still very restrictive for business travellers. But it does have the merit of being part of a drive to ease entry formalities into Hong Kong. From 12 August, the quarantine imposed on foreign visitors will be halved, from one week to three days. [link-block prefix="See also:"...

The aviation industry in Asia is still in a state of disarray, with the borders of a number of countries, including China, Taiwan and Japan, still hermetically sealed. Added to this is the resurgence of Covid in this part of the world - Macao is under confinement for the first time, for example -, the lengthening of...

While the G20 foreign ministers recently met in Bali, Indonesia - pending the arrival of the heads of state on the island in November - all these high-ranking figures passing through Jakarta will find a new hotel worthy of their status. The Indonesian capital has...

Updated 29 June After recently handing over its operations in the United States and the whole of the American continent to Choice Hotels, the Radisson group is making no secret of its ambitions in another part of the world: Asia. It is even aiming for growth of 400 % in the coming years. In other words, from...

Southern China is facing the limits of the "Zero Covid" policy advocated by its government, which is finding it difficult to maintain with the development of new variants. A wave of Covid caused by other strains of the Omicron variant is once again putting entire towns under siege....

AirAsia X: the name sounds like something out of a TV series. And the development of this airline in reality is similar to a scenario with all its twists and turns. The AirAsia Group's long-haul airline announced on 15 June that it was relaunching after being paralysed by the Covid-19 pandemic. AirAsia X had even come close to disappearing altogether....

With the wave of easing of restrictions linked to the current health crisis around the world, business travel is set to become a whole lot easier. The latest is particularly significant, as the United States has just abandoned the requirement to present a negative test to enter its territory. "US will end Covid-19 testing requirement for...