China

China has again eased entry measures. Since 29 April, the Chinese government no longer requires foreign travellers to present a negative PCR test for the coronavirus. However, travellers must present the results of an antigen test carried out within 48 hours of boarding the plane. This may be a self-test....

Swissôtel has returned to its flagship hotel in Beijing, one of the doyens of international chain hotels in the Chinese capital. Opened in 1991, the Swissôtel Beijing Hong Kong Macau Center was also one of the key establishments during the 2008 Olympic Games for welcoming officials and the media. And this...

Air France is returning to a similar schedule of services this summer as in 2019. The airline is responding to strong passenger demand and will be offering up to 835 flights a day to 191 destinations in 89 countries from the end of March. This development particularly concerns long-haul, with 85 destinations. The reopening of...

The Chinese government is reverting almost entirely to its pre-pandemic visa regime, more than three years after hermetically sealing its borders. The latest provisions now allow visitors of all categories (tourism, study, culture, sports, MICE, etc.) to come to the country. The abolition of the last controls comes after...

While the upturn in tourism in Thailand is once again filling the planes to Bangkok and Phuket, the Thai national carrier is continuing to increase its frequencies, but without any real boom in supply. In its summer timetable, which comes into effect on 26 March, Thai Airways International will be offering a network of 39 destinations, nine of which are intercontinental (Europe, Asia, Africa,...

Set on the edge of Victoria Harbour with a view of the Star Ferries crossing the bay, the Regent Hong Kong is preparing to become once again what it has always been since its beginnings in 1980: one of the emblematic hotels of the Asian metropolis. Already in the hands of IHG since 2015 under the InterContinental banner, the hotel is set to become...

Updated on 31/1 at 12 noon - Authors: Arnaud Deltenre and Luc Citrinot for the South-East Asia Australia region Sydney's famous Darling Harbour district is set to be enriched this year by a new landmark building, the Ribbon, with its curved, futuristic silhouette. This is undoubtedly because this major project, incorporating a...

Anne-Marie Couderc, non-executive Chairman of the Air France-KLM group and of the Air France Board of Directors, Benjamin Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Air France-KLM, and Anne Rigail, Executive Vice President of Air France, welcomed the press this week as part of their annual New Year's greetings. This was an opportunity to unveil part of what will set the pace for Air France's development in 2023. The three personalities have...

The final hours of 2022 saw the Hyatt Place brand make its official debut in a new business destination: Hangzhou. And for its arrival in the capital of Zhejiang, China, the brand positioned as the group's contemporary and relaxed brand has set its sights on a strategic location for travellers...

According to the latest updates on the website of the French Embassy in Beijing, new provisions have been put in place by the French government for travellers arriving from China. PCR test on departure from China As of 5 January 2023 (applicable to aircraft leaving China on 4 January 2023),...

The Chinese government is finally going to reopen China to the rest of the world. A week ago, Bloomberg reported that the country was ready to move to a "0+3" regime for travellers. This means that travellers who have been vaccinated and tested negative for covid would simply have to spend 3 days...

After ten days of agitation against quarantine in several of China's major cities, the government finally made an announcement on Wednesday 7 December. After sending in the police to put down demonstrations against the anti-Covid isolation measures, the time has come for appeasement. And a return to pragmatism! Without saying so officially, China is entering into a...

It's yet another paradox in China. In the middle of last week, the authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou quarantined more than 5 million inhabitants. The authorities have reacted vigorously to curb an epidemic of Covid, which is currently giving the metropolis...

Despite the fact that the country is virtually closed to foreign travellers, China obviously remains a priority for the development of all the world's leading hotel companies. The British group IHG, for example, has just welcomed the opening of its 600th hotel, the Kimpton Bamboo Grove in Suzhou. But having the support of a leading player...

China's military manoeuvres around Taiwan have resulted in an air and sea encirclement of the island. The aim of the military exercise was to completely isolate the island, which Beijing continues to regard as its own. The aerial encirclement led Beijing to notify airlines that there was a temporary danger of flying into the island.

Before Covid, China was one of Finnair's flagship destinations, and one where it had great ambitions. The airline served seven destinations there - including Hong Kong. It had also signed a cooperation agreement with China Southern and Juneyao Air, enabling it to serve dozens of cities within the country. China...

Following on from the new generation of Jo&Joe youth hostels, another Accor brand is preparing to make a major leap forward in China. While 1,300 Jo&Joe hotels are planned for this vast market in the medium term, 400 Mövenpick hotels are also expected to go there, as part of a master franchise agreement with...

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....

The Chinese dream has come to an end for Airbnb after six years in what seemed to be the world's juiciest market. Informed circles are now circulating the news that the world's largest home-sharing network will be withdrawing its entire range of accommodation and experiences by this summer. Airbnb had officially...

Soon to celebrate its fifth anniversary, Jo&Joe has announced that it is expanding its offering. From four establishments opened at the end of last year, Accor's youthful lifestyle brand is set to quickly surpass 1,000 establishments. And that's in China alone, thanks to the signing of a master franchise agreement between the Ennismore joint venture, which is intended to...