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Faced with a slump in travel with the coronavirus pandemic, arrivals in Hong Kong fell by almost 94 % compared to the previous year. By 2019, Hong Kong SAR had welcomed nearly 56 million international visitors. This figure included more than 43.5 million visitors from China...

At the end of December, Hyatt unveiled the first five establishments of its UrCove brand in Shanghai, Chengdu and Nanjing. Like the IHG group before it with its Hualuxe brand - which has 12 hotels open and 24 in the pipeline - the American hotelier is launching a brand specially dedicated to the Chinese market. Developed in...

At the beginning of the month, the inauguration of the Steigenberger Airport Hotel Berlin caused quite a stir in the German capital, as it was expected to reflect the image of the new Berlin hub. It was certainly a strategic opening, but in the end a rather 'classic' one, as it was based in the German hotelier's domestic market. Before long, Deutsche Hotels will be taking another symbolic step forward...

The Spanish group Meliá Hotels International took advantage of the virtual version of the ILTM international travel fair to present the development of its luxury offer in the business, lifestyle and resort segments. Among these, the Gran Melia brand will be setting up a new benchmark establishment in Milan in 2023, taking its place in a...

Six months. It took six months for China to partially lift the ban on foreign travellers entering the country, with all the restrictions lifted for the type of traveller. So, for the past week, it has once again been possible to travel directly to Beijing. A real event,...

From annual growth of close to 5 % in recent years, the Asian exhibition industry is set to fall by 75 % in 2020. According to a study conducted by Business Strategies Group (BSG) on behalf of UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, net floor space sold is set to fall from 24.5 million m2 in 2019...

Ascott is continuing to expand lyf, its co-living brand. This "millenials" version of its urban residences, which made its first appearance in Singapore in 2019, opened a new establishment in Bangkok at the end of July, lyf Sukhumvit 8 Bangkok, a residence located in one of the city's most fashionable shopping centres, with...

It's rare enough in these times for it to be highlighted: an American company CEO taking China as a model. Mark Hoplamazian, CEO of Hyatt, praised the Chinese government's handling of the covid-19 pandemic control during an online conference with investors. "China...

At a time when Paris was putting pressure on Beijing to grant Air France-KLM as many flights between China and France as Chinese airlines, i.e. three weekly connections, the French airline received notification yesterday that it had been authorised to operate a second flight between Paris and Shanghai, a new weekly service which should begin as early as this week...

Hong Kong's existence as a British colony had never been a problem for China. Quite the contrary. For decades, the territory at the gateway to mainland China had made it easy to do business with the rest of the world. Not only did Hong Kong enjoy complete freedom of trade - the British Government in Hong Kong...

Contrary to the measures to reopen the market, which signal the gradual end of the health crisis, the United States is preparing to impose a new restriction on China. This measure is not based on epidemiological precautions, but responds above all to a political logic, in an increasingly tense diplomatic context between Washington and Beijing....

China is sending out positive signals to the rest of the world's tourism sector, which has been hit by the economic downturn in many parts of the world: a resurgence in regional business travel, smaller meetings, a surge in leisure travel outside the big cities, and tourist sites that are once again accessible, such as the Great Wall and Pingyao....

With each passing day, the death toll from coronavirus infection in China rises. But the next major victim could be... an airline. Bloomberg reported last week that China will be stepping up to the plate to help its air transport sector, which has been hard hit by the coronavirus crisis. The Chinese...

EUROPE In Italy, on the morning of 25 February, the airports of Milan Linate, Milan Malpensa, Bergamo and Venice remained open to air traffic, despite the peak in the number of Covid-19 cases detected last weekend. Security measures have been in place at Italy's main airports since the end of January, including a ban on...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has done its sums. The outbreak of the new coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is expected to have a severe impact on aviation activity worldwide, with the epicentre of the crisis obviously being in Asia. The initial assessment of the impact of COVID-19 shows a potential loss of 13 % in passenger demand...

While France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is recommending that French nationals postpone all non-urgent travel to China, which airlines are still flying to the world's second largest economy? More than 30 airlines have suspended their services to the People's Republic. Of these...

British Airways was the first to announce the suspension of its flights to Beijing and Shanghai on 28 January, followed by the Lufthansa group - including Austrian Airlines and Swiss - on 29 January. Air France in turn suspended its operations to China on 30 January, but will be operating special flights to...

The decision by the Chinese authorities on Tuesday morning to advise the population to stop travelling abroad will have extremely negative consequences for the economy, with the tourism industry obviously in the front row. In 2018, the number of Chinese travelling abroad reached 149 million, compared with 10.5 million in 2000....

Despite the radical measures taken by the Chinese authorities, the coronavirus has gained ground and taken on an international dimension. On 23 January, the government decided to quarantine the entire city of Wuhan, banning the population from leaving the Wuhan metropolitan area. ALSO READ: "Coronavirus...

What do we know about the coronavirus detected in China, and what remains to be defined? Philippe Guibert - Since 30 December, the Chinese authorities in Wuhan have noted an increase in the number of cases of pneumonia and respiratory infections, with clustered cases of people having visited the same market. The number of cases has risen in recent months...