Hong Kong

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...

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...

The coronavirus has claimed another victim, this time in Hong Kong, where airlines are reviewing their global services and even temporarily suspending flights. The aim is to cope with a sharp fall in demand. Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific, for example, has made drastic cuts to the number of...

We tend to forget that Hong Kong is not the only territory to enjoy Special Administrative Region status. Less than an hour away by boat or road, the former colony of Macau, a Portuguese territory for five centuries, enjoys the same semi-autonomous status as the former British colony of Hong Kong. Macau...

While the Cathay group is generally the first name that springs to mind when you think of air transport in Hong Kong - the airline carries 75% of the territory's passengers - another carrier has managed to carve out a place for itself in the metropolis over the last decade: Hong Kong Airlines. The company born...

It was a predictable development. Hong Kong, which has been mired in demonstrations and violence for 14 weeks now, has been abandoned by businessmen and tourists. A situation that is now affecting airlines, first and foremost Cathay Pacific. According to information provided by the company, Cathay saw its passenger traffic fall by 11%...

After three months of protests, the situation in Hong Kong remains tense and there is no immediate end to the crisis. China is keeping a close eye on developments in the former British colony but is still reluctant to intervene, fearing for its image as a responsible international power. As a result, acts of violence and demonstrations have become commonplace...

To be or not to be' with the demonstrators. For the past week, Cathay Pacific has been in both economic and psychological turmoil. Firstly, economic: the sit-in at Hong Kong airport from Friday to Sunday had already caused damage to Hong Kong's image, even though Cathay had covered all its flights at the time.

A sit-in began in the arrivals hall of Hong Kong airport at 1pm (7am in Paris), organised by demonstrators opposed to the government of the former British slave state. The non-violent demonstration consisted of handing out leaflets and posters explaining the reasons for the movement and the importance of...

Until now, Hong Kong has had a reputation as an island of stability, thanks to its economy that is totally open to the rest of the world and its status as a gateway to China. Hong Kong's return to the bosom of the 'Motherland' - as fervent patriots like to describe the country - is a...

Founded in 2013, Hong Kong Express is well known to Asian passengers. The company operates a network of 25 destinations, in particular to Japan (11 cities), Thailand (4) and Korea (3). Hong Kong Express also serves Taichung in Taiwan, the Mariana Islands and Ningbo in China, Danang and Nha Trang in Vietnam, as well as...

With a length of 55 km, the "HZMB" bridge - for "Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge" - which now physically links Hong Kong to Zhuhai and Macao by land, is a hymn to the global economic power that China has become, testifying to its ability to innovate. The bridge cost a whopping 15.4 billion euros to build...

It was a titanic project that was not so easy to achieve. The new TGV line linking the new West Kowloon station in Hong Kong to those in Shenzhen and Guangzhou (Canton) will have been delayed for three years and cost 10.8 billion dollars, a third more than it cost...

Report Serge Barret Photos Alain Parinet. And indeed, it works! Just when you thought you'd come across the same old, same old, expecting the umpteenth postcard; just when you were a bit snobbish and tried valiantly to turn down the Victoria Peak excursion on the pretext that you wanted to discover a trendy Hong Kong;...

IDENTITY CARD Formalities: No visa required. Valid passport containing at least two consecutive blank pages. Currency: Hong Kong dollar (HK$). 1 e = 8.8 HK$ (June 2017). Area code: +852. Time difference: +6 hours in summer, +7 in winter. Best season: Spring...

Cathay Pacific is strengthening its position in Spain. As the Hong Kong airline prepares to launch a seasonal service between Hong Kong and Barcelona in July - operated with its brand new Airbus A350-900 - in addition to its four weekly flights to Madrid, Cathay Pacific has joined forces with Iberia to offer connections to...