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China Southern launches Canton Route

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China Southern Airlines launches its new Canton Route tomorrow, with the start of flights between Guangzhou and London Heathrow airport.  The new service will link with the airline's…
Hotels

Mega resort project in southern China

Some RMB1 billion (US$138 million) is being invested in a high-end resort area combining leisure, meetings, hotspring, and residence facilities in the Tangquan area of Huizhou within three…
Air

Finnair grows operations in China

Megha Paul
Finnair has added capacity to Beijing with three weekly flights to the new Beijing Daxing International Airport, which opens for operation on 30 September 2019. Finnair will operate to…
Hotels

Amari moves into China

Mark Elliott
Thailand's Onyx Hospitality Group has unveiled plans to bring its Amari brand to China, with the opening of two new resorts in the country. Amari Huidong in Guangdong province and…
Global

Qantas expands reach into China

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Qantas has significantly expanded its reach into China by signing a new codeshare agreement with China Eastern Airlines. From 1 May 2013, Qantas will codeshare on China Eastern’s…
Hotels

Wyndham adds eight hotels in China

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Wyndham Hotel Group has announced the addition of eight new Ramada properties in China. The new hotels, located in the cities of Linyi, Liuzhou, Changzhou, Changsha, Suzhou, Wuyishan…
Hotels

ibis adds six hotels in China

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Accor has opened six new ibis hotels in China. The company's latest properties are in Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Lanzhou, Nantong, Chongqing and Suzhou, and take the total ibis portfolio in…
Hotels

Anantara enters China

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Anantara has entered the Chinese hotel market for the first time with the launch of a new luxury resort in Sanya. The hotel brand, which is controlled by Thailand-based Minor…
Hotels

New World hotels expands in China

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New World Hotels has unveiled two new projects in China. The new properties, both of which are scheduled to open by 2015, will be located in Foshan, in southern China's Guangdong province,…
Airlines and Aviation

AirAsia expands in China

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AirAsia is expanding in China, with the launch of flights to city of Nanning. Commencing 11 December, the low-cost carrier will operate direct flights between Kuala Lumpur and Nanning - the…
Travel Tech

China eases GDS regulations

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China is easing its airline distribution regulations, allowing international global distribution systems (GDS) to sell flights in the country for the first time. The new rules, published by…
Hotels

Wyndham signs contract on China property

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation yesterday announced the signing of an agreement to manage a new 401-room property in southern China. The Wyndham Grand Foshan Gaoming will feature 98…
Hotels

STR Global adds new markets in China

STR Global, which provides hotel performance data to the industry, has launched two new markets in China - Hainan province and its southern resort city of Sanya. Hoteliers, developers and…
Global

Vietnam-China bridge opens

Mark Elliott
A bridge connecting two commercial centers on either side of the Vietnam-China border opened this week. The US$10 million Kim Thanh Bridge across the Red River runs for 295 meters from…
Hotels

Wyndham speeds up in China

Wyndham Hotel Group has announced the opening of seven hotels in China. The new properties cover three Wyndham brands - Ramada, Howard Johnson and Super 8. Among the new hotels open are the…
China

New China taxi strike

The latest in a series of taxi driver strikes in China has hit the southern city of Chaozhou, the BBC has reported. Drivers say they are angry about unlicensed cabs operating in their city.…
China

1,200 evacuated as quake hits China

An earthquake hit China's southern Yunnan province on Wednesday, forcing 1,200 people to evacuate their homes, Reuters has reported. The quake, measuring 'just' 5 on the Richter scale, but…
China

China Eastern punishes pilots

Thirteen China Eastern Airlines pilots who were involved in the mass diversion of flights in Yunnan province have been reprimanded by the airline. The punishments reportedly range from…
Features

Jamaica keen on China

Mark Elliott
A Jamaican delegation, led by Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, was in Beijing last week to promote tourism to the island. The minister (second from left in picture) met China…
Hotels

IHG Academy expands in China

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) has launched its 12th IHG Academy, this time in Shenzhen. The partnership with the Shenzhen Tourism College of Jinan University marks the Academy's entry…
Tourism

China’s red tourism rising

More than 400 million people in China have taken "red tourism" holidays in the last three years, according to a state-run newspaper.A Reuters report quoting The People's Daily said the…
Myanmar

More fly between Myanmar-China

The air traffic volume between Myanmar and China this year till November is almost double that of the whole of last year. Xinhua quoted U Tun Hlaing, director-general of Myanmar's…
Airlines and Aviation

南航新增80架波音客机订单

Mark Elliott
中国南方航空（China Southern Airlines）继续扩张着其机队数量，和波音公司签订了一笔新的订单。 总部位于广州的中国南方航空，是亚洲每年最大客流量的航空公司。及其子公司厦门航空公司17日宣布，将向波音购买共计110架通用机型和升级版Max机型的737客机。其中80架由南航订购的客机是新增订单，另外30架则是厦航先前已签下但未公布身份的订单。…
Airlines and Aviation

南航开通武汉－罗马、武汉－迪拜航线

Mark Elliott
中国南方航空（China Southern Airlines）近日推出计划，将开通直航往返于武汉－罗马、武汉－迪拜的航班。 从12月17日开始，南航每周将执飞三趟武汉－罗马航班。 航班每周二、四、六执飞三次，将使用258座的空客A330飞机。飞机拥有商务舱，优选经济舱和经济舱。这些航班随后将继续从武汉飞至广州。…
Airlines and Aviation

南航开通沈阳－旧金山航线

Mark Elliott
中国南方航空（China Southern AIrlines）将开通其首条泛太平洋航线，连接沈阳和旧金山。 南航已经向中国民航局（CAAC）发出了沈阳－旧金山新航线的申请。一旦批准，新航线就将于今年10月开通，并将每周执飞三趟。 沈阳市拥有超过6百万人口，是中国东北部地区最大的城市。沈阳将成为南航连接旧金山在内地的第三大城市，还有广州和武汉。…
Airlines and Aviation

南方航空3月底开通武汉-澳门定期航班

Mark Elliott
近日，南方航空珠海分公司李俊峰主任及其同仁一行前来澳门国际机场专营股份有限公司，与市场部进行业务交流，表示南航已敲定将於今年3月底开通武汉至澳门的定期航班，双方并就开通海南—澳门航线的可行性以及市场动向等进行深入交流。 　　…
Airlines and Aviation

南航在深圳新辟两条赴泰国际航线

Mark Elliott
为拓展深圳国际航线，南航在深圳新辟两条赴泰国际航线，包括深圳-泰国甲米往返定期航班以及深圳-泰国苏梅岛往返不定期航班。 2014年12月30日起南航深圳分公司新增深圳-泰国甲米往返定期航班，航班号CZ8475，深圳23:40起飞，曼谷时间04:00抵达甲米，返程CZ8476，泰国时间05:00甲米起飞，07:10抵达深圳，班期为每周2、4、6。…
Airlines and Aviation

中国南方航空增加第三条北京-成都航班

Simon Willmore
中国南方航空最近将将北京-成都航线增加到3个班次。作为已有的8点15和14点45起飞班次的补充，新的夜间航班将在2015年6月15日20点20分从北京首都国际机场起飞，并于23点10分到达成都双流国际机场。返程航班将在第二天9点起飞，并在11点35到达北京。新航班将采用空客A330-300宽体飞机。
Airlines and Aviation

南方航空计划购买80架空客飞机

Simon Willmore
据新华社报道，南方航空在本周六发布购买飞机合同的信息。该公司于当日与空客公司签订飞机购买合同，该公司拟向空客公司购买80架空客飞机。其中，包括30架空客A320系列飞机及50架A320NEO系列飞机。上述飞机交付时间为2016年至2020年。合同中每架A320系列飞机的公开市场平均报价在85.8百万美元至110.1百万美元之间。…
China

Urumqi Airport T1 to reopen

Mark Elliott
Authorities at Urumqi's Diwopu International Airport, in northwest China's Xinjiang region, have decided to reopen the old Terminal 1 in an effort to ease congestion. T1 was first…
Tourism Boards

澳洲华人新移民群体壮大 中国游客探亲游需求强劲

Mark Elliott
据澳洲新快网援引《澳洲金融评论报》报道称，里昂证券(CLSA)认为，悉尼机场(Sydney Airport)将成为中国游客激增的本土最大受益者，因为中国航空公司增速强劲、悉尼是旅游胜地而且该机场有购物免税服务。 2002年至2012年期间，访澳中国游客数量的复合年增长率高达13%。目前中国访澳游客数量仅次于新西兰，消费额则雄踞第一。里昂证券的分析师赖亚尔(Scott…
Guest Column

Easing our way east

Mark Elliott
While the UK Government slowly mulls over how it can open up the UK to Chinese visitors, travel in the other direction is on the up. After assessing the Chinese inbound market earlier…
Global

Asian aviation briefs

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Garuda profits surge Garuda Indonesia achieved a strong set of financial results in 2012, with a sharp rise in net profits compared with the previous year. The national carrier…
Global

FACE-TO-FACE: Mbuvi Ngunze, Kenya Airways

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Today, Travel Daily chats with Mbuvi Ngunze, Chief Operating Officer of Kenya Airways about China, Dreamliners and Africa’s ‘peace dividend’…  Q)     Kenya is currently expanding in…
Global

Asian aviation briefs

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THAI Smile launches Mandalay flights Thai Airways' regional carrier, THAI Smile, has launched a new route to Myanmar. The carrier took off from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport on…
France

Airbus delivers 100th A380

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Airbus delivered its 100th A380 this week, with the landmark aircraft handed over to Malaysia Airlines (MAS) in Toulouse. The new double-decker jet becomes the sixth and final A380 to…
Airlines and Aviation

Aviation Briefs

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China Southern cuts Philippine services  China Southern Airlines has announced that it is cutting flights to the Philippines amid tensions in the South China Sea. Xinhua reported that the…
Global

Travel Offers w/e 15 May 09

Mark Elliott
'Friday is Freeday' with Radisson Radisson Hotels & Resorts is making weekend getaways easier and more affordable with the launch of the 'Friday is Freeday' promotion. From 15 May to 15…

Passenger numbers up 2.1% in APAC

Megha Paul
Passenger traffic in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East recorded growth in June at 2.1% and 8.1% respectively. According to a report by Airports Council International Asia-Pacific, in…