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Five travel startups hack HotelTonight and taxi apps in the U.S. and abroad
TransportIf there were ever a question whether travelers from different cultures have similar concerns, one would only have to look at the global startup scene. Developers in Hanoi are working on the same problem as entrepreneurs in Chicago, and travelers in both destinations are downloading apps and testing new sites to find cheap deals on [...]
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Beijing to build $11.2 billion international airport to handle jump in Chinese travelers
TransportChina’s State Council has approved plans for a much-needed new airport in Beijing, official Chinese media reported this week. Officials also approved a rail line connecting the airport to the city center. Located in Daxing, a suburban district in southern Beijing, the airport will reportedly cost approximately RMB 70 billion (US$11.2 billion) and is scheduled to [...]
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Don’t go out if you’re in Beijing today, and definitely don’t breathe
DestinationsBeijing ordered government vehicles off the roads as part of an emergency response to ease air pollution that has smothered China’s capital for the past three days, while warning the smog will persist until Jan. 16. Hospitals were inundated with patients complaining of heart and respiratory ailments and the website of the capital’s environmental monitoring [...]
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Tomorrow Beijing and Shanghai lift visa restrictions on short-term stays
DestinationsBritons will be able to make three-day visa-free visits to the Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai from tomorrow (January 1, 2013).
Transit visitors from 45 countries including Britain will be able to stay in Beijing and Shanghai for 72 hours withou…
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China opens the world’s longest high-speed train line
DestinationsChina started its 2,298-kilometer (1,428-mile) high-speed train line, the longest in the world, as the nation boosts investment in rail networks, intensifying competition for airlines. The first train on the Beijing-Guangzhou line left Beijing West Station at 9 a.m. as scheduled, according to state broadcaster China Central Television. The trains will initially run at a [...]
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China to open world’s longest high-speed train line next week
TransportChina will open the world’s longest high-speed rail line next week when a link between Beijing and the southern metropolis of Guangzhou is inaugurated, officials said on Saturday, underscoring its commitment to a trouble-plagued transport scheme. The 2,298-km (1,428-mile) line, parts of which are already in operation, will begin full service on Wednesday, halving travel [...]
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Holiday Inn Express claimed to be used as “black jail” by Chinese government to detain petitioners
DestinationsThe only souvenir that Xie Jinghua has from her stay at a Holiday Inn Express located in a vast tourism park alongside the East China Sea is a room key … Xie and her husband were not alone. Three other people have told CNN they were held against their will at the Holiday Inn Express [...]
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The EU’s freeze of emissions rules is good news for Airbus’ future in China
TransportEurope’s Airbus expressed optimism it could rescue dozens of deliveries of wide-body passenger jets to China after the European Union agreed to freeze a carbon emissions scheme fiercely opposed by Beijing. The EU said on Monday it would “stop the clock” for a year on plans to force non-EU airlines to adopt its Emissions Trading [...]
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Chinese government approves over $150 billion in spending on airports, roads and infrastructure
TransportChina has given the green light for 60 infrastructure projects worth more than $150 billion as it looks to energize an economy mired in its worst slowdown in three years, fuelling hopes the world’s growth engine may get a lift from the fourth quarter. Shares and steel futures contract prices jumped on the plans to [...]
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How visitors can tour and play in past Olympic stadiums
DestinationsIn Sydney, you can swim in the same pool where Ian Thorpe won five Olympic medals in 2000. In Berlin, you can pose for photos in the stadium where Jesse Owens won four gold medals in 1936. In Lake Placid, N.Y., you can skate on the same rink where Eric Heiden speed skated his way [...]
