Why Cathay Pacific Now Wants a Piece of the Low-Cost Market
Kyunghee Park and Natalie Lung, Bloomberg
To paraphrase economist John Maynard Keynes, when the facts change, you've got to be prepared to change your mind.
7 days ago
Kyunghee Park and Natalie Lung, Bloomberg
To paraphrase economist John Maynard Keynes, when the facts change, you've got to be prepared to change your mind.
7 days ago
Travelstop + Skift
Clever startups operating in Asia are helping to reshape the future of travel booking in the region. Their innovations could soon spread across the world — benefiting business travelers everywhere.
1 week ago
Isaac Carey, Skift
This week in tourism, Medellin figures out how to talk about its complicated past, a surf town in California's Newport Beach plays up its luxury attractions, and rail travel becomes the number one priority for booking platforms in Asia.
1 month ago
Cecilia Yap, Bloomberg
Philippine Airlines needs the funds to compete, while All Nippon Airways must expand beyond a graying Japan. A potential deal isn't surprising for the two carriers, which already codeshare between their countries.
2 months ago
Raini Hamdi, Skift
For over a decade, corporate travel management companies have been trying to pry open the huge market in Asia but have hardly made a dent. Travelstop says now is the time, as the market is full of high-growth startups that will "get it." Perhaps such new players will finally disrupt the space.
2 months ago
Raini Hamdi, Skift
It was launched with much fanfare in 2002, but in the end, Zuji — which translates to "footprints" in Mandarin — failed miserably to leave a lasting imprint on Asia’s online travel scene.
2 months ago
Abhijit Roy Chowdhury and Vrishti Beniwal , Bloomberg
Once again the Indian government has failed to sell Air India. You've got to wonder how long it can keep going before someone just decides enough is enough.
3 months ago
Rebecca Stone, Skift
The ongoing investigation into the painting of the Batu Caves steps points to a greater need to appropriately preserve heritage sites. Protecting a country’s history and heritage for future generations should come first; increasing the number of Instagram "likes" and "tags" a heritage site gets should come second.
3 months ago
Bloomberg
Hainan Airlines is in many ways HNA's flagship brand, so selling it off would be an admission of defeat. The company's vociferous denial implies it wants to keep hold of it, but with debts of $78 billion, will it have a choice?
3 months ago
Kyunghee Park and Jill Ward, Bloomberg
As more new low-cost carriers take to the skies in Asia, more needs to be done to ensure they don’t go down the way Lion Air did last month, not just in safety but business sustainability.
3 months ago
Crystal Tse, Bloomberg
With stocks falling across the world, it might not be the best time to launch an IPO.
3 months ago
Patrick Clark and Paul Panckhurst, Bloomberg
We're still in the very early stages of the investigation, so it's probably best to treat information like this with caution.
3 months ago