Richard Whiddington, Jing Travel
Who needs the museum? Visitors are flocking to Beijing's new airport, a gigantic wonderland filled with Chinese art both contemporary and traditional. Like Singapore Changi Airport, it has instantly become a destination in and of itself.
1 month ago
Yan Zhang and Kyunghee Park, Bloomberg
China's enormous new airport will boost Beijing's direct international business and help propel the country into the future as one of Asia's major hubs.
2 months ago
Supunnabul Suwannakij and Natnicha Chuwiruch, Bloomberg
Some tourists these days may care less about the health risk posed by intense air pollution than a trip's Instagram photo worthiness that might get ruined by smog.
2 years ago
Kyunghee Park, Bloomberg
How desirable is the "crown" for world's busiest airport? When an outage hit Atlanta International in December, more than 1,000 flights were canceled and the fallout was total mayhem.
2 years ago
Dong Lyu, Bloomberg
The new airport in Beijing will be able to host 45 million passengers a year when it opens in 2019, with the capacity to handle 72 million a year. We expect this mega-airport to steal share from regional rival hubs in Hong Kong and Singapore.
2 years ago
Associated Press
Bike-sharing programs are now common in tourist-heavy cities like Beijing, but these programs don't maintain themselves, and rock-bottom prices don't help. Just look at all the financial and human resources that go into New York's Citi Bike.
3 years ago
Steven Schwankert, Skift
Although new measures and a 2022 date with the Winter Olympics may help clear the air, for now, Beijing’s hospitality industry has little choice but to address the situation – and hope guests order room service.
3 years ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Anyone who thought the three new online travel agency leaders — Jane Sun, Glenn Fogel, and Mark Okerstrom — intended to be mere caretakers of their predecessors’ policies and legacies would have been mistaken. To a large degree, they are stepping out into new territory.
3 years ago
Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press
No Olympic Games is ever without its troubles or controversies, and hosting the Games is never cheap. Given what's happened in Rio, however, it's clear that Olympic organizers are realizing they need to be much smarter about which cities they pick to play host: While it's an incredible honor and source of pride for the countries picked, it can also be a tremendous financial and logistical burden, too.
3 years ago
Brian Sumers, Skift
It's only one route, but both American and Delta are trying to do all they can to win the right to fly between Los Angeles and Beijing. Both airlines feel the route is vital to their trans-Pacific ambitions.
3 years ago
Associated Press
Universal's success in Orlando has given the company the lessons it needs to compete with Disney on a global scale.
4 years ago
Alexandra Ho, Bloomberg
With less than 1% of the Chinese market Uber has room to grow. But when it's up against two competitors that have 99% of the market between them, that's tough row to hoe.
5 years ago
