Reuters
Airlines have been quick to pull flights to mainland China, but countries across the region are feeling the reverberations in their tourism industries.
3 days ago
Nancy Trejos, Skift
Hilton and many other major hotel companies have had to close hundreds of hotels in China in response to the coronavirus. The outbreak could have long-lasting effects on the hotel industry, which has already been grappling with a slowing global economy and other geopolitical issues.
6 days ago
Shriya Ramakrishnan in Bengaluru and Donny Kwok, Reuters
Hong Kong Airlines was in bad shape before anyone started protesting in Hong Kong. Now it must deal not only with fallout from the protests, but also panic from Coronavirus. It's hard to see how the airline recovers.
1 week ago
Associated Press
This is an extraordinary move from Cathay Pacific, but it shows the kind of knife-edge conditions it was operating under.
2 weeks ago
Marius Zaharia and Clare Jim, Reuters
Hong Kong certainly didn't need more problems after an exceptionally rocky 2019. But in coronavirus it's found just that.
2 weeks ago
Joanna Partridge, The Guardian
Huge corporations are putting a stop to staff travel to China and Hong Kong as coronavirus fears continue. This is particularly sad for the Hong Kong industry, which has barely recovered from the political protests.
3 weeks ago
Raini Hamdi, Skift
With vivid images and videos of a burning Australia, and words such as “apocalyptic” and “atomic” being flung about, the tourism industry needs to quickly deploy a plan that is sensitive and achievable.
1 month ago
Leslie Barrie, Skift
Wellness and luxury travel overlap in more ways than one — like when high-end hospitality companies start to offer more niche travel experiences. Expect more overlap in 2020.
2 months ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
While the story of tourism in chaotic Hong Kong this year is specific to that place, it also points to the tenuousness of the global tourism industry as a whole.
2 months ago
Iain Marlow, Bloomberg
Celebrations will be more subdued than normal in Hong Kong this New Year's Eve, a fitting, if unfortunate, end to a year that has seen the tourism and retail sectors take a beating.
2 months ago
Raini Hamdi, Skift
Two of the city's wealthiest families have each opened a new hotel even though protests have severely crimped revenues. Is the show of confidence enough to keep the spirits up this Christmas?
2 months ago
Kyunghee Park, Bloomberg
There's no sign of the situation easing for Hong Kong's beleaguered airlines.
2 months ago
