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Articles tagged “taiwan”

Tourism

China Pushes Back on U.S. Chiding Over Its Order for Airlines

The U.S. went there — yes, a George Orwell jab at China's order that airlines should not refer to Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan as countries. The trade war gamesmanship is never boring.

Bloomberg | 4 years ago
China Pushes Back on U.S. Chiding Over Its Order for Airlines

Online Travel

Ex-Googler in Taiwan Uses Blockchain to Track Double Hotel Bookings

Who knew that double hotel bookings, due to the proliferation of third-party sites, was such a big problem. Alas, many hoteliers were undoubtedly well-aware of the issue. Hey, if OwlTing's blockchain can help reduce the problem, then it is likely worth a few Bitcoin to someone.

Bloomberg | 4 years ago
Ex-Googler in Taiwan Uses Blockchain to Track Double Hotel Bookings

Tourism

China Is Using Tourism to Taiwan as a Diplomatic Weapon

Travel is always a political act. It's just that sometimes it's much more apparent than others.

Brenda Goh and Muyu Xu, Reuters | 5 years ago
China Is Using Tourism to Taiwan as a Diplomatic Weapon

Tourism

Chinese Tourists Avoid Taiwan as Political Tensions Rise

Tourism boards hate playing politics, but when situations get extreme the smart ones speak out about what's in their best interest.

Faith Hung, Reuters | 6 years ago
Chinese Tourists Avoid Taiwan as Political Tensions Rise

Tourism

Chinese Tourists Are Staying Away From Taiwan Because Both Countries Are Playing Politics

With Taiwan being a convenient destination for Chinese travelers--the world's largest outbound market--to get to, it seems like a lose-lose for both countries as they continue to be at odds.

Adela Lin, Bloomberg | 6 years ago
Chinese Tourists Are Staying Away From Taiwan Because Both Countries Are Playing Politics

Media and PR

Taiwan Tourism Turns to YouTube Contest for New Campaign

This has all the markings -- QR codes, user-generated content, YouTube -- of a campaign that's more hype that effect, but we're happy to see them try.

The China Post/ANN | 8 years ago
Taiwan Tourism Turns to YouTube Contest for New Campaign

Airlines

Hawaiian Airlines Ends Service to Taipei, Cuts Flights to Seoul

There's definitely interest in Hawaii in Japan, China, and Korea, but Hawaiian Airlines hasn't caught on as the carrier of choice -- and higher hotel prices aren't helping things, either.

Dave Segal, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser | 8 years ago
Hawaiian Airlines Ends Service to Taipei, Cuts Flights to Seoul

Tourism

Taiwan Lifts Daily Limit on Individual Mainland Chinese Tourists

One reason for the limit is the risk of tourists overstaying their visas to work illegally in Taiwan, but the economic benefits of more visitors is starting to outweigh the risk leading to the increase in the daily limit.

China Post | 8 years ago
Taiwan Lifts Daily Limit on Individual Mainland Chinese Tourists

Airlines

China Airlines and Tiger Airways Are Launching a Budget Airline in Taiwan

Airline competition in Asia is really heating up in the low cost carrier sector, and obviously some of these new entrants are not going to make it over the long term.

David Fickling, Bloomberg | 8 years ago

Online Travel

Taiwan Doesn’t Like That Apple Maps Puts it in China

Add "spark international incident" to the long list of Apple Maps' woes.

Julian Ryall, The Daily Telegraph | 9 years ago
Taiwan Doesn’t Like That Apple Maps Puts it in China