SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Qantas Airways on Thursday (Aug 26) said it was preparing for international travel with countries with high vaccine rates to resume in December as it reported a […]
SINGAPORE – As vaccinations are under way globally, the global airline industry is also getting jabs of confidence. Still, some parts are taking off faster than others and countries with […]
MADRID, SPAIN, Jul 18, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) continues to energize the restart of tourism based on sustainability and innovation. An agreement […]
SINGAPORE – The travel sector remains in survival mode with business at rock bottom, staff morale in the basement and leisure jaunts showing no signs of recovery any time soon. […]
SINGAPORE – Tour agency CTC Travel had about 100 full-time staff and was serving about 45,000 to 50,000 customers. Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, 90 per cent of its staff […]
SINGAPORE – Flights from Singapore to Hong Kong have sold out after the relaunch of an air travel bubble slated to start on May 26 was announced. This travel arrangement […]
SINGAPORE – The much-anticipated air travel bubble to allow quarantine-free travel between Singapore and Hong Kong is set to take off on May 26 – six months after its initial […]
SINGAPORE – Trains heading towards Marina South Pier on the North-South MRT Line were delayed by a screen door fault during peak hour on Friday morning (March 19). At 8.28am, operator […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Dirt-cheap fares are popping up from airlines brave enough to expand or start out amid the Covid crisis, as they try to eke out sales and […]
While the pandemic has kept us all cooped up in Singapore with little prospect of travel, investment expert David Mok says that advances in technology mean it has never been […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – The rollout of vaccines against Covid-19 has intensified debate about whether they should be made mandatory, with the head of a major tourism lobby saying that […]
SINGAPORE – From the second half of January 2021, short-term business travellers from all countries arriving in Singapore will no longer need to be quarantined, under new segregated travel lane […]
SINGAPORE – The joint decision by Singapore and Hong Kong to defer the air travel bubble was based on “clear parameters” that had been set out in the agreement between the […]
The launch of the Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble will be deferred for two weeks, and the new launch date will be announced later, Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Confidence about the course of the Covid-19 pandemic has helped put passengers back on planes in recent months, and Thanksgiving week is shaping up to be […]
SINGAPORE – Inbound travellers arriving in Singapore can now purchase insurance coverage for Covid-19 related costs incurred during their stay here. Changi Airport Group (CAG) and the Singapore Tourism Board […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – The opening of Asia’s first “travel bubble” allowing tourism without quarantines since the coronavirus pandemic hit has sparked a surge in searches and bookings for travel between […]
Singapore is at a crossroads. Community cases here are now extremely low, with just six in the past fortnight. This means measures to contain the virus here are working and […]
Singapore and Hong Kong have adopted different social distancing norms to curb the Covid-19 pandemic. Here is a look at the rules implemented by the authorities at present. Any changes […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – The cost of air tickets between Singapore and Hong Kong jumped within 24 hours of the two places unveiling plans for a travel bubble that wouldn’t require […]
