Ranking of destinations that have reactivated their direct air connections with China for 2023

Mabrian, a leading tourism intelligence company, has presented a new study based on air connectivity data from flights connecting the world’s main cities with China. This analysis takes place after three years of closed borders for China due to the pandemic. Finally the Asian giant has now lifted restrictions on travel to Europe and the […]

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Air China: Athens- Shanghai Inauguration flight Announcement

On 10th January 2023, Air China Athens was happy to have gathered, in a Press Event, with our good friends and team from AIA, on the occasion of our Inauguration flight from Shanghai at 22nd December 2022. With this addition, Air China has successfully established two direct flights from Athens to, two most important capitals […]

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ITB Berlin / Statista: People want to travel again and a large majority of the population is planning trips in 2021 | New survey on travel behaviour in Germany, the US and China

Who is longing to travel far away? Who finally wants to go on a beach holiday again? Who is planning what trips to where this year? And what is the short to long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic on travel behaviour? These are just some of the questions that ITB Berlin and the market research […]

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TUI China starts business again and offers trips in China

TUI China resumes business operations and offers domestic travel for vacationers in China. Three months after the subsidiary of the TUI Group had to completely stop selling travel, TUI is now offering short trips to mountain and Chinese beach resorts under the brand “TUI Selection”. Programs for vacations in larger cities are also included in the portfolio. This […]

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Research: Worldwide Hotel Performance | China is on the rise, Europe and USA remain 1st, and a “surprise” from India

MKG has issued a research about the Hotel Performance in early 2020.  The rise of Asian groups is a groundswell, driven by the boom in the number of hotels in the APAC region, which by 2019 will have become the world’s largest in terms of supply. Growth came from China It all started in China. […]

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STR: Mainland China hotel industry shows early signs of performance recovery

Mainland China’s daily hotel occupancy reached an absolute level of 31.8% on 28 March, up from a low of 7.4% during the first week of February, according to preliminary data from STR. Additionally, opening rates have been significant in key markets across the region. “We’re seeing green shoots in hotel occupancy figures, but we must stress that […]

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China hotel performance recovered quickly following SARS

Amid the current outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), STR analyzed historical data for China and found that the country’s hotel performance recovered quickly following the containment of SARS in 2003. Recovery around the current outbreak situation of 2020 could follow a similar timeline. “Significant market, economic and social changes over the past two decades render a […]

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Air China freezes flights to Greece until March 18

Air China is about to freeze flights to Athens from February 17 to March 18, as a preventative measure to fight spread of coronavirus, according to a recent announcement of the airline company. An officer in Athens announced that “public safety is the major reason for such a decision and there are also operational reasons […]

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Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to mainland China

In light of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) now advises against ‘all but essential’ travel to mainland China. British people currently in China should make decisions based on their own personal circumstances, bearing in mind that travel may become more difficult in the coming days. Commercial options for departing China […]

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China scrambles to contain coronavirus as death toll climbs

A new strain of coronavirus discovered in China claimed 15 more lives since Saturday, bringing the total death count to 56. Figures reflecting developments in the past 24 hours revealed 688 new cases, bringing the total of number of infections in China to 1,975, in what Chinese President Xi Jinping has classified as a “grave situation.” […]

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