Hospitality and leisure industry

Chinese travelers scrap holiday trips to Thailand over safety concerns

Chinese travelers scrap holiday trips to Thailand over safety concerns

Bob Elliott

Chinese travelers are canceling plans to visit Thailand during the Lunar New Year holiday, as concerns over the kidnapping of ...

A new luxury hotel towers over Havana as Cuba’s economic troubles mount and tourism plummets

A new luxury hotel towers over Havana as Cuba’s economic troubles mount and tourism plummets

Bob Elliott

HAVANA — It’s impossible to miss. The huge rectangular mass of concrete and glass — the tallest building in Havana ...

His hospitality empire is worth over 0 million

His hospitality empire is worth over $200 million

Bob Elliott

Ho Kwon Ping is the co-founder and executive chairman of Banyan Group. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Growing up, ...

Company pairs travelers with the visually impaired

Company pairs travelers with the visually impaired

Bob Elliott

Glyn Evans has been on 30 trips with the same travel company, but he can still pinpoint the moment that ...

What to see in 2025

What to see in 2025

Bob Elliott

In Salzburg, Austria last spring, I skipped around the fountain outside Mirabell Palace. Others did too. Some 60 years earlier, ...

What to know and how to avoid crowds in Rome this year

What to know and how to avoid crowds in Rome this year

Bob Elliott

Vatican City is the world’s smallest country by size and population. That’s not stopping an estimated 32 million travelers from ...

How to get to Komodo Island? Jetstar Asia to fly from Singapore

How to get to Komodo Island? Jetstar Asia to fly from Singapore

Bob Elliott

Jetstar Asia will launch direct flights linking Singapore to Labuan Bajo, the Indonesian town considered the “gateway” to Komodo National ...

What is the most powerful passport in the world? It’s Singapore again

What is the most powerful passport in the world? It’s Singapore again

Bob Elliott

Singapore has the world’s most powerful passport, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index. The nation-state was one of six ...

Aviation industry to have another hard year led by Boeing delays

Aviation industry to have another hard year led by Boeing delays

Bob Elliott

The aviation industry is bracing for another year of difficulties, as delivery delays at Boeing and supply chain problems are ...

Which airlines have the fewest delays? Here are the results for 2024

Which airlines have the fewest delays? Here are the results for 2024

Bob Elliott

Aeromexico was the most punctual global airline in 2024, according to a report published by aviation analytics company Cirium. Some ...

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