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Seaplane Hong Kong will also offer inexpensive aerial sightseeing tours.

Say bye to busy streets from a seaplanePassenger drones and air taxi services will soon take off in the Greater Bay Area.

The 188-room Alila Shanghai, located in the city's Jing’an District, will boast the use of plenty of earth tones and natural materials.

Hyatt's vision of urban utopia in ShanghaiThe 188-key Alila Shanghai will debut in 2023.

Travel jp for Business can only be accessed after registering with Japanese company LINE Works.

A new Japanese chat-up line for corporate travellersTravel management app uses chatbots and human travel concierges, while assisting with cancellation and compensation issues too.

Vaccine freebies in Hong Kong include staycations, buffet deals, free film sessions, and theme park visits.

Travel freebies up for jabs in Hong KongBusinesses come together with a bonanza package to encourage hesitant people to get a Covid-19 vaccine.

Long-distance travel in mainland China has fully recovered, with short-distance travel showing continued growth.

Domestic market signals "full recovery" for Trip.comThe group's overall revenues were bumped up by a "strong recovery" in March 2021.

A night's stay at the life-size Titanic replica is expected to cost visitors US$150).

A Titanic replica will live on in ChinaWhen the full-scale 'Unsinkable Titanic' opens in a Sichuan theme park, tour buses will play "My Heart Will Go On" on loop.

At a 2021 Tourism Update for local players on 18 May, the consensus was that "the sooner we are all vaccinated, the sooner mass international travel can resume,” said HKTB chair Pang Yiu-kai.

Bubble or not, Hong Kong's tourism plans at full throttleHKTB steps up reopening plans with focus on digitalisation, in-depth tours and the Greater Bay Area.

The launch of Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble is pushed back again.

Pop goes the travel bubble — not again!It's déjà vu all over again as the Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble is deferred.

Dream Cruises also rolls out Asia's largest vaccination drive to jab more than 700 staff on Taiwan-docked Explorer Dream.

Cruise lines flex muscles for Covid jabsCruising's next challenge: Vaccinating thousands of crew before ships relaunch.

The sampan's now refurbished for "more youngsters who are interested in cultural preservation," says founder Kenny Chan.

Sampan's calling this Hong Kong tour operatorYacht charter platform Seayou wants to revive a disappearing boat trade that gave Hong Kong its name.