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HK eases travel restrictions, but businesses say not enough
Mandatory hotel quarantines remain a key sticking point, while airlines are anxious rules may be ...
Milan’s old fairgrounds get Silicon Valley-style reboot
Six years after visitors left, an ambitious makeover of the sprawling site is just getting started.
Business conferences return: here’s how to make them better
The time-honoured corporate tradition is due for a radical reassessment.
Hong Kong ends Australian flight ban, transit welcomed
The Asian metropolis has finally restarted foreign travel, with international transit now permitt...
Sixt car hire launches in Australia
The German giant puts pedal to the metal in Australia and is eager to make tracks on its competit...
Working from home will permanently change the way we travel
Some say it’s the most transformative thing to happen to the travel industry since commercial fli...
Business/leisure trips boom as travellers mix work, play
With more employees working remotely, there’s also more opportunity to blur the lines between bus...
Once “Asia’s world city”, can Hong Kong survive?
The city’s strategy to eradicate Covid could also undermine its own future as Asia’s financial hu...
UAE switches weekend to Saturday-Sunday
Weekends in Dubai and Abu Dhabi will move from Friday-Saturday to Saturday-Sunday as of January 1...
ATO: Covid testing is tax deductible for business travellers
Covid tests are the new norm for travel, but their cost can now be written off against your annua...
How celebrities and billionaires skipped hotel quarantine
Over the past 18 months, the rich and famous enjoyed an A-list alternative to Australia’s quarant...
Banks step up pressure on Hong Kong to ease restrictions
“The world is moving on,” warn the world’s biggest financial players, with almost half of firms c...
Will Hong Kong ever fully reopen to travellers?
Hong Kong is intent on maintaining a ‘Covid Zero’ approach which continues to lock out business t...
Singapore, Australia in talks on restarting business travel
A handful of countries could be the first to resume business travel links with the isolated city-...
Malaysia tightens requirements for MM2H expat program
Tough new criteria could deter many well-to-do foreigners and expat retirees.
EU firms up new €7 ‘security fee’ for non-visa travellers
The fee, said to be needed to identify security and health risks, will apply to visitors exempt f...
The world’s most powerful passports, pandemic edition
The latest Henley Passport Index shows how country-based travel restrictions have changed the pas...
‘The Pret Index’ highlights working from home trends
Pret sandwich sales are a surprisingly good indicator of how many workers aren’t returning to the...