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  • Coronavirus travel slowdown spreads from China across Asia2020-02-17

    The coronavirus outbreak is causing travel demand across the whole Asia Pacific region to slump, data showed on Thursday, as the impact of the flu-like illness on future bookings spreads beyond China. ForwardKeys, a travel analytics company, said that airline bookings from across the region were 10.5% lower for March ...
  • Australia will extend its China travel ban as the coronavirus crisis deepens2020-02-11

    Australia will extend its China travel ban as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, despite a heavy blow to the nation's tourism and education sectors. Saturday will mark two weeks since Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a temporary 14-day ban on foreign travelers who have left or passed through mainland...
  • IATA data shows steep drop in Chinese air travel demand after coronavirus outbreak2020-02-10

    New data compiled by IATA, or the International Air Transport Association, shows that both domestic and international air travel demand has dropped by as much as 40% in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak in central China. The report, which was released late last week, tracks demand around the Lunar New Year ho...
  • H2O Hospitality adds $7M in funding to sustain quarterly revenue growth2020-02-07

    Tokyo-based vacation rental management startup H2O Hospitality has landed $7 million in Series B funding. Samsung Ventures, Stonebridge Ventures, IMM Investment and Shinhan Capital led the round, bringing the company's total funding to date to $18 million. H2O’s platform centralizes and automates services such as gu...
  • Chinese hotels offer quarantine rooms, cut fees, sell veggies to get through epidemic2020-02-06

    Chinese hospitality companies, including Jinjiang International Holding and Huazhu Group, have scrambled for solutions to mitigate the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak by cutting fees, as well as by accommodating medical staff and people under quarantine. Jinjiang International has reserved 322 hotels across C...
  • Cruise ship in Japan quarantined with coronavirus diagnosed passenger2020-02-05

    Japanese authorities are racing to contain a possible outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus after it was revealed that an infected passenger flew into Tokyo and spent a few days aboard a Princess Cruises ship, forcing authorities to lock down the vessel and quarantine thousands of people on board. The ship, the Diamond Pr...
  • Local, global travel firms join fight against coronavirus outbreak - Virus Updates2020-02-04

    On January 25, ChinaTravelNews’ parent company TravelDaily joined the volunteer assistance group that calls for more hotels and even homestay operators to take part in the program, and took part in the verification of volunteer accommodation providers. Hotels under major chains like Huazhu, Jinjiang, BTG Homeinns an...
  • Online culture, tourism services open for public to aid in battle against virus2020-02-04

    China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has launched online public culture and tourism services to assist in the fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak. The online public culture service, which aims to enrich the cultural life of the public, will enable people to enjoy online exhibitions of museums across the co...
  • Japan's tourism windfall at risk as virus spreads in China2020-01-28

    The outbreak of the new coronavirus in China could hardly come at a worse time for Japan's tourism and retail industries. With the Lunar New Year starting on Saturday, retailers had been counting on an influx of Chinese tourists to help offset tepid domestic consumption. Duty-free shops, drugstores and cosmetic shops ...
  • Egypt suspends tourism trips from China due to coronavirus outbreak2020-01-28

    The Association of Egyptian Travel Agencies banned tourism flights from and to China until further notice as a precaution after the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus, the association announced in a statement on Sunday. The association canceled all the Chinese tourism companies' bookings in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh, H...