Hotels & Tourism
Hong Kong to cut mandatory quarantine period for visitors
The quarantine period may be shortened to as low as seven days.
Hong Kong to cut mandatory quarantine period for visitors
The quarantine period may be shortened to as low as seven days.
Hongkongers may now fly to Oman visa-free
The visa-free access will be allowed for visits lasting for 10 days.
Tourism board launches “Staycation Delight” programme
The programme allows the public to redeem a hotel package discount using $800 receipts from retail and dining outlets.
Leading tourists closer to locals may reduce misbehaviour: study
Closing the “psychological distance” between the locals and tourists could prompt visitors to follow rules abroad.
Tourism Commission launches City in Time project
The app will integrate augmented reality and multimedia technologies.
Border reopening hinges on vaccine confidence
More than 5% of the Hong Kong population have been vaccinated since February.
Tourist arrivals plunged 97% in February
Hong Kong logged 5,500 in February as the pandemic's impact persists.
Incentive schemes for travel industry extended until March 2022
Travel agents will also receive a higher funding worth $150,000.
Cross-border travel unlikely in next six months: HKTB
The pandemic situation remains volatile despite the vaccination programme.
How to win in the big wave of online events
We have no idea of when the COVID-19 will end. People called it the third wave. Given COVID-19’s ferocity, rampant speed and potential to return, Hong...
Hong Kong rolls out $1.02b convention and exhibition subsidy scheme
This is in light of the gradual resumption of C&E activities in mid- and late July.
Hotels make further room rate cuts to survive
Some have resorted to offering rates cheaper than the city’s subdivided flats.
Hong Kong hotels on cliff edge from protest, pandemic pain
The industry posted an overall occupancy rate of 29% in February.
Hong Kong allots $1.02b for the exhibition and convention industry
Organisers can get 100% venue rental costs for events at the HKCEC.
Arrivals crash 75% after nCov measures' implementation
Arrivals amongst locals led the decline as it dropped 77%.
31% of business owners expect worse conditions for Q1 2020
These were mostly under the hospitality, retail and logistics industries.
Hotels and shops take heavy beating as protests reverberate across Hong Kong
In August alone, tourist arrivals plunged 40% in its sharpest decline since the 2003 SARS crisis.
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