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THAI business reorganisation on cards in the near future

THAI business reorganisation on cards in the near future

Chansin Treenuchagron, director and acting president of Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI), revealed that the Central Bankruptcy Court granted THAI’s business reorganisation petition and appointed the planners as nominated by THAI. The planners nominated are ACM Chaiyapruk Didyasarin, Chakkrit Parapuntakul, Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, Boontuck Wungcharoen, Piyasvasti Amranand, Chansin Treenuchagron and EY Corporate Advisory Services. […]

MGM Resorts announces Las Vegas’ first smoke-free casino

MGM Resorts announces Las Vegas’ first smoke-free casino

MGM Resorts International announced today that Park MGM and NoMad Las Vegas will open their doors on September 30, completing the reopening of all of its properties around the world following closures earlier this year amid the Covid-19 crisis. Upon reopening, Park MGM/NoMad will be The Strip’s first fully smoke-free casino resort. “Opening Park MGM […]

Canada needs to consider safe options and re-open borders

Canada needs to consider safe options and re-open borders

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urges the Canadian government to support the COVID-19 testing initiatives of Air Canada and WestJet as a means to safely reopen Canada to international and domestic travel without the need for blanket quarantine measures. International traffic to Canada has plummeted since quarantine measures were introduced in March 2020. ‘‘There […]

Airbus marks five years of US aircraft production

Airbus marks five years of US aircraft production

Airbus commercial aircraft production in the U.S. has reached a significant milestone: five years since aircraft production began in the Mobile, Alabama based facility. A recent report from the University of South Alabama Center for Real Estate & Economic Development concluded that the Airbus manufacturing facility’s total economic impact in Mobile and Baldwin counties in […]

World Travel Market London will go virtual!

World Travel Market London will go virtual!

Forget the rush on the tube, forget expensive hotels! Reed Exhibition, the organizer of the World Travel Market London decided to go virtual.|Look forward to this again in November 2021 facing a new normal for the travel and tourism industry. In the meantime, rebuilding.travel is working on a global virtual discussion to discuss WTM with […]

Japan reopening to these Asian countries

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After months of travel ban to over 150 countries, Japan is slowly easing its travel restrictions starting with a travel bubble with several Asian countries. On September 8, Japan announced its travel bubble list consisting of Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Taiwan. Thailand and Vietnam will be added in this list. Japan and Singapore also […]

Alibaba to inject USD3 billion in Grab

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eCommerce giant Alibaba will reportedly invest USD3 billion in Southeast Asian ride-hailing giant Grab. Bloomberg cited people familiar with the matter that the Chinese company will be the sole investor in this funding round and the portion of the funds will be used to acquire the stakes held by Uber Technologies Inc. making it one […]

Time to Build Back Better for Animals

Time to Build Back Better for Animals

The findings from the Living Planet Report (ZSL & WWF 2020) could not be clearer, we must act now #ForNature in order to halt the “catastrophic decline” in the numbers of animal species.   The report, which consolidates data collected from across the world, has identified that since 1970, the population abundance of animals (including mammals, birds, […]

Vietjet resumes domestic flight network from now on

Vietjet resumes domestic flight network from now on

Vietjet has resumed its domestic flight network following the reopening of all routes to and from Da Nang. A special ticket promotion is also offered to celebrate this milestone. Accordingly, the airline operates four daily return flights and three daily return flights respectively for the Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang […]

Indian aviation industry to recover faster due to size of market

Indian aviation industry to recover faster due to size of market

The civil aviation sector, one of the worst-affected industries, is gradually limping back to normalcy after the Centre allowed domestic flights to resume, industry experts said. Domestic flight operations resumed starting 25 May, after having remained suspended for around two months in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking during the webinar ‘COVID- 19 Impact and […]

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