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Japan has softened its suspension of all new incoming flight bookings to make it easier for citizens to return, the government said Thursday, a day after it announced the move prompted by worries about the Omicron coronavirus variant. The transport ministry…
The ongoing pandemic has changed the way that people purchase and acquire goods. Soaring demand for eCommerce and increased interest in new ways of collecting purchases, such as curb side pickup and click & collect, mean that Asian retailers are now faced…
Surging prices of essential goods are worsening the difficulties for people who have already been hit by job losses and travel restrictions. The last time Le Quang Hai of Hanoi’s Cau Giay District went to the market, the prices of eggs and most vegetables had…
Hong Kong’s retail environment showed further signs of improvement in November, although the recovery may have been short-lived as the city was hit with a fresh wave of virus infections and imposed new restrictions late in the month. The provisional value of…
Singapore’s national carrier is hoping to become the world’s first airline to get all of its crew members vaccinated against COVID-19. Singapore Airlines confirmed to CNN Travel that all of their crew members — including pilots, gate agents, flight attendants…
“The coordination on Covid-19 is horrific,” AirAsia Group Bhd founder and group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes laments and claims in a direct swipe at world governments’ on how the global pandemic has been managed and its impact on the travel…
Cebu Pacific Air said it will stop carrying foreigners coming from countries included in an expanded travel ban amid the appearance of a new coronavirus variant. Cebu Pacific added it will allow only Filipino citizens on its flights from Hong Kong, Nagoya…
The Covid-19 pandemic’s severe impacts have seen as many as 101,700 businesses in Vietnam close up shop in 2020, up 13.9 percent year-on-year. Of these 46,600 have registered to temporarily suspend operations, while 37,700 are waiting to complete dissolution…
Workers at Tesla Inc’s California vehicle factory are deemed essential and are not impacted by the state’s latest restrictions to curb a new surge in coronavirus infections, the California health department said on Friday. Tesla and local California officials…
Vietnam’s labor export has plunged this year due to pandemic imposed travel restrictions and fear of contracting the virus abroad. The number of Vietnamese leaving abroad for work in the first nine months fell 59 percent year-on-year to just over 42,800,…
Thai-based omnichannel fashion platform Pomelo has launched a redesigned version of its online platform which features multiple brands. Besides offering in-app exclusive live streaming, the new app houses more than 100 brands on its Thai version, including…
Paris-based Japanese designer Kenzo Takada, famous for creating the international luxury fashion house Kenzo, died in Paris on Sunday due to Covid-19 related complications, a spokesperson for Takada’s luxury K-3 brand said in a statement sent to CNN. His…
South Korean restaurant chains are accusing the government of using “discriminatory countermeasures” in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Recent edicts to prevent the spread of the latest outbreak in the country have seen the closure of buffet and…
Trend Micro Incorporated, the leader in cloud security, enhances agility and automation in cloud security through integrations with Amazon Web Services (AWS). As a result, Trend Micro delivers flexible and scalable all-in-one security that helps DevOps…
The coronavirus pandemic is likely to cost the apparel and footwear industries across the Asia-Pacific region US$95.4 billion in lost sales this year. The impact on the broader global industry will be a massive US$395.6 billion in lost sales, according to…
Singapore consumers’ migration from food halls to supermarkets during the Covid-19 pandemic has proven a windfall for grocery operator Sheng Siong Group. Sales for the June quarter surged 75.8 percent to US$304.3 million, gross profit margin improved from…
