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J
apan Airlines (JAL)
has signed a purchase
agreement for up to 56
Airbus long-range aircraft,
marking the national carrier's
rst ever deal with the European
planemaker.
The Tokyo-based airline has
placed a rm order for 18 A350-
900s and 13 A350-1000s, plus
options for a further 25 aircraft.
This continues the company's
long-haul eet expansion and
renewal plan, adding to existing
orders for the Boeing 787
Dreamliner.
The new A350s will enter
service from 2019, and will
gradually replacing JAL's older
twin-aisle aircraft six year
period, including its B767s.
We will utilise the A350
XWB (extra wide-body) to
maximum, which offers high-
level of operational efficiency
and product competitiveness,
while positively catering to new
business opportunities after slots
at airports in Tokyo are increased,
said JAL's president, Yoshiharu
Ueki. In addition to improving
profitability with advanced
aircraft, we always aim to deliver
unparalleled services to customers
with the latest cabin and steady
expansion of our route network.
The A350-900 seats more
than 300 passengers in a typical
three-class layout, while the larger
A35-1000 will carry about 50
more. The firm order of 31 aircraft
is worth more than US$9 billion
at current list prices. The new
aircraft add to JAL's order for up
to 65 Boeing 787 Dreamliners,
11 of which have already been
delivered.
The A350 made its first test
flight this summer and is expected
to enter service in the second
half of 2014. With this latest deal,
Airbus has now taken more than
750 firm orders for the A350 from
38 customers.
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Chinese railways carry 65 million
in a week
A
record 65 million people
travelled on China's railways
in the week from 28 September to
5 October 2013, Xinhua reported
the state-owned China Railway
Corporation (CRC) as saying on
Sunday. The rise in demand was
driven by China's week-long Golden
Week holiday period, which actually
ran from 1-8 October. An average
of eight million people travelled by
rail every day during week, reaching
a peak of 10.33m passengers on
Tuesday 1 October 2013 - the rst
time daily passenger tra c has
ever exceeded the 10m mark. The
CRC said it is expecting further
passenger peaks on Monday and
Tuesday - the nal two days of
Golden Week.
In addition to the rail tra c, an
estimated 610 million people are
expected to travel by road and water
during Golden Week, while Chinas
airlines will carry more than seven
million passengers.
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Launching today, on the
auspicious date of 8 October
2013, Travel Daily China has been
developed in partnership with
Shanghai-based Travel World China
in response to the growing interest in
Travel Daily's news from the
Chinese market. The new publication
is designed especially for the
Chinese-speaking travel trade.
Published from Monday to Friday,
Travel Daily China will cover a wealth
of news from mainland China, Hong
Kong, Macau and Taiwan, along
with key global stories, all written in
simplied Chinese. Click here for
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Chinese travellers least likely to
switch off study
C
hinese travellers are the
least likely to 'switch o'
while on holiday, a new
study has found.
Research by Accors Pullman
brand, in conjunction with research
institute IPSOS, shows that the
Chinese remain addicted to their
smartphones, with the majority
checking them even while on
vacation.
Seventy-nine percent of Chinese
respondents said they have at
least one professional mobile
device (compared with a global
average of 60%), and during a
week-long holiday, 14% of Chinese
respondents said they spend 1-2
days on their professional devices.
By contrast, only 5% of Australians
allowed work to encroach on their
leisure time so much.
Most global respondents said
they believe it is acceptable to
handle private activities during
work hours, because they also
work when they are at home. But
there are dierences in the types
of personal behaviour that dierent
nationalities think is acceptable.
For example 60% of Chinese
respondents admitted to visiting
dating sites at work, compared to
only 6% of French respondents.
Americans were found to be the
most likely to spend work time
shopping online, with 68% saying
this was a regular activity, while
85% of Chinese research and book
their holidays at work.
On average, 30% of the survey
sample spends at least 30 minutes
a day handling private issues during
working hours.
French and German travellers
are the most resistant to merge
their professional and private lives,
and also have the most negative
opinion of mobile professional
devices. By contrast, the Chinese
are the least likely to switch o
during what should be personal
time - 65% of Chinese respondents
said they check their professional
devices during private meals.
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CAL makes Cairns emergency landing
A
China Airlines (CAL) flight
was forced to make an
emergency landing in Queensland
on Friday, after one of the Airbus
A330 aircraft's engines failed.
The flight was en route from
Sydney to Taipei when the fault
occurred. The aircraft, which was
carrying 218 passengers, was
diverted to Cairns airport where
it landed safely. The A330 is
a twin-engine aircraft, and
the second turbine remained
operational throughout.
TripAdvisor offers special
MasterCard deals
T
ripAdvisor has joined forces
with MasterCard to oer a
series of online oers to credit
cardholders. The partnership has
seen the creation of the 'MasterCard
Travel Hub' - a new area of the
travel review site oering a series of
destination guides and deals.
Accessible via www.tripadvisor.
com/mastercardtraveloers,
MasterCard will oer a series
of promotions for travel, dining,
shopping and entertainment in ve
destinations Beijing, Honolulu,
London, New York and Singapore.
But by the end of October 2013, this
is expected to have increased to
Hong Kong, South Africa, Thailand
and Vietnam.
When TripAdvisor users search
for travel information on any of the
featured destinations, they will be
able to click on MasterCard banners
leading to the travel oers section.
The MasterCard Travel Hub will
also include TripAdvisor traveller
reviews and ratings for hotels,
attractions and restaurants as well
as recommended itineraries. Click
here for full story
Bali cancels 670 fights to
accommodate APEC leaders
B
ali's Ngurah Rai International
Airport has been forced to
cancel more than 670 ights due to
the APEC Summit currently being
held on the island. A spokesperson
for the Denpasar airport told the Bali
Daily that the airport's management
had received cancellation plans
from several airlines.
"Around 673 commercial ights
on the regular schedule that should
have operated between October 6
and October 9 have already been
cancelled. There should be 1,378
commercial ights scheduled on
those days," the airport's PR o cer,
Sherly Yunita, was quoted saying.
Garuda Indonesia reported to
have cancelled 162 ights to and
from the island, while AirAsia has
cancelled 86 ights and Lion Air 80.
Bali's airport closed for six
hours on Saturday and 10 hours
of Sunday, with similar restrictions
being implemented on Tuesday
and Wednesday, 8-9 October, as
APEC's leaders arrive and depart
the island.
Iran could resume direct US fights
D
irect ights between the US
and Iran could resume, aviation
authorities in the Middle Eastern
country have suggested. Iran's IRNA
news agency reported the head Civil
Aviation Organisation of Iran, Hamid-
Reza Pahlevani, as saying that the
resumption of direct ights to the US is
on the government's agenda. New York
was cited as a possible destination.
Relations between the US and
Iran have thawed recently, following
a direct telephone call between
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani
and Barack Obama. But the launch
direct ights between the US and
Iran would mark a major diplomatic
breakthrough. Neither country has
own to the other since Iran's Islamic
Revolution in 1979.
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No one else in
the world, within the
hospitality industry,
can oer the scale,
quantity and quality
of wireless services
we now have
available.
John Bollen, senior
vice president & chief
digital o cer for MGM
Resorts International,
comments on the
roll-out of a new high-
speed Wi-Fi service
Hotheads aims to tackle travel
industry manpower crunch
A
new initiative has been
launched to tackle the issue of
manpower development and drive
creative thinking in the Asian travel
and tourism industry.
Created by former Travel
Daily Media and PATA executive,
Stu Lloyd, Hotheads Innovation
will create a series of training
workshops across Asia for the
hospitality, tourism and airline
industries.
With all the booming forecasts,
the industry in Asia has much to
look forward to, but no one seems to
be tackling the question holistically:
Where are all the extra people going
to come from to y the planes, to
wait the tables, make the beds, and
guide the tourists around? said
Lloyd. Millions of extra people will be
required, yet tourism is not considered
a sexy rst choice vocation.
In an eort to create a solution
to this issue, Lloyd is developing
a series of two-day high-energy
workshops around the region.
These will start in Bangkok on 19-20
November 2013, before moving
on to Kuala Lumpur, Singapore,
Jakarta, Manila, Hong Kong and
Shanghai. The sessions will focus
on developing creative thinking
and innovation, before practicing
those techniques in crowd-sourced
brainstorming sessions, facilitated
by Lloyd. The solutions from each
workshop will then be collated by
Hotheads, with the resulting report
being oered to the industry.
Think of it as a bit of social
entrepreneurship, our own little bit
of CSR, he added. Click here for
full story
Cebu Pacifc to expand Osaka route
C
ebu Pacic Air (CEB) will
expand its operations in Japan
later this year, with the launch
of more direct ights connecting
Manila and Osaka.
The Philippine low-cost carrier
currently operates three weekly
ights to the Japanese city, every
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. But
from 20 December 2013 CEB will
add four more weekly services on
the route, taking the total frequency
to daily ights, all using an Airbus
A320 aircraft.
CEB currently oers ights to
22 international destinations, but
the airline said it is condent of
expanding to more cities in Japan,
following recent discussions
between the two countries.
The recently concluded air
talks were very successful and will
denitely pave the way for more
direct linkages between the two
countries. With more ights to the
Philippines, we believe Japan can
rival South Korea when it comes
to foreign tourist arrivals, said
CEB's vice president of marketing
& distribution, Candice Iyog. Click
here for full story
Asian cruise
conference
grows
T
he Cruise Shipping Asia
Pacific is expecting to see an
increase in attendance when it
opens on Wednesday 9 October
2013. Organisers UBM revealed
the event has already seen a near
20% increase in pre-registered
attendees. Including on-site
registration, total attendance
could reach 40% higher than last
year's show.
To accommodate this rise, the
size of the trade show oor has
also increased. Exhibitors have
purchased nearly 20% more stand
space than the 2012 event.
"The uptick in attendance and
exhibit space this year truly mirrors
the ongoing growth and expansion
of the cruise industry in the pan-Asia
market," said Daniel Read, cruise
portfolio director of UBM. "The
opportunity the cruise lines bring
to this market is unprecedented,
especially when you take into
account passenger sourcing for
worldwide destinations."
Stu Lloyd
Work starts on new Houston
international hub
Construction work has commenced on a new
international terminal at Houston's William
P. Hobby Airport. The new ve-gate facility,
which will cost US$156 million to develop, will
accommodate Southwest Airlines' international
ights, focusing on routes to destinations in
the Caribbean, Mexico and northern South
America. The new terminal project, which is being fully-funded by Texas-
based Southwest, also includes and expansion to the existing security
checkpoint and upgrades to the ticket counter area.
Delta adds Seattle services
Delta Air Lines will expand its domestic
operations at Seattle-Tacoma International
Airport - its so-called 'Asian Gateway'. From 29
March 2014, the airline will add six new daily
ights between Seattle and San Francisco,
rising to seven on 5 June. It will also mount
two additional ights between Seattle and Las
Vegas from 6 January 2014, for a total of three daily ights, rising to ve
on 1 April. Finally, two additional ights between Seattle and Los Angeles
will begin on 5 June 2014, for a total of ve daily ights.
Hyatt expands in Florida
Hyatt has added two more hotels in Florida.
This month, the company acquired the
Peabody Orlando Hotel for US$717 million,
and has rebranded it as the Hyatt Regency
Orlando. The huge property has 1,641 rooms,
a 2,000m spa, four F&B outlets, three
swimming pools and more than 29,000m of
meeting space. Meanwhile Hyatt has also signed a deal to develop the
105-room Hyatt South Beach in Miami. Due to open in 2015, the property
will be located on Miamis famous Collins Avenue.
United launches new seats
United Airlines has unveiled a new seat
design, to be rolled out across routes in
the US, Canada, Central America and the
Caribbean. The new economy and premium
economy seat features leather covers,
ergonomic and supportive cushioning and
additional seat-back storage space. It will
also weigh less than standard seats. The new seat will initially be rolled
out on the Bombardier CRJ700 aircraft by SkyWest Airlines, but United
eventually plans to install 60,000 seats on more than 500 aircraft.
Alaska Airlines orders Boeing 737s
Alaska Airlines has placed an order for ve
more Boeing 737-900ERs. The order, valued at
US$481 million at list prices, continues Alaska
Airlines' eet expansion, adding to the carrier's
existing eet of 127 Boeing 737-series aircraft.
The B737-900ER is the largest of the B737
series, oering 181 seats in two-class cabin
conguration, with 16 seats in business class and 165 in economy. With
this order, Alaska Airlines now has outstanding orders for 72 B737s - 35
B737-900ERs and 37 B737 MAX aircraft.
MAI to add Cambodia fights
M
yanmar Airways International
(MAI) is planning to launch
more ights to Cambodia this
month. Commencing on 27 October
2013, the national carrier will add
one extra weekly ight to its Yangon-
Phnom Penh service, taking the
total frequency to three ights per
week (Mondays, Wednesdays and
Saturdays).
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Please can you outline Best Westerns current
footprint in China?
Best Western started its development in China since the year 2001. Until
now, Best Western China has 42 properties and 27 properties in pipeline.
Best Western properties in China has spread over 25 famous cities
including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Xian, Wuhan,
Shenzhen, Huangshan, Harbin, etc. We also have several properties located
in Hong Kong, Macau and Mongolia. Among the 42 active properties, there
are nine [luxury] Best Western Premier properties and 33 [midscale] Best
Western properties.
How much knowledge is there in the Chinese
about Best Western, and what are you doing to
spread the word?
In China, our brand Best Western has been translated to Chinese
and Chinese customer are familiar with both the brand English
name and Chinese name. Since the year 2006, Best Western has always
been among the top 10 brands in the hospitality industry in China.
We use several channels to spread the brand in China, including
cooperating with domestic hospitality magazines, using Chinese social
media platforms, printed promotional yers sent to properties, and attending
Chinese travel trade shows and events.
What is Best Westerns development strategy
in China, in terms of key cities, markets, portfolio
size etc?
With the saturated market for hospitality industry in the rst-tier cities in
China, the increasingly market opportunity for Best Western will be in the
second-tier, and even third-tier cities. Besides, nowadays young people
have become the main customers. As most of young people prefer hotels
with fashion and modern styles, we see a great opportunity for our [upscale]
Best Western Plus brand in China.
Has there been much uptake among Chinese
customers for the Best Western Rewards (BWR)
programme?
Yes. We do training on BWR programme for each property, so the sta can
introduce our BWR programme facing to customers. Also, we are launching
promotion activities dedicated for BWR members, including cooperating
with airlines and other retailers. Finally we launch promotions to enrol new
members.
Due to the above promotion methods for the BWR programme, the
programme has seen much uptake among Chinese customers.
What developments are we likely to see from
Best Western in China in the remainder of 2013?
We have eight more properties is expected to be developed in the remainder
of 2013.
David Kong
President & CEO, Best Western International
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TO
FACE
Abacus seals Malindo Air content
A
bacus International has signed
a new distribution partnership
with Malaysias Malindo Air. The
deal marks the latest stage in
the travel technology company's
expansion in the Asian low-cost
carrier market, and will enable all
Abacus-connected travel agents
in Asia to access Malindo's fares
and inventory, along with ancillary
products.
Travel agents now have the
ability to book ancillary services,
such as in-ight movies, snacks,
extra baggage, explained Malindo's
CEO, Chandran Rama Muthy. As
we expand our eet and routes
beyond the ones we currently
operate, travel agents on the
Abacus system can expect to get
immediate access to the most
comprehensive range of fares,
schedules and inventory.
Abacus revealed that its LCC
bookings increased 80% during the
rst half of 2013, compared with the
same period in 2012, reecting the
sector's expansion and a series of
new LCC deals for Abacus. Click
here for full story
Jetstar prepares for frst Dreamliner
J
etstar has launched a new
website dedicated to the
arrival of its first Boeing 787
Dreamliner, which will touch down
in Melbourne this week. The new
site will offer passengers a preview
of the new twin-aisle aircraft, with
images of the cabin products,
in-flight meals and details of
services. Customers can also
register for regular updates and
offers. Jetstar's B787 will arrive
in Melbourne on 9 October, and
will fly to the Gold Coast, Cairns
and Bali. CLICK HERE to view
Jetstar's Dreamliner site.
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in Malaysia; Ho Hoong Mau; Chandran Rama Muthy; and Ravi Chandran, commercial director
of Malindo Air
Nok Air planes skids off runway
A
Nok Air ight skidded o the
runway after landing at eastern
Thailand's Udon Thani airport on
Sunday. The Saab 340B aircraft was
carrying 28 passengers and crew
from Chiang Mai to Udon Thai when
the incident occurred. No injuries
were reported but images from the
scene showed the aircraft with its
nose resting in the grass. While no
rm explanation has been given
for the cause of the incident, the
Bangkok Post reported the airline as
saying that the propeller-powered
aircraft suered "a glitch in the
engine".
New Singapore MRT line to open
in December
T
he new Downtown Line rail
network on Singapore's MRT
network will open on 22 December
2013, the country's transport
minister, Lui Tuck Yew, revealed
yesterday. In the first phase of
development, the Downtown Line
will connect to six stations - Bugis,
Promenade, Bayfront, Downtown,
Telok Ayer and Chinatown. But
once fully opened in 2017, the line
will extend 42km from the Changi
Expo to Bukit Panjang, connecting
34 stations, including stops at the
Botanical Gardens, Little India
and Fort Canning. This will make
it Singapore's longest driverless
MRT line.
Once fully operational, the
Downtown Line is expected
to carry up to half a million
passengers every day.
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Historic Hoi An sees tourism growth
T
he UNESCO World Heritage-listed
city of Hoi An, in central Vietnam, has
welcomed 1.3 million visitors so far this
year - 23% more than the same period
in 2012. Data from the Vietnam National
Administration of Tourism (VNAT) showed
that historic city has seen 926,500, same-
day visitors, up 19% year-on-year, while
overnight tourist arrivals reached 593,000,
a rise of 16%. Catering for this growth, the
city has seen the opening of 10 new hotels
in the past year.
Etihad fies three million
passengers in three months
E
tihad Airways
carried more
than three million
passengers in the
third quarter of 2013,
as the carrier's rapid
growth continued.
The Abu Dhabi-based
airline handled a total
of 3.04m passengers
from July to September
2013 - 11% more than
the 2.75m it carried
in the same period
last year. This boosted passenger
revenues to US$1.03 billion, 10%
more than Q3 2013 and the rst
time Etihad has exceeded US$1bn
for a quarter. Average cabin load
factors remained at a strong 81%.
In the rst three months of the
2013, Etihad has now carried
8.6m passengers, 13% more than
the same period last year, while
passenger revenues have increased
12% to US$2.85bn. Etihad now
operates a eet of 83 aircraft. Click
here for full story
MGM starts
major Wi-Fi
upgrade
M
GM Resorts International
has started rolling out what
it claims to be the hospitality
industry's largest next-generation
Wi-Fi network. In partnership
with Mobilitie and Cisco, the hotel
and casino operator is installing
high-speed Wi-Fi throughout its
Las Vegas resorts. The installations
cover the low-rise public spaces
including pools, casinos, lobbies
and restaurants at the Bellagio,
MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, ARIA,
Vdara and The Shops at Crystals.
The multi-resort Wi-Fi roll-
out promises up to 30% faster
connectivity, with tiered Wi-Fi
services oering users the chance
to connect with multiple devices.
Convention guests will be oered
connection speeds of up to 10 Mbps.
"No one else in Las Vegas, and
even the world, within the hospitality
industry can oer the scale, quantity
and quality of wireless services
we now have available," said John
Bollen, senior vice president & chief
digital o cer for MGM Resorts
International. Click here for full
story
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IN NUMBERS
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Myanmar Airways
International is adding a
third weekly fight to Phnom
Penh
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Mount Makiling in the
Philippines has been
named as the 33rd ASEAN
Heritage Site
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Japan Airlines has placed
orders for up to 56 Airbus
A350s
673
The number of fights
cancelled at Bali airport
due to the APEC Summit
65,000,000
The number of rail
passengers in China in the
week to 5 October 2013
Favehotel expands Bali MICE space
B
ali budget hotel,
favehotel Bypass
Kuta, has expanded
its conference
and banqueting
space. The hotel,
which is managed
by Archipelago
International, has
added an extra
meeting room, able
to accommodate up
to 100 guests. This
increases the total
capacity of the hotel's MICE space
by 50% to 300 people across three
meeting rooms.
We are thrilled to announce
a new meeting room to favehotel
Bypass, joining the already
successful meeting rooms that
cater to our savvy and professional
travellers. With the increasing
demand for MICE facilities in Bali,
we look forward to hosting all of
our future guests, said Yohanes S.
Hadi, Archipelagos regional general
manager for Bali.
The 160-room favehotel Bypass
Kuta is located on Bali's Jalan
Bypass Ngurah Rai and oers free
Wi-Fi to all guests.
Selling
MICE in Asia
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M
ount Makiling, on the Philippine
island of Luzon, has been
named as an ASEAN Heritage Park.
The volcano and surrounding forest
park becomes the 33rd such natural
heritage site in Southeast Asia, and
the fth in the Philippines, following
Mount Apo Natural Park, Mount
Kitanglad Range Natural Park, Mount
Malindang Range Natural Park and
the Mounts Iglit-Baco National Park.
Located in the Laguna region of
Luzon, Mount Makiling is a popular
tourist destination due to its proximity
to Manila.
Philippines' Mount Makiling named
ASEAN heritage site
Citilink welcomes new A320
I
ndonesian low-cost carrier Citilink
has expanded its eet with the
addition of its 23rd Airbus A320
aircraft. The new single-aisle jet
touched down in Indonesia late last
month and will now be deployed
on Citilink's domestic routes from
Jakarta. The new aircraft comes tted
with 180 economy class seats, and
also features the fuel-saving wing-
tips known as 'Sharklets'. Citilink
recently sealed a deal to lease six
more A320s, as it moves towards a
eet of 50 aircraft by 2015.
Chinas railways
carried 65 million
passengers last week
the equivalent to
the entire populations
of Canada and
Malaysia put together
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