Alaska Airlines today will inaugurate daily, year-round service between Seattle and Kona on Hawaii’s Big Island. The new flights will provide convenient connections to travelers in other cities served by Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air throughout the Pacific Northwest and state of Alaska.
Flights from Seattle will depart daily at 8:40 a.m. Pacific time and arrive [...]

IFCOT, the International Forum on Chinese Outbound Tourism, will co-partner with COTTM for a consecutive year to run their annual forum alongside the outbound travel and tourism show of China.
COTTM, China Outbound Travel and Tourism Market, is the only business-to-business exhibition in China designated to service the fast-growing Chinese outbound travel and tourism market. Taking [...]

China’s luxury hotel market is growing - thanks to increasing affluence in the country and an influx of high-end corporate travellers.
And one company that is tapping into this market is Raffles Hotels and Resorts.
Raffles recently launched its flagship property in China and is already planning for more such hotels.
Raffles Hotels and Resorts has just refurbished [...]

Travellers from Hong Kong and China are expected to lead steady tourist industry growth in the Asia Pacific region during the second half of 2006, a regional survey released Monday showed.
Credit card firm MasterCard said Hong Kong would lead the way, with an estimated 3.25 million outbound travellers during the six months to December, up [...]