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Talk about Asia’s travel recovery is still largely focused on the return of Chinese travelers. But it’s Indians travelers who are searching for international trips faster than travelers in any other market in the world, Agoda’s CEO, Omri Morgenshtern, told CNBC Travel. “The entire thing is booming,” he said. “India outbound [travel] is growing much

This photograph taken on October 20, 2022 shows a replica of the Big Ben Tower at the Londoner Casino resort at the Cotai Strip in Macau. (Photo by Eduardo Leal / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO LEAL/AFP via Getty Images) Eduardo Leal | Afp | Getty Images Tourists in Asia no longer have to take long

Izusek | E+ | Getty Images The 2023 summer travel season is expected to be a busy one, making federal programs like TSA PreCheck especially helpful for fliers, according to experts. Such programs carry fees but generally save travelers time at the airport. However, relatively long processing times — as with recent passport applications —

VistaJet CEO Thomas Flohr defended his company’s financial standing following reports that the fast-growing private charter jet company is facing liquidity and debt trouble. Speaking to CNBC’s Dan Murphy, the Swiss entrepreneur-turned-aviation-disrupter denied that VistaJet’s high debt levels were spooking investors. related investing news 2 of our consumer stocks are in the headlines. Here’s what

In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A row of United Airlines passenger planes parked at gates at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado. Robert Alexander | Getty Images United Airlines plans to beef up its schedule and add new lounges at Denver International Airport, the carrier’s bet that demand for flights

Should you check email on vacation or face a tsunami of messages once you’re back at the office? For workers at war with their inboxes, neither is a great option.   That’s why many people choose something in the middle. But even monitoring email on holiday “is almost always a bad move,” said Zachary Weiner,

“Now Boarding” is a weekly podcast about air travel and the business of flying. CNBC airlines reporter Leslie Josephs and CNBC senior producer Erin Black delve into topics like turbulence, airline status, boarding, jumbo jets and all things aviation. Watch this episode and others on CNBC’s YouTube channel every Sunday. On this episode of “Now Boarding” Leslie and Erin discuss frequent flyer status,

In this article JBLU AAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An American Airlines plane takes off near a parked JetBlue plane at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on July 16, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The Justice Department has won a lawsuit to undo American Airlines‘ partnership with JetBlue

Travellers check in for the flight at the Singapore Airlines counter in the departure hall at Changi International Airport in Singapore on December 2, 2021. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images Three major airlines in Asia are back in the black, rebounding from their pandemic doldrums as global travel picks up, and they’re all

Patrick Schulte said he’s wanted to be a trader since he was 15 years old. He said he saw a clip of the New York Stock Exchange on the nightly news, and thought, “That’s what I’m going to do.” He learned the ropes close to home at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, before moving to Chicago,

When Lee Xian Jie first stepped foot in the traditional farmhouse located in Ryujin-mura, a village in Japan’s Wakayama prefecture, it was “quite rundown” — with floors so rickety they shook beneath him with every step he took.  After all, the main structure of the abandoned home was 300 years old, Lee said. But when

In this article HTZ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles at a Hertz neighborhood location. Hertz Consumers may be on the fence about whether it’s yet time to buy EVs, but car-rental giant Hertz Global Holdings has made the leap. Markets boosted shares of Estero, Fla.-based Hertz after its recent

“No.” It’s one of the dirtiest words in hospitality — and travelers may be hearing it more these days. The travel agency Discover Africa had to say it when potential clients asked if their young son could ride a lion while on safari. “When we said no to riding a lion, the guest asked what

In this article MGM PG SBUX YUM 9987-HK YUMC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pedestrians walk past Yum! Brands Inc. Pizza Hut and KFC restaurants in Shanghai, China. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images China is leaving behind pandemic lockdowns, and U.S. companies like Procter & Gamble, Starbucks and MGM Resorts International say

In this article DAL JBLU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A traveller walks in the Terminal 2 corridors of the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport with Air France airplanes in the background, in the northeastern outskirts of Paris, on September 16, 2022, amid a strike of air traffic controllers. Julien De Rosa | AFP |

A perennial favorite among holidaymakers, Greece consistently ranks among the top 10 vacation destinations in Europe. But now it wants tourists to get to know lesser-known locations across its thousands of sprawling islands. “We’re moving beyond sea and sun. We want to prolong the tourism season in both time and space,” Olympia Anastasopoulou, secretary-general for

Emirates Group reported record profit and revenue figures for the year ending April 2023 Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Emirates Group reported record profit and revenue figures Thursday for the year ending April 2023, with customer numbers booming as the majority of pandemic-induced travel restrictions were lifted. The Dubai-based group reported an annual profit

Bernard Friel/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images National park tourism is booming. But an idyllic adventure into the great outdoors can be derailed by overlooking an important aspect of trip planning: advance permits and reservations. Some of the most frequently visited parks require people to book ahead for access to popular attractions like heavily

Activist investor Nelson Peltz has no intention of pursuing a shakeup at Club holding Estee Lauder (EL), in part because the prestige beauty firm’s dual-class share structure gives the Lauder family outsized control over the direction of the company, Jim Cramer said Monday . Jim’s comments came in response to a New York Post story

The World Travel & Tourism Council says the global travel and tourism sector won’t fully recover this year — but it will get close. The sector is forecast to reach $9.5 trillion in 2023, just 5% shy of the its gross domestic product contribution in 2019, according to the WTTC’s 2023 Economic Impact Research. After