Travel

Qatar Airways to add new flights to Bangkok, Phuket and Vietnam

Published

11 years ago

June 23, 2010

Qatar Airways has announced a route expansion that will include the introduction of new services to Asia. The carrier will launch a total of six new routes in the eastern continent and Europe over a four-month period from October 2010.

New flights to Phuket – which will be Qatar Airways’ second destination in Thailand after Bangkok – are scheduled to begin from Doha on 11 October. Three weeks later on 1 November, the airline will introduce a service to Hanoi in Vietnam, which will support its existing flights to Ho Chi Minh, the country’s largest city and main commercial centre.

Qatar Airways will also strengthen its network in Europe with the launch of flights to Nice, Bucharest, Brussels and Budapest from Doha.

Chief executive officer Akbar Al Baker said: “Qatar Airways’ track record to grow remains strong and solid. The airline is well positioned globally, focusing on a long-term strategy that is forward thinking and not one to look back on.”

Moving on to 2011, the airline also plans to start flights into Romania. A Doha Bucharest service is due to start on January 17^th, with the aircraft continuing onto Budapest after stopping in the Romanian capital. The final route will start as of January 31^st of next year. This route will be made of up five flights a week to Brussels.

via Qatar Airways to expand network in Asia.

Corporate

We’ll meet again: business travel changed – but not forever

Now the future is looking brighter, will businesses stay loyal to Zoom, or will we return to the old ways of travel and doing business face-to-face?

Published

3 days ago

March 3, 2021

Daniel Lorenzzo

In the thick of the pandemic, it seemed hard to imagine that we would ever travel for business again. Health and hygiene concerns coupled with global lockdowns, conspired to take all our meetings online. However, now the future is looking brighter, will businesses stay loyal to Zoom, or will we return to the old ways of travel and doing business face-to-face?

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Startups

Traveloka to launch financial services in Vietnam and Thailand

Traveloka, which says it has 40 million active monthly users, is developing “buy now, pay later” services for Vietnam and Thailand.

Published

4 days ago

March 1, 2021

Boris Sullivan

Indonesian company Traveloka and Southeast Asia’s largest online travel startup, plans to launch financial services in Vietnam and Thailand as it eyes a listing in the US, its president said.

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Travel

Golden Visa Programs Provide Travel Mobility for Business People

The process to get a Golden Visa is quite straight. As an investor, you invest in a certain area in the country, and then obtain residency and potentially citizenship in the next steps.

Published

2 weeks ago

February 17, 2021

Pr News

Golden Visa programs offer extended travel mobility as well as residency and potential citizenship. According to the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service, a total of 9,340 investors obtained residency through investment in Portugal.

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