Travel and Tourism

The Philippines’ largest car storage infrastructure for the automotive import and distribution industry was recently inaugurated at the Batangas Port, backed by over P1.3-billion investment from port operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI).

Beep card company AF Payments Inc. is optimistic about its plans to expand beyond railways and food chains and reach more public utility vehicle (PUV) operators.

PARIS (AFP) – The blue glowing jets of science fiction spacecraft came a step closer to reality on Wednesday as US physicists unveiled the world’s first solid-state aeroplane powered in flight by supercharged air molecules.

The Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program has gained steam with 484 transport cooperatives formed within a year after it was implemented, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) revealed.

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have joined forces to identify traffic bottlenecks to try to come up with a 5-year action plan for sustainable solutions on traffic management, and capacity enhancement under a Project for Comprehensive Traffic Management Plan for Metro Manila.

Dennis Uy’s Chelsea Logistics and Mega7 Construction are investing P49 billion and P12 billion, respectively, under their revised unsolicited proposals to operate, maintain and expand provincial airports in Visayas and Mindanao which are being evaluated by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).

Still bruised from a typhoon that grounded hundreds of flights, Hong Kong’s status as Asia’s top aviation hub faces a new threat: Chinese bullet trains.

Philippine Airlines is increasing flight frequencies in select domestic and international routes starting late next month.

More than two dozen local hotels and resorts were awarded the Anahaw Philippine sustainable tourism certification – the first batch of awardees for a new green certification program funded by the European Union (EU) in partnership with the Department of Tourism (DOT).

San Miguel Corp. revealed that Standard Chartered Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will be SMC’s co-financial advisors for the proposed P735-billion aerotropolis project in Bulacan.