Travel and Tourism

LAS VEGAS: Self-driving buses aren’t new, but Toyota’s concept vehicle unveiled Monday aims to be more than just that — a mobile platform for e-commerce, ride-sharing and medical services, for a start.

Philippine Airlines will mount non-stop flights to Brisbane, Australia, India and the US East Coast via the polar route this year.

More than 500 electric jeepneys will be rolled out this month as the government begins implementing the transport modernization program, according to the Department of Transportation (DoTR).

A new report has identified the world’s safest airlines for 2018, with Qantas Airways getting a special mention.

As cars become more and more advanced with semi-autonomous driving features, it seems the driver has less and less to do in the car. Look at Cadillac’s Super Cruise feature.

The Philippine unit of the AirAsia Group said it would launch flights between Manila and Osaka, Japan in the second half of the year.

2018 will likely see a notable shift in the global auto industry. While vehicles inevitably move towards greater electrification, there might also be an even bigger revolution on the way, not in terms of what vehicles we buy, but how we buy them.

Canadian telecommunications software company BlackBerry and China’s web giant Baidu on Wednesday announced a partnership for autonomous and connected vehicles.

Four new destinations – Bacolod, Tagbilaran, Cagayan de Oro and Virac – will be added to the Philippine Airlines (PAL) route network this mid-December out of the airline’s hub at Clark International Airport in Pampanga.

Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo met with a Chinese group planning to operate chartered flights from Nanning City in China to the Philippines.