Bloomberg Britons booking a break in some of Europe’s most popular holiday destinations this summer are seeing airfares climb by almost a third amid booming demand, high oil prices and curbs on airline capacity. Fares in the first week of August, the peak month for UK travel, were up 30% on average for the top 36 routes compared with pre-pandemic …

  Bloomberg Hong Kong’s move to reduce mandatory hotel quarantine for international travellers isn’t enough to bring back tourists, according to Association of Asia Pacific Airlines Director General Subhas Menon. “It’s not time to bring out the bubbly,” Menon, whose group represents 14 Asia Pacific carriers including Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “It’s always …

  Bloomberg Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd let go of 9,241 employees in the three months to June, according to the company’s latest filing. The Hangzhou-based firm reported it had just over 245,000 employees at the end of the most recent reporting quarter, cutting back during a period that marked its first ever contraction in revenue. Alibaba also …