Food & Beverage
Thai fast-food chain operator to open 100 'cloud kitchens' by 2024
Central Restaurants aims to take large slice of $1.1bn food delivery market
Travel & Leisure
Travel & Leisure
SoftBank-backed Oyo to merge Japan hotel and residential units
Hotel startup to rationalize businesses in wake of coronavirus pandemic
Business trends
Japanese companies use 'live commerce' to sell into China
With travel restricted, retailers find new way to target big-spending Chinese
Business trends
Nike, Yonex and sporting good peers prep for post-COVID-19 world
Makers brace for storm of pent-up demand with new products and online sales
International relations
Maldives tests waters by opening resorts to COVID-weary tourists
No quarantine and free 30-day visas to greet visitors from July 15
Business trends
Business failures in Japan hit monthly high of 780 in June
Coronavirus proves especially detrimental to travel and restaurant industries
International relations
Japan looks to reopen business travel with 10 more Asian economies
China, South Korea and Singapore among candidates for new air bridges
Transportation
AirAsia will rebound to profit in a year, vows CEO Tony Fernandes
Discount airline needs to raise $470m in next 6 months to be 'very comfortable'
Business deals
Ootoya eateries face 7.1bn yen takeover bid by cost-cutting peer
Colowide takes new approach after retail investors rejected earlier attempt
Transportation
Manila's $2bn airport expansion pitch stalled by aviation shakeup
Calls renewed for government to back those seeking PPP deals
Transportation
AirAsia shares suspended after auditor questions carrier's future
Ernst & Young cites 'material uncertainties' due to COVID-19 travel restrictions
Food & Beverage
Pepper Food sacrifices cash cow for quick infusion
But $80m sale expected to sate Ikinari Steak operator for only a year
Travel & Leisure
No rooms for Chinese travelers: Indian hotel body issues a ban
3,000 establishments in Delhi told to refuse service as backlash grows
Transportation
Vietnam blocks new airlines until 2022 despite market duopoly
Hanoi prioritizes existing carriers Vietnam Air and VietJet
Obituaries
Former president of global bicycle parts giant Shimano dies
Yoshizo Shimano championed company's overseas growth and use of English
Travel & Leisure
AirAsia suffers painful loss as COVID-19 crisis bites
Airline says travel restrictions collapsed demand for air travel
Travel & Leisure
Tokyo Disney Resort takes on social distancing
Japan theme parks review everything from business models to roller-coaster screams
Business trends
With hot springs and yoga, Matsue creates a teleworkers' paradise
Three-day trials to give big-city dwellers a taste of less stressful life
Media & Entertainment
Thai boxing resumes, but audiences stay home
Boxers and referees go back in the ring after months out of work
Transportation
Thai Airways picks former PTT oil chief as acting president
Chansin becomes third head of ailing carrier since April
