While Singapore Changi held on to its position as the world’s top airport, several Southeast Asian counterparts recorded notable gains in the latest rankings by London-based aviation consultancy Skytrax.

Starbucks’s Sweet Milk Coffee has recorded 500,000 cups sold in South Korea within just three weeks of its launch, the company announced.

Sidewalks across Hoi An’s ancient town have long been taken over by coffee tables, food carts, bicycles selling grilled snacks and street vendors carrying goods on shoulder poles, but the authorities are going to fix that.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand has worked with six airlines to cut domestic airfares by 15% to 30% and boost seat capacity to meet surging travel demand during the Songkran holiday, one of Thailand’s biggest holidays.

The Middle East conflict has driven up fuel costs, and the resultant higher transport prices are threatening the recovery of Southeast Asia’s tourism industry.

Myanmar’s ageing railway stations are bustling with life, crowded with passengers as surging fuel prices due to the Mid-East war drive travelers to choose trains over costly planes and cars.

Hong Kong’s Cantonese restaurant Chairman has been named Asia’s best restaurant in the 14th edition of the awards voted by hundreds of experts comprising food writers, critics, chefs and restaurateurs.

Ferry operators in Malaysia’s Langkawi, voted Asia’s second most beautiful island after Vietnam’s Phu Quoc last year by American magazine Condé Nast Traveler, have cut daily services by 40% after industrial diesel prices more than doubled.

Australia banned visitors from Iran on March 26, saying war in the Middle East increased the risk they would refuse to fly home once their short-term visas expired.

A bun rieu (crab noodle soup) eatery in Hanoi that was forced to shut down following hygiene complaints from a Chinese tourist has reopened at a new location with major upgrades.