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A combination of economic slowdown and political crisis, coupled with the coronavirus pandemic has brought Bourgogne wine export to China and Hong Kong to its knees in the first nine months of the year, according to the latest data released by Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB).
Despite successfully containing the coronavirus spread within mainland China, China’s wine consumption has yet to bounce back to pre-covid level.
Singapore will relax rules on event organization, allowing up to 250 people. More from Ch’ng Poh Tiong.
Singapore is expected to announce some easing of pandemic restrictions on September 1.
It seems that coronavirus is a bygone memory in China, as the 30th Tsingtao International Beer Festival returns.
This year’s Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival will cancel the physical exhibition part and take the whole event online, Hong Kong Tourism Board has announced.
Hong Kong’s worst coronavirus resurgence could cost the city’s dining sector as much as HK$3 billion (US$387 million) in the month of July, as dining-in at restaurants is banned till the end of this month.
Hong Kong government has announced sweeping rollbacks on social distancing rules to fight alarming third wave, including banning dine-in at restaurants and closure of bars.
After Hong Kong reported alarming infection numbers within days, the city has reverted to strict social distancing measures including putting a cap on numbers at restaurants, bars and nightclubs.
Australia’s biggest wine company, Treasury Wine Estates, has issued a profit warning as much as 20% for its core earnings for fiscal year 2020 and withheld guidance for 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.