{"id":245718,"date":"2017-02-03T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=245718"},"modified":"2017-02-03T06:06:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T20:06:00","slug":"hk-media-highlight-direct-service-saipan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/hk-media-highlight-direct-service-saipan\/","title":{"rendered":"HK media highlight direct service to Saipan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-245718 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/hk-media-highlight-direct-service-saipan\/hong-kong-pix1\/'>Hong-Kong-pix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-245721'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Marianas Visitors Authority joined hands with HK Express to host a media roundtable in Hong Kong on Jan. 16, 2017, to announce the launch of direct service from Hong Kong to Saipan commencing Jan. 17, 2017. Pictured from left are: MVA\u2019s Guangzhou Office market manager Yukee Chen, HK Express director and CEO Andrew Cowen, CNMI special assistant for administration Shirley Ogumoro, MVA managing director Christopher A. Concepcion, HK Express executive chairman and president Jimmy Ma, HK Express general manager of Asia Pacific &amp; Ancillary Revenue Sherman Luk, HK Express general manager for Strategy &amp; Regulatory Affairs Philip Herbert, and MVA\u2019 Shanghai Office marketing manager Cyril Song.(MVA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/hk-media-highlight-direct-service-saipan\/hong-kong-pix2\/'>Hong-Kong-pix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-245722'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Marianas Visitors Authority and HK Express held a media roundtable in Hong Kong on Jan. 16, 2017, to announce the launch of direct service from Hong Kong to Saipan on Jan. 17, 2017.  (MVA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/hk-media-highlight-direct-service-saipan\/hong-kong-pix3\/'>Hong-Kong-pix3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-245723'>\n\t\t\t\tOfficials of the U.S. Consulate joined the Marianas Visitors Authority and HK Express at the launching of direct flights from Hong Kong to Saipan on Jan. 17, 2017.  From left are: U.S. Consul for Economic Affairs Brian Bedell, MVA managing director Chris A. Concepcion, CNMI special assistant for administration Shirley Ogumoro, U.S. deputy consul general Thomas Hodges, and HK Express commercial director Luke Lovegrove. (MVA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/hk-media-highlight-direct-service-saipan\/hong-kong-pix4\/'>Hong-Kong-pix4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-245724'>\n\t\t\t\tHong Kong Express launched direct service from Hong Kong to Saipan on Jan. 17, 2017.  (MVA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/hk-media-highlight-direct-service-saipan\/hong-kong-pix5\/'>Hong-Kong-pix5<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-245725'>\n\t\t\t\tOne-hundred-seventy-eight passengers travelled to Saipan aboard the inaugural flight of Hong Kong Express from Hong Kong on Jan. 17, 2017. (MVA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/hk-media-highlight-direct-service-saipan\/hong-kong-pix6\/'>Hong-Kong-pix6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-245726'>\n\t\t\t\tOne-hundred-seventy-eight passengers travelled to Saipan aboard the inaugural flight of Hong Kong Express from Hong Kong on Jan. 17, 2017. (MVA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Media in the region highlighted the direct airline service by Hong Kong\u2019s low-fare airline, HK Express, from Hong Kong to Saipan, following the launch of service on Jan. 17, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Four Hong Kong newspapers and several online media featured the launch following a media roundtable held on Jan.16, 2017, in Hong Kong with HK Express executive chairman and president Jimmy Ma, director and CEO Andrew Cowen, Marianas Visitors Authority managing director Christopher A. Concepcion, and CNMI special assistant for administration Shirley Ogumoro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited for the new direct service, which provides more convenient travel at super low cost for visitors from both Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta in China,\u201d said Concepcion.  \u201cThe tourism industry is seeing an evolution in the way people are traveling the world with the increase of low cost carriers in Asia-Pacific and Europe. LCCs allow customers to pay for low airfare and hence spend more on hotels, dining and other ancillary services at their destination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Participating media were Hong Kong Economic Times, Ming Pao Daily News, Ta Kung Po, Oriental Daily News, and several popular online media.  The coverage is valued at nearly $44,000.<\/p>\n<p>HK Express now flies from Saipan to Hong Kong on Monday, Thursday, and Sunday, with return flights to Saipan on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.<em> (MVA)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media in the region highlighted the direct airline service by Hong Kong\u2019s low-fare airline, HK&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":245721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[15407,295,15408,15409],"class_list":["post-245718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biba-marianas","tag-four-hong-kong","tag-hk","tag-shirley-ogumoro","tag-ta-kung-po"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}