Tagged With "Billionaire Wang Jianlin"

Poor Larry Ellison. It's such a hardship owning your own Hawaiian Island.

Billionaires are made, not born. Mr. Ellison seems to be making a business move - pressure the FAA to make things difficult for Hawaiian air, upgrade the Island Air service, achieve sole "Ohana" certification for Island Air. Ohana certification is keenly sought for this market. Here is a description. http://www.examiner.com/articl...on-spiffed-up-planes

Well, it's worth noting that Hawaiian has still not gotten Ohana off the ground, literally. They're citing FAA's cutbacks due to sequestration and then the shutdown as the reason. Island Air used to be a Hawaiian affiliate, flying Dash-8s and ATR-42s into small airports and feeding passengers into Hawaiian. Ohana was/is their plan to stay in that market with ATR42s. Island is unhappy with its ATRs (both the 42 and the larger 72), but doesn't seem to be able to solve any of its problems. I...

Originally Posted by CICAK: Billionaires are made, not born. Many billionaires are self-made, Cicak. Many are born into their wealth. I'm thinking here of the likes of the Mars family (of chocolate fame) and Walton family (Walmart), as well as hundreds of Saudi princes to name just some. I have no problem with people getting rich either way. I think those who earn the wealth often seem more content, but I could be wrong.

Mr. Ellison plays hardball. He comes by his wealth through calculated strategy. It appears that the matter of securing better aircraft for his airline is part of a larger effort to corner the market for premium service to "his" island. Who knows, maybe the island is for sale ? Make him an offer. When you own the island, let me know; I will be glad to come to Lanai and run the canoe livery.

A very cool story and I liked his photos. I wonder if Wang Pingan ever saw Pee Wee's Big Adventure? /

Larry Ellison, of Oracle fame and billions (he's one of the world's richest) is still having trouble keeping Island Air (he owns it all) flying to Lanai, Hawaii (he owns 97%). Since acquiring the airline a bit over a year ago, there have been problems...

A Chinese city halts a park renovation plan until spring so that a rare migratory bird can enjoy its island refuge for now.

Disney says it will take action to protect it's intellectual property rights as Disney characters appear at a Chinese theme park.

We all know smartphones have 'changed everything,' and a Hong Kong professor is studying how they've changed how we travel.

I suspect that Chinese courts will not be very sympathetic to Disney -- unless there is pressure from the US government. Disney is very protective of its characters, so this action is not a surprise to me.

PortMoresby stays for a second time in Bangkok Noi, the city’s left bank on the west side of the Chao Phraya River and enjoys it even more.

In her ongoing quest to see interesting corners of Bangkok, PortMoresby finds an ancient house on a back lane of Talat Noi.

Retired couple from Shandong Province on roof of their RV on tour.   Photo: China Daily   China's growing numbers of people with money to spend on travel aren't all headed for Europe and the Americas—growing numbers are taking to...