Travel shorts from around the region

bmi, London Heathrow’s second-largest airline, has become the first British carrier to offer its passengers an inflight communications service including the use of SMS-enabled mobile phones…From December 15, Air China will fly passengers from four cities in Mainland China – Tianjin, Hangzhou, Chengdu and Chongqing – to Taipei directly…Vietnam is set to miss its target of attracting five million international tourists this year as arrivals have dropped off sharply…India’s Taj hotel group is set to unveil a new brand identity for its premium business hotels under Vivanta. The first one to sport Vivanta will be the newly created 200 room hotel in Bangalore’s IT hub Whitefield.