Singapore’s new “vaccinated travel lanes” sparked a flurry of flight inquiries as residents of the city-state seek to take advantage of easing international travel measures. Searches for cities within Singapore’s so-called VTLs doubled — and in some cases almost tripled, according to Expedia Group data. It came after government officials announced the opening of new quarantine-free travel lanes to countries …

SINGAPORE — Shares in Asia-Pacific were mostly higher in Monday trade as stocks in Hong Kong led gains regionally. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 1.73% in morning trade. Shares of Meituan in Hong Kong surged more than 7%. China’s market regulator on Friday said it had fined the company about 3.4 billion Chinese yuan ($527.71 million) after finding it …