Newsmaker

US-based restaurant and hotel chain Nobu Hospitality will soon be launching its first Nobu-branded restaurant in the Thai capital of Bangkok. Trevor Horwell, CEO, Nobu Hospitality Group, shares more about the company's bid for global expansion

In authoring the new Asia Pacific and the Global Travel Recovery report for ILTM Asia Pacific, Winston Chesterfield, founder of strategic consulting firm Barton, confirms that this region remains critical for the continued expansion of the global luxury travel and tourism industry. He tells Karen Yue why.

The pandemic has brought Cambodia's tourism players together and highlighted the value of a single voice via the Cambodia Tourism Federation (CTF), allowing them to work better with the authorities towards travel and tourism recovery as well future developments, reveals Luu Meng, CTF president, master chef and Almond Group CEO.

Malaysia-based halal travel platform Tripfez Travel has leveraged the pandemic downtime to embark on a mergers and acquisitions spree. Executive director and co-founder Faeez Fadhlillah reveals the company’s ambitions.

RedDoorz is still a young company at just six years old, but founder and CEO Amit Saberwal has ambitious plans to bring improved solutions for its asset owners, expanded accommodation options to travellers, and improve the employability of South-east Asians looking for a hospitality career

Erwann Mahe, the new managing director for Best Western International Operations – Asia, has a very diverse region and hefty property portfolio in his hands. Just two months into his role, he tells TTG Asia why he is looking forward to the coming months.

Asia-Pacific's growing High Net Worth population and their strong travel intentions are attracting an even bigger and more diverse community of luxury travel suppliers and trade buyers to ILTM Asia Pacific, reveals Alison Gilmore, director, ILTM Portfolio of Events.

Digital health passports like HealthCert by VFS Global and Accredify deliver an added layer of security to travellers, giving impetus to tourism recovery. Jiten Vyas, regional group chief operating officer – Australasia, China, Africa and Europe & CIS at VFS Global tells Pamela Chow more

Marriott International chooses to let its people-first culture lead it out of a stormy 2020, a decision that has created a year of incredible lessons and innovative solutions that benefited business performance, reveals Rajeev Menon, president, Asia Pacific (excluding China).

Nicholas Clayton, CEO of Capella Hotel, shares with Rachel AJ Lee why the group is pressing ahead to launch its Patina brand, how its properties repositioned swiftly to capture the domestic market, and his predictions for travel recovery.