Groundhog Day: Omicron brings back recovery woes
Living with Covid should not be an endless chain of disruption, confusion, complexity and hopelessness, as some of the Omicron measures taken by anxious governments have made people feel.
Next 50 years of ASEAN tourism
What’s needed is the reverse: convincing governments of the need to protect their country from tourism...
Making memories: familial interactions during trips matter
Singapore has been in what I call a tender lockdown since April 7. The government has ordered suspension of most business operations and closure...
Difficult start for Thailand’s tourism reopening
Thailand has finally put the Phuket Sandbox into play, but hopes and reality seem to continue to be at odds.
Two weeks on, Phuket's high...
Personalisation made right: The art of making travellers feel at home
Personalisation, a concept that lies at the very heart of the travel industry, is no longer a trend but an obligation, as every player...
No sound of music in the hills
Alas, if Switzerland is not able to find the solution to fill up the hotels in the mountains, its tourism industry will retreat as...
The other side of C-19: Expediting digital and business transformation
Between the human survival instinct of fight or flight, some travel companies have chosen to fight back in innovative ways.
New beach wave
Each appears to be heeding lessons on sustainable development learnt from their predecessors...And all of them seem to have a firm idea of their...
Who’s spreading the chills?
The ongoing Novel Coronavirus outbreak is scary.
It is scary not so much because of the widespread cases of confirmed infections, which as of Wednesday...
New yardsticks: Goodbye volume; hello quality dispersal and spend
It takes two to tango, so (destination developers and marketers) have been shaping the narrative the right way themselves, through messages that inspire meaningful, immersive and sustainable travel.
