The future of touring, unique experiences vs traditional tours
Experiences has become a buzzword of late in the travel industry, with many tour suppliers and operators slapping the term on every possible activity...
The people predicament: How will we retain talents whose faith is...
For an industry that often says its success depends on its people, losing good people to despair and other industries is worrying. On the bright side, this crisis could be a turning point for the travel, tourism and business events profession.
Don’t remind me of your crisis
Every other day since November, I have been receiving ‘Bangkok Demonstrations’ update from Bangkok-based DMC Destination Asia and regular ‘Situation Update: Thailand Political Developments’...
Travelling with multi-gen tribes: bring the kids – and grandparents
Multi-generational travel is a strong and fast-growing trend that shows no sign of abating. According to the 2019 Virtuoso Luxe Report on the global...
Towards worry-free travel
What we’d love to see is worry-free travel in its totality, i.e. while safety & security is critical, so too is the beauty in...
Let the Maharaja go
India’s national carrier, Air India’s proposed disinvestment is lurking for a long time now. The heavily debt-ridden airline is finding no buyers, with its...
Have tech, will travel: can travel startup unicorns fly in SE...
In just a few years since its 2012 launch in Malaysia, Singapore-based ride-hailing giant Grab has expanded to eight countries and become South-east Asia’s...
Appreciating Philippine tourism achievements through the work of TPB’s Susan del...
Even as Susan del Mundo recently retired after 40 years with the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), the learnings on destination marketing that she accumulated...
Prioritise positivity: A focus on recovery and community support
More than a month would have passed since news of the Covid-19 outbreak took over front pages and prime time.
I watched how it unfolded in Asia – general cluelessness at ASEAN Tourism Forum in mid-January gave way to curiosity a week later as the world realised how widespread the then-mysterious flu virus was in China’s Wuhan city
It’s not normal
The irony is, we now act as if by remote when a terror attack strikes. How did we come to this, to accept that...