Pragmatism, not paranoia, key to SE Asia tourism revival
The South-east Asian travel industry could take a lesson from Thailand's incident with Covid in Rayong the past week, where the 31-person Egyptian military...
Data’s the new black for travel
Data
needs to
be combined with the human touch to deliver the best of the man-machine symbiosis...
Delayed payments to hotels hosting OFWs woeful
Philippine hospitality, including hotels, are turning out to be one of the biggest casualties of the tourism lockdown the past nine months and counting....
A challenged recovery: Too many differences in Asia spoil the broth
Asia is one region but every nation is different in many ways, which makes a mutually agreed upon travel restart strategy challenging to achieve.
The Philippines’ travel ban on Taiwan doesn’t make sense
The Philippines has placed a ban on arriving Taiwanese citizens as a precaution against the transmission of Covid-19 within the country.
The move would have been...
Let’s catch ‘em all in tourism
Unless you live under a rock, it’s almost impossible to miss the hype Pokémon Go has unleashed around the world in the last two...
An industry with heart: Poor in business for now but rich...
The travel and tourism community, as I know it, is hardly greedy and selfish. We seek humour in tough situations and we reach out to lift one another, even if we are competitors in the business.
How will Thailand’s new tourism chapter be written?
Thailand's tourism history makes a dramatic tale of ups and downs. It is strong, having benefited from growth over the past five decades, but...
Why travel agents survive
Travel agents have shown they deserve to keep their place in the travel industry. Their biggest strength lies in the word fulfilment...
Thousands of travel...
Tiptoeing the thin line between safeguarding lives and livelihoods
One might think that Philippine destinations would have reopened its doors to domestic tourism, choking as they are five months into lockdown.
But they won’t,...
