Travelling with low expectations is good for the soul
The more I travel, the more I realise it’s good to lower your expectations. For example, I had a lousy flight on Singapore Airlines to Bangkok this evening. I was sandwiched in the middle seat, seated next to a Thai boy-girl who never stopped twitching while playing games on his-her iPad – a g [...]
The promise of Asia wrapped up in silk and low cost
As the Greek economic tragedy plays out (wait, will this have a happy ending?), and the US struggles with economic and foreign policies, all eyes are on Asia to deliver the promise of a better tomorrow for travel and tourism. Can Asia deliver? Yeoh Siew Hoon reports an ITB Berlin of blue skies.In H [...]
Picking up a new form of tweet speak, awesome
So I survived Singapore’s first Social Media Week. Truth, I only attended two day events, couldn’t have survived the parties for sure. I would have felt like a chaperon and anyway, after a week of speaking about social, the last thing I wanted to be was social.But here’s the one thing I like [...]
