It is time to reopen business travel and marketplaces in Asia
APAC needs to get back into the global game, says united gathering of MICE chiefs
CALLS on governments in Asia Pacific to reopen borders are getting louder and this week, a united group of exhibition and conference organisers, gathering at a physical event in Singapore, “implored” for the r [...]
Past the deepest point, but serious issues remain: Airlines face cumulative $201b losses for 2020-2022
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced its latest outlook for airline industry financial performance showing improved results amid the continuing COVID-19 crisis.
Net industry losses are expected to reduce to $11.6 billion in 2022
after a $51.8 billion loss in 2021 (worsene [...]
The Chinaman returns to Chinatown
Arthur Kiong comes full circle to showcase “Singapore-inspired hospitality” at The Clan Hotel
ONE of the very first interviews I did with Arthur Kiong, CEO of Far East Hospitality, was headlined “Chinaman in New York”.
Kiong, then working for Ritz-Carlton,
had been posted to New York [...]
STB’s marketing chief on the need for Global Conversations to spur rethinking
Campaign shares actionable ideas for small businesses to adapt to Covid world
THERE are some who might question the need for Singapore Tourism Board’s latest campaign “SingapoReimagine Global Conversations” at a time when travel businesses in the country have been hammered by Covid, with [...]
Business travel must go on: How a Singapore-based entrepreneur did it amid Covid restrictions
IF there is one thing entrepreneurs have to be, it’s to be resourceful and nimble and Blanca Menchaca, CEO & co-founder of tours and activities platform BeMyGuest, had to find a way not only to save her business but also to grow and diversify, and that meant cementing old partnerships and wel [...]
How Mary Li wants to build The Atlas to change the way people buy flights
Her third startup focused on domestic and low cost airline content
SOMETIME in 2019, Mary Li was at an exhibition of South-east Asian art at the National Gallery Singapore when she realised that maps depicting the region in the 18th and 19th centuries varied according to the interpretations of [...]
“We have seen the coffin but there’s always a way back”
How Klook at seven came back with higher revenues
than pre-Covid and profitability
ERIC Gnock Fah, co-founder and COO of Klook, barely remembers what he was doing when he was seven years old. “It’s all a bit of a blur. I studied hard, got good grades, wasn’t very athletic. My family was tr [...]
Sustainability is not cheap, “you have to spend to save”: Pan Pacific’s Choe
Parkroyal Collection expands to Malaysia, group to open 13 new hotels by 2024
SITTING in the lobby of the Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay, I am aware of a feeling of déjà vu mixed with a sensation of something new, lighter, greener. From the outside, it looks and feels like the hotel it used t [...]
How Naila Kiani balanced babies and banking to summit an 8,000m peak
“I want to change perception of Pakistan and promote what it has to offer.”
WHILE some of us were afraid to cross the road to go to the supermarket for fear of catching Covid, Naila Kiani became the first Pakistani woman to summit an 8,000m peak in Pakistan – Gasherbrum II (8,035m) � [...]
Jost: Quality remains undervalued as a hard data point in hotel pricing
TrustYou expands beyond hospitality, evaluates remote/hybrid work model
EVEN though the space of hotel reviews and sentiment analysis has been around for about 15 years – Circos Brand Karma was founded in 2006, TrustYou in 2008 and Revinate 2009, just to cite a few of the startups in this sect [...]
