Letter from Tokyo: So who wants to be a Disaster Chef or a Super Chicken?
Last night, I was having dinner at one of the many hole-in-the-wall Japanese restaurants in Tokyo that every traveller likes to boast about discovering when I had a culinary epiphany of sorts.
Based on a recommendation from a local (the best kind there is), this one was called Hanawasabi, serving [...]
Peach and Vanilla merger will create Japan’s largest low cost airline, says Inoue
What do you get when you merge peach and vanilla? If you know your desserts, you know you’d get a Peach Melba. Merge two airlines called Peach and Vanilla though and you will get Japan’s largest low cost airline and the country’s third biggest carrier.
Speaking at the CAPA North Asia LC [...]
BeMyGuest’s Hit List 1: Things You Ought To Know About Japan’s Tours & Activities
Tours & activities is an interesting space. Other than attracting a lot of attention from investors, it also provides insights into the destinations favoured by travellers, what they like to do while in a destination and how they book these activities and experiences. In this series of columns, [...]
Through The Looking Glass: How travel and home helped Hugh Oliveiro find his voice as an artist
In this first series of articles around our WIT Singapore Conference theme of “Through The Looking Glass”, where we look outside travel in search of different stories and lessons, we feature Singapore-Australian artist Hugh Oliveiro and how his journey, from Singapore to Australia, has influence [...]
Letter from Seoul: Fasten your seatbelts and brace yourself for another golden era in low cost travel
I know it sounds like I am starved for recognition but it always gives me a small buzz when I hand over my Malaysian passport to the immigration officer at Incheon, Seoul and the little machine in front of her greets me in my native language – definitely warmer than the welcomes you get from human [...]
From a Thrive toolkit to gamification of feedback: How Hilton is creating a “Great Place To Work”
Hospitality faces its fair share of challenges when it comes to recruiting fresh blood and retaining promising talent. With changing demands from a modern-day workforce, how can a traditional industry like hospitality keep up with modern expectations?
Brendan Toomey, Vice President, Human Resourc [...]
I can see clearly now, but the future is still blurred
As I go through my life without glasses, for the first time in a long, long, long time, I find myself feeling liberated, yet strangely vulnerable.
For the most part of my considerable adult life, I have been shielded by a visible barrier which helped me see the world better yet protected me from [...]
Travel industry urged to step Through the Looking Glass and embrace five new values at WIT Singapore 2018
In its 14th year, the award-winning WIT (Web In Travel) invites the travel industry to take a step Through the Looking Glass at this year’s WIT Singapore 2018 Conference at Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre from October 15 to 17.
Attendees will also be encouraged to imbibe WIT’s f [...]
GOEureka wants to be the new disruptor in hotel bookings using blockchain and crypto
With the words “blockchain” and “ICO” being the latest buzzwords in tech startups, Singapore-based GOeureka is pitching itself as the new disruptor in hotel bookings. GOeureka, which aims to launch by the fourth quarter of this year, wants to “decentralise the hotel booking sector and del [...]
It’s a done deal: AccorHotels buys Mantra Group for AU1.2bil
French accommodation giant AccorHotels has completed its acquisition of Mantra Group, the largest Australian based hotel and resort operator, for AU$1.2 billion.
The deal includes the Mantra, Peppers, BreakFree and Art Series brands, representing 138 hotels in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii [...]
