Hospitality

Oil Spill A Disaster For Thai Beach Businesses

Oil washing up on a beach on Thailand's east coast could be the "nail in the coffin" for pandemic-hit hotels and restaurants, local hospitality businesses said Saturday.The Thai navy and pollution experts are scrambling to clean up Tuesday night's spill in the Gulf of Thailand where at least 60 tonnes of crude leaked about 20 kilometres (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong province.Crews in yellow plastic protective suits were seen at Mae Ram Phueng Beach – about two and a h

30 January 2022
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Asia Tourism Reopens With The Chinese Stuck At Home

Asia's gradual easing of international travel curbs is proving a welcome relief for the region's hard-hit tourism operators slowly opening up to visitors from around the world - with one giant exception.China, previously the world's largest outbound tourism market, is keeping international air capacity at just 2 percent of pre-pandemic levels and has yet to relax tight travel restrictions as it sticks to zero tolerance for COVID-19.That has left a US$255 billion annual spending

4 November 2021
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Malaysian Hotels In Deep Trouble?

A short clip released by a Malaysian news agency went viral recently, showcasing the reality of the country’s hotel industry during the pandemic. In the video, a manager of a hotel in Malaysia’s popular tourist state of Penang was seen carrying a placard up and down the street with “RM3 Only” (US$0.74) written on it.

4 February 2021
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Plastic Pollution: We Need To Act Now

The Great Pacific garbage patch is a collection of plastic and floating trash with two enormous masses of ever-growing garbage. The patch consists of finger-sized bits of plastic – often microscopic particles, chemical sludge, wood pulp, and other debris trapped by the northern circulating currents of the Pacific Ocean known as the North Pacific Gyre. The plastic concentration is estimated to be 100 kilograms per square kilometre.

17 January 2021
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Cruise Industry Sinking In A Pandemic?

Among the first sectors sent reeling by COVID-19 were tourism and hospitality. According to the United Nations’ (UN) agency, the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), international tourist numbers could plunge by as much as 80 percent in 2020.

9 November 2020
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Why Zoom Can’t Save The World

Before COVID-19, spending on business travel totalled US$1.5 trillion a year, about 1.7 percent of world gross domestic product (GDP). Now it is down to a trickle, as countries have closed their borders and social distancing has taken hold. Planes have been grounded, hotels are closed, and executives are not earning frequent flier miles. Many travel and hospitality jobs are feeling the consequences.

4 August 2020
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Malaysia’s Hospitality Industry KO’d By Pandemic

Millions of people have had to cancel their 2020 travel plans due to the coronavirus crisis. Fuelled by virus fears while being urged to stay home – most people are avoiding any kind of travel which has further dampened the demand for air transportation, hotels and other tourism-related services. Over in ASEAN member state Malaysia, it’s no different.According to the country’s prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, COVID-19 has hit the nation’s tourism sector hard, with an expect

3 June 2020
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Disrupting the hospitality sector

It is clear that big changes will occur in the hospitality industry within the next 10 years, and these shifts will be largely the result of globalisation. The globalisation of trade and the economy has directly impacted the price of travel.

29 February 2020
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Built by women: ASEAN’s hospitality industry

Xuan Thu started at the front desk of Victoria Resort in Can Tho, located at the southern end of Vietnam, and worked her way up to the very top. In a year, she was made Front Office Manager and within another four, she was promoted to Room Division Manager.

22 February 2020
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Changing attitudes towards women in hospitality

Xuan Thu started at the front desk of Victoria Resort in Can Tho, located at the southern end of Vietnam, and worked her way up to the very top. In a year, she was made Front Office Manager and within another four, she was promoted to Room Division Manager.

27 March 2019
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