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'Dangerous Partnership' under spotlight
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 16/07/2012
» An investigative report issued last month by the New York-based global policy forum warns that international security contractors are becoming powers unto themselves and operating in an environment of total secrecy that is costing global taxpayers millions of dollars while doing little to improve security.
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No more 'Mr Nice Guy'
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 14/05/2012
» The Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) is pushing a table-thumping public advocacy posture designed to speak out more forcefully on issues affecting the regional travel and tourism industry.
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India seeks tourism industry's help to save water resources
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 09/01/2012
» Delegates attending the inaugural session on water conservation at the annual caucus of overseas Indians here were surprised to find that the chief guest was Indian Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai.
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Asian airports to lead spending spree
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 16/01/2012
» Global airports are expected to incur more than US$134 billion in capital expenditure between 2013 and 2016, with most of the money being spent in the smaller airports with annual capacity of 5-15 million passenger, according to annual survey released by Airports Council International last week.
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For malaysia, The destination is south asia
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 20/02/2012
» Malaysia is seeking to reverse a stagnation in visitor arrivals from South Asia with a rapid-fire marketing and promotional tour through five primary and secondary cities of India and Pakistan, its first overseas roadshow of 2102.
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Dealing with the perils of emotional toil
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 13/09/2010
» Hospitality industry employees who are forced to keep their emotions in check especially in stressful situations can land up facing tensions at home as well as health problems, according to a study by researchers at two universities in Pakistan.
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Pakistan reaches out to Buddhists
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 26/07/2010
» Pakistan is seeking to highlight its Buddhist heritage as part of a broader effort to attract more visitors from Thailand and the Asean countries. A key objective is to narrow the huge imbalance in visitor arrivals; in 2008, a total of 63,258 Pakistanis visited Thailand but only 2,618 Thais returned the favour. Diplomatic, economic and tourism officials on both sides say stronger bilateral efforts to fix the imbalance are long overdue.
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'War on terror' exacts heavy toll on travellers
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 25/01/2010
» A report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council last week paints a shocking picture of how the "war on terror" has affected the global movement of people. It says that surveillance, watch-lists, racial profiling and biometrics, "once the exception have now become customary" and warns the situation could get worse unless safeguards are built in now.
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Goodbye 'Brand Asean', hello southeast asia
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 01/02/2010
» Asean tourism ministers have admitted failure in their efforts to promote Asean as a single destination and develop the Asean tourism brand. As a result, they have embarked on a new campaign built on the fact that "Southeast Asia" has greater recognition in international source markets than "Asean".
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