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Cool response from agents
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 29/03/2010
» The tourism component of the Asean Competitiveness Enhancement (ACE) project, funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), yielded yet another poor result last week when a presentation to the Association of Thai Travel Agents drew a low turnout.
Tourism policy needs a broader context
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 01/03/2010
» With the focus of the travel and tourism industry now shifting to strategies designed to capitalise on the nascent global economic recovery, the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued a report calling for a "whole of government" approach to tourism policy.
ASEAN campaign could yield unwelcome results
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 15/02/2010
» The effort to rebrand Asean as "Southeast Asia" for tourism promotion is being closely watched by Burmese tourism authorities, who say they will hold the Asean Tourism Association (Aseanta) responsible if the new marketing website is used for anti-Burma criticism.
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".
'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.