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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.
Un Body Jumps on Sustainable Tourism Bandwagon
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 02/08/2010
» The already bloated deck of global, regional and local organisations focussing on "sustainable tourism" got even fatter last month with the UN Environment Programme announcing the launch of a "global partnership" that "aims to transform the way tourism is done worldwide."
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.