CRISIS EXPOSING TOURISM’S CRITICAL IMPACT
Month after month, the value of the global Tourism sector reveals its invaluable impact on economies, societies, futures. The monthly statistics on traveller movements and s
PLAYING FAIR, PLAYING FOR ALL
The past week has been one of high drama for the game of football. But sadly not on the pitch. With the world’s leading football body, FIFA, coming under unprecedented
AS THE GROUND SHAKES APART, THE WORLD UNITES
For all of the awe and analysis that comes with observing the evolution of the global travel and tourism industry, one truth remains at the core of the ‘why‘ of
ONE WORLD, ONE HURT, ONE HOPE
As the month of March began, the first anniversary of the disappearance of MH370 was just days away. One year on, not one concrete clue has emerged around what happened to t
BEING STILL TO TRAVEL BEYOND
With the world around us opening more and more each day to personal exploration through travel, a natural excitement and energy bubbles up in the hearts and minds of p
THE AWE OF OUR WORLD’S OPENING DOORS
Just 5 years ago it would have seemed beyond belief, beyond border approvals, beyond principle. And then the world changed – Myanmar (Burma)’s doors of possibili
PRESSURE POINTS
To stand in a security line in any airport across the globe, between the period of December 16th and December 24th, is to feel the peak of pressure of a year gone by. Expone
LOVE IT. HATE IT. JUST PLEASE DO SOMETHING.
It has been called a stream of unflattering adjectives – “offensive”, “clumsy”, “patronising”, “self-indulgent”, “
AS ONE STAR FALLS, ANOTHER RISES
Slowly, methodically, thoughtfully, she reads out, word by word, punctuation by punctuation, her analysis of the past seven months. Without pressure or prejudice, she takes
EVERYONE IS SOMEONE
“Welcome to ____, Helen Mirren.” Those were the words making their way across the radio to thousands of listeners across the city early one morning while they quietly ma