In her own words
STANDING OUT BY STANDING WITH
It is said that one's true colours are most vividly exposed when faced by challenge - colours reflecting: Darkness vs. light.Cowardice vs. courage. Hopelessness vs. hope. Separation vs. unity. Them vs. us. In the midday hours of March 15th, a time when many of New...
“HEY, I SEE YOU” – Words of a Truly Class Act
He could have been egotistical, but he wasn't. He could have become political, but he didn't. He could have been ungrateful, especially to is early critics, but he chose to be refrained. He could have been reserved, closed, inaccessible, but instead he was open,...
Stand Together, Strong Together
It was just a matter of days ago. A single moment now etched, actually deeply engraved, in time. A moment that for many lives has changed life forever. And it was spotted so randomly, half way across the world, half way through a long-haul journey. Half-focused, half...
Closing 2018 With a Kiss Goodbye
Just a few hours to go before the sun has set, the bubbles have chilled, the candles have been lit, the finest is neatly fitted on, the friends and family gather, and the clock's countdown begins. 2019 is so very close. For all the excitement, freshness, energy and...
So Close To The 2018 Finish Line
As predictable and understandable as it may be, its invisibility means we get caught off guard. Year after year, it sneaks in. Slowly, unsuspectingly, the symptoms start to reveal themselves: days feel longer, tempers shorter, and tolerance levels even shorter still....
Treadright at 10 – Leadership by Example, Because It Matters
French playwright Victor Hugo one said, beautifully and poignantly,: "Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” This statement, reflecting the moment when a small ember breaks free into a flame, perfectly captures these times for global tourism....
UNGA – Where No Idealistic Heart Need Feel Alone
January 01st. For billions across the globe, the beginning of a new year is a time for renewal - renewal of health, renewal of hope, renewal of heart. It is a time of refocusing on what can and should take priority. Promises are made to oneself, to others. Purpose...
Essential Echoes, Enduring Hope
18.08.2018 25.08.2018 Two dates that have been burnt into the history books of our shared world. Two lives, just one year apart in age, born worlds away from one another, working in worlds far from one another, taking their last breaths 7 days apart from one another,...
13 – A Number of Miraculous Luck
In an increasingly 'I'-centric world, how heart-squeezing it is to see the global community living near and far step forward, swiftly and courageously, to protect the lives of others. Of strangers. Of youngsters. Because it is simply the right thing to do, and it must...
Choose Now, Quickly, Now Go!
Pick one, just one. Quickly. You can only choose one thing. You have 30 seconds. Now you have another two minutes. What's the next thing you will choose? What's the one thing you will choose? And then the next if you're going to have...