Postcards From Asia: Travel Weekly

Postcards from Asia

Greetings from Thailand: Recalling the past, indulging in the presentYeoh Siew Hoon's long-awaited return to Thailand turned out to be as much about discovering what's new as it was about...

A return to Siem Reap, and quieter daysMy first visit to the Cambodian city was in 1995, when it had just opened to international tourism. Returning there recently,...

Housebound -- again -- but hopeful for 2022It was clear from the presentations at the recent WiT Japan & North Asia event that the region's tourism visionaries have been...

Hi, Ohio: Big in heart, hospitality and rock 'n' rollI finish off my first trip to America since the pandemic with a visit to Ohio. Why Ohio? you ask. I'll tell you why.

Back in the USA, after 20 months of no travelIt is my first flight since March 2020, and the ritual of flying with Singapore Airlines felt oddly surreal yet familiar,...

Inspiration, the new transactionWe in Asia have been travel-deprived for 18 months. We need inspiration.

Ah, to be able to hurl snowballs at somebodyCould the travel industry coordinate with medical professionals to manage pandemics without reflexive shutdowns? Dr. Paul...

Traveling again -- albeit at homeSingapore is spending $33 million to get us at home to explore our home.

Feeling 'Cosmically lonely'? Here's to what we miss -- and to doing it againI wonder what Hermes, the god of trade and travel, would think of Covid-19 and what it's done to his domain -- I sense a lot of...

Remember when an 'event' meant meeting people face to face?Until recently, I had never run an event in the midst of a pandemic. We brainstormed ideas for survival.

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