Articles tagged “myanmar”

Hotels

Myanmar’s tourism boom means even the UN is forced out of its hotel offices

Sign of the times: Tourism and investment is booming in Myanmar, and Yangon's hotel shortage is not helping anyone for now, expect hotel who can charge exorbitantly and dictate terms.

Sanat Vallikappen & Pooja Thakur, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Tourism

Myanmar’s new $500 million plan for airports, ground transport and tourism

Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Marriott closes in on deal to build a hotel in Myanmar

Marriott's entrance into Myanmar is on the cautious side as it both waits for the real estate market to cool a bit and watches to see how much ground the newly opened state makes in communication, banking, and transportation.

Kyunghee Park and Kenneth Foo, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Tourism

Myanmar skips credit cards, goes directly from cash to mobile payments

In a trend among developing nations, locals get mobile phones before bank accounts making mobile payments an innovative solution for both the local economy and nascent tourism sector.

Kyunghee Park and Yoolim Lee, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Tourism

Myanmar gets a $500 million tourism investment boost, funded by Norway

Myanmar's tourism infrastructure leaves a lot to be desired, especially as the gold rush is on, and an organized plan overseen by experienced players is the right step.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Best Western may be the most daring U.S. hotel group expanding overseas

It is a mixture of timing and strategy that landed Best Western in two of today's most challenging hotel markets, but its agility to convert and brand properties has raised its profile abroad.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Myanmar’s World Economic Forum meeting tests its woeful tourism infrastructure

Among the biggest travel and tourism infrastructure landgrab is happening in Myanmar, and world business leaders will see the reasons for the rush first hand.

Kyunghee Park, Kyaw Thu, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Tourism

Traveling to Burma? U.S. says it’s now okay to call the country Myanmar

A name might mean little to tourists that come to enjoy cuisine and culture, but it means everything to locals whose country’s name defines their identity and how the rest of the world views them.

Reuters | 11 years ago

Tourism

EU lifts all Myanmar sanctions, expect big investment rush in travel industry

Travel infrastructure, including aviation, hotels and others, is desperately needed in Myanmar as tourists and business travelers rush in, and expect EU companies to announce a lot of new projects over the next year.

Adrian Croft, Justyna Pawlak, Reuters | 11 years ago

Skift Originals

The Burma Bourdain saw: Life in Yangon and Bagan

This is bound to give Burma a big boost in tourism, at least in intent, though the tourism board has been silent on this opportunity for PR. If this was Tourism Australia we would have seen 15 press releases even before the show aired, then 10 more after to show the intent increase and dollar value attached to it.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago