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Articles tagged “myanmar”

Media and PR

Anonymous Indonesia hacks Myanmar tourism site with message for officials

Hacking the Burmese tourism website is a particularly effective way to bring attention to the government’s treatment of the Rohingya people to those outside of, and considering a trip to, the country.

Skift | 12 years ago

Anonymous Indonesia hacks Myanmar tourism site with message for officials

Hotels

Myanmar to get its first Best Western hotels this year as it open up to foreign investment

As we said in our Skift Global Trends for 2013 report, the continued rise of Myanmar means hotel and other infrastructure would need a lot more investment, and now the likes of Best Western are being lured in with that promise.

Nichola Saminather, Bloomberg | 12 years ago

Myanmar to get its first Best Western hotels this year as it open up to foreign investment

Hotels

Yangon, Myanmar is one the fastest growing hotel markets in the world

Even if the international hotel supply triples in the next several years, the Yangon market still offers lots of opportunities for early movers, given the current anemic state of the hotel market there.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 12 years ago

Yangon, Myanmar is one the fastest growing hotel markets in the world

Tourism

Obama’s visit to Myanmar further boosts tourism to the world’s newest travel hot spot

Well-traveled tourists are looking to get into Myanmar quickly before its unspoiled landscape is commercialized, but its fragile infrastructure could crumble from the overcrowding.

Skift | 12 years ago

Obama’s visit to Myanmar further boosts tourism to the world’s newest travel hot spot

Hotels

Talent crunch hurts hotel growth in Southeast Asia

Many skilled management employees flee Asian countries to find work, which leaves global hotel chains with few local hiring options and hefty costs to import overseas employees.

Sharon Chen, Bloomberg | 12 years ago

Talent crunch hurts hotel growth in Southeast Asia

Airlines

Qatar Airways to resume Yangon flights as airlines rush to Myanmar

Myanmar and Yangon desperately need more airport capacity, as the rush of tourists flow in.

Skift | 12 years ago

Cruises

Silversea Cruises adds Myanmar to its 113-day round-the-world itinerary

Cruises are altering previous years’ itineraries in the South Pacific region to incorporate stops to Myanmar after political reforms opened the country’s borders to tourism earlier this summer.

Skift | 12 years ago

Silversea Cruises adds Myanmar to its 113-day round-the-world itinerary

Tourism

Visiting Myanmar is the cool thing to do now, but is it the right thing?

In the gold rush to Myanmar, lots of uncomfortable thoughts are being pushed aside by tourists as well as investors.

Skift | 12 years ago

Uncategorized

Tourism boom in Myanmar means second airport for Yangon; looking for investors now

The gold rush is on in Myanmar, nevermind the still-lingering ethic tensions. Yangon surely needs one with the huge tourist influx.

Skift | 12 years ago