Articles tagged “myanmar”

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 | 11 years ago

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 | 11 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 | 11 years ago

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 | 11 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 | 11 years ago

Hotels

Myanmar tourism gets boots by investment from Thai hoteliers

With laws in place to protect small hotels owned by nationals, Myanmar is using foreign investment as a way to train locals on best practices at large three- to five-star properties.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Young chefs on the front line of Myanmar’s resurgence

Skift | 12 years ago