Michael Mackey
Thailand’s best chef to put Fukuoka, Japan, on food tourism map
Plans to relocate to Fukuoka will put the Japanese city on the gastro tourism map, Thailand’s top chef Gaggan Anand told us. Anand, who runs Gaggan, four times voted the Best Restaurant in Asia, confirmed he will close the restaurant in 2020 and after a break move to Japan. His…
Pakistan adventure and heritage holidays on the rise
Taxila, Pakistan Pakistan is limbering up to become a tourist destination and will use the adventure and heritage holiday-maker markets as its starting point, officials have said. “There’s a variety. You can have all these things which are not available in the rest of the world.…
Hoteliers in Johor stay positive despite occupancy rates
Johor Bahru, Malaysia Despite occupancy rates of less than 50%, hotels in Johor Bahru are optimistic about their future, Ivan Teo -chairman of the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) and general manager of Ponderosa Golf & Country Resort - told Travel Daily. The Johor branch of MAH…
Flexibility required for spontaneity of modern society, says Agoda CEO
The travel industry needs to show more flexibility as technology changes the way people are travelling, John Brown, Agoda’s CEO, told the Bloomberg ASEAN Business Summit in Bangkok on 12 July. The use of smartphones is now widespread and is altering consumer behavior as much as the profile of those…
Anantara Chiang Mai Resort responds decisively to evolving market
Anantara Chiang Mai Resort is fine-tuning its products ahead of a stepped-up sales campaign as the northern Thai city begins to deal with a plateauing Chinese market. Its five years since the Chinese film “Lost in Chiang Mai,” started sparking visits galore to the city in the title. Hoteliers were…