Wednesday . May 22 . 2013
         
 

 

Adam Tan

TTG Asia's irreverent scribe and social diarist comes out of retirement - for good. Something has to pay for his love for parties and a few stiff drinks. But Adam does not have to be the only one sharing interesting tales about the travel trade. If you want to share hot news, gossips, stories, pictures with Adam - anything that will send the industry twittering, pop him an email.
 

 
Messy desks, clear minds
Can't quite remember how the surface of your work desk looks like because of those wads of print-outs from last month's meeting, shuffles of hand-written notes from a recent fam trip and a colourful mix of destination brochures, sample incentive itineraries, stationery and tidbit wrappers?
 
 
Finnair's finntastic Bollywood surprise
Dancing flight attendants are old news. But when a crew of Finnair flight attendants surprised passengers by breaking into a lively Bollywood dance routine on the overnight flight from Helsinki to Delhi in celebration of India's Republic Day on January 26, we just had to take our hats off.
 
 
Exhibition best-seller
Ten years and 46 chapters later, Thomas Khoo's book on the exhibitions industry has finally gone to print.
 
 
Taxi please!
Looks like commuters have a love-hate relationship with London's taxis.
 
 
Guess who is collecting ‘Likes' on Facebook?
For a nation that keeps out the prying eyes of the international community and often unleashes threats of war on its neighbour in the south, North Korea makes an unlikely owner of a Facebook page
 
 
Singaporeans the new workaholics?
It appears Singapore workers have replaced the Japanese as workaholics.
 
 
Cheers to technology
The modern consumer's obsession with the iPad has extended to wine ordering.
 
 
Maximise your sleep time
American budget hotel chain Travelodge has engaged engineer and futurologist, Ian Pearson, to look at how technology can improve guests' quality of sleep.
 
 
Share an outrageous story
If you think journalists are inquisitive, you should hear what Four Points by Sheraton has done. It has been calling on US- and Canada-based business travellers to share their most outrageous, embarrassing or memorable travel tales for a chance to bag US$25,000 in cash and a US$50 beer tab.
 
 
Weeding out the weakest link
Indonesia\'s Mapanget Mega Wisata Tours and Travel Services has been organising extreme culinary tours into the highlands of Manado, Indonesia that may work very well as an activity for employers to suss out weaklings in the company.
 
 
 
 
 
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