Foreign hotel brands are failing when it comes to marketing to China.I have recently done some research into how hotels in SE Asia, Europe and the United states are managing their Chinese

"How is it possible that you don't even know your own hotel's name?"As part of the Hotelintel.co research for our 'Marketing To China' series, we examined thousands of comments left by

From China to Thailand - is it ever okay to be critical of your host country as a foreigner / expat? This past week, a Frenchman in Thailand was reprimanded for making a music

Getting Tattoos in Thai, Chinese, Arabic and other Foreign Scripts is Dangerous - Think Before You Ink Getting a tattoo in Chinese characters, or using Thai, Khmer or even Arabic writing may seem

The lady had the word ไทย 'Thai' tattooed inThai on her foot. “I wish someone would throw acid on her – that would show these uneducated people without couth to respect people” “I would like to splash acid in her face” “How would she feel if I put her country / name in the same place?”

Would you date a bar girl? What would you do if a potential business partner turned up to a business meeting with a bar girl? This past week a survey was conducted in

The Original Story Appears in Hotel Intel.co. Click here for full story. Several months ago, I was brought into a project in a high-end hotel in Bangkok that was a couple of

Yesterday a man held up traffic in downtown Bangkok holding a knife and releasing a bag of snakes.  Last week, my wife Wimintra arrived home from Sri Lanka just a day before the

Names in Asia are more than just a label.  People may be called different things depending on who they're speaking to, or what the occasion is.  In this first episode of 'Getting names

If your local staff in Asia were free to tell you - the foreign management ANYTHING without fear of any negative repercussions, what would they say?  Before you watch this clip, put your

Over the past four weeks I have been working with an international Technology company that has extensive operations here in Asia – in particular Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, China and India. With the Chinese market

I received my briefing from a regional level representative of a large blue-chip US based company that was under order to ‘get to the bottom of things’ after 4 ‘HiPo’ alerts were raised

There is no money in speaking languages. Particularly in this part of the world (Asia), it sometimes feels like the more languages you speak, the less money you stand to make. That is