Upon Arrival | Events & Incentives with Adelaine Ng

Sharing the highs and lows of running an incentive travel business in Jakarta this year, Yento Chen talks about his crisis point and the idea that saved his company from going under. Yento Chen is the CEO of Destination Tour in Jakarta, a company he founded in 2015 specialising in events and incentive travel. Quotes From Episode "Emotionally this year has been really hard. I've never exp...

Mariska Kesteloo is on a mission to raise awareness about the mostly untapped potential of using influencer marketing in the business events tourism space. She creates B2B influencer marketing campaigns for suppliers including hotels, and convention bureaus in the meetings & events industry.  But this pioneer was herself thrown a new curveball this year, as if Covid wasn't enough. Mariska...

Scott Aaron's business took off when he started using LinkedIn to find people who needed what he had to offer. After teaching his friends how to do the same, the business coach and LinkedIn master now teaches a repeatable method for generating successful leads. Some of his advice runs contrary to popular wisdom in the LinkedIn space! This is Part 2 of my interview with Scott, where he does a...

If you've lost your job recently you're probably wishing you had built more sources of income. But it's not too late to start and with the right advice, you'll build the right foundations for success. Scott Aaron was forced to find ways to earn money to pay off massive debts. What he learned has helped hundreds find their own path to gaining financial security. Today, he is a b...

Can Malaysia's pungent, gassy durian be an incentive travel attraction? Durians are not for the faint-hearted tourist, its smell having been likened to gym socks with a hint of garlic. Yet visitors are timing their travels around the fruit's season and companies are paying big bucks for their top staff flying in to enjoy the fruit. Note: This interview will appeal more to durian fans and...

Hindsight can teach us a few things - Karen Yue has seen event businesses adapt their game and observed common traits in leaders who succeed. She also explains why she's optimistic about the future of travel trade publishing and has a few words of advice for writers starting to look for work. Karen is the Group Editor of Singapore-based TTG Asia Media, heading a team of almost 20 editors, rep...

What can cooking teach us about managing expectations of ourselves when the world around us is shifting? Apparently, quite a few things like gaining confidence in new skills we didn't think were important before. El Kwang shares life lessons from his cooking experiences as well as his inside-out approach to pivoting his business after being hard-hit by Covid. El is the founder-CEO of consulta...

Crisis or tragedy can strike while you're at the top of your game.  While Covid 19 has been a shock to many, some have weathered the storm more easily because they've become more resilient. But is resilience something you can build? Karen Bolinger experienced tragic losses during her most successful years as CEO of the Melbourne Convention Bureau. Under her leadership, the MCB achieved i...

It's deja vu for the Ubud Writers Festival which was born to rebuild the tourism economy after a crisis. Instead of cancelling, this year's festival called KEMBALI 2020: A Rebuild Bali Festival offers the event's broadest and most diverse lineup of some of the world's most celebrated writers, artists and cooks. Janet DeNeefe is the founder and director of multiple hospitality v...

"You should never let a good crisis go to waste," is a saying that's being quoted often in the pandemic.  Covid 19 has forced us to embrace innovation and technology at speeds we weren't prepared to do before, making us more nimble for the changes to come. Morris Miselowski, business futurist, founder and lead strategist at Eye on the Future, talks about how inventions that wer...

It's been a whirlwind few months since Covid hit early this year. Six months on, the Asia-Pacific region seems to be operating in a two-speed recovery mode as countries deal with the pandemic, presenting challenges to travel re-starting in many destinations. Hannah Pearson, director of Southeast Asian travel consultancy Pear Anderson, shares her observations of developments in the region and...

There's more to communication than you might think. We live in a world where content needs to be created in a hurry. But are we hitting the wrong notes when we do, especially during the pandemic? Taking us through some points for consideration is Georgie Stayches, Founder and Chief Engagement Officer at Fetching Events & Communications. She's a respected expert on visibility, messagi...

Karen Bolinger is the Asia Pacific Managing Director at PCMA, the Professional Convention Management Association. She put Melbourne on the map for business tourism, delivering the city's most successful years on record. Karen connects most actively on LinkedIn and Twitter. Contact Upon Arrival at uponarrivalpodcast@gmail.com

Karen Yue is the chief editor at TTG Asia Media. Business tourism title TTGmice won several PATA Gold Awards for business articles under her charge. Karen shares frequent industry updates on LinkedIn. TTG's titles include TTG Asia and TTGmice www.ttgasia.com, www.ttgmice.com Contact Upon Arrival at uponarrivalpodcast@gmail.com

El Kwang is the founder and CEO of the consultancy firm Untangled, and owns two brand experiences -Biz Events Asia and U Agency. He's also a board director on the global network of incentive travel professionals SITE.  El's website is bizeventsasia.com or email him at el@untangledgroup.com Contact Upon Arrival at uponarrivalpodcast@gmail.com

Hannah Pearson is the founder of Pear Anderson consultancy in Kuala Lumpur and co-host of the South East Asia Travel Show podcast. She produces a weekly report on COVID-19's impact on Southeast Asia's tourism industry. Her website is http://www.pearanderson.com/ Contact Upon Arrival: uponarrivalpodcast@gmail.com

Morris Miselowski is a business futurist to the travel industry and Australia’s first and only futurist in the Einstein 100 Genius (G100) alumni, an honour he shares with Barbara Streisand. He's also an Adjunct Industry Fellow at Griffith University. Find all things Morris at www.morrisfuturist.com Contact Upon Arrival: uponarrivalpodcast@gmail.com

Georgie Stayches is the Founder and Chief Engagement Officer at Fetching Events & Communications. She's a respected expert on visibility, messaging and creating events with purpose.  Georgie's website is www.fetchingevents.com.au where you can find blogs, insight interviews and webinars. Contact Upon Arrival: uponarrivalpodcast@gmail.com

Upon Arrival is a podcast about creating unforgettable travel and event experiences for corporate clients. It’s also about finding where the success stories are during Covid times, sharing notes, learning new ways of doing things and even discovering new destinations and experiences that might not otherwise have been considered.