Our team spent the day with Cambodia's cyclo drivers and presented each with a gift of daily necessities.

We performed a sacred Balinese ceremony to mark the longevity of our business in Indonesia.

ITB Berlin is long behind us but I am reflecting on those three days and how nice it was to see industry friends again after four years.

My first visit to Laos since COVID not only gave me the chance to visit our offices and catch up with our Laos’ country team face-to-face, it also gave me the opportunity to try the new high-speed train from Luang…

There are few countries in the world that offer such good value for money as Thailand does at the present, particularly when the tourism sector is getting back on its feet after COVID-19 with visitor numbers way below pre-pandemic levels.

There are many topics that I could elaborate on, but that would make for a book. Our Asian Trails’ teams will gladly elaborate on our policies and actions and give you more detailed information on request.

We, as the tourism industry, play an important role and we must support the Myanmar people. As soon as it is safe to travel, it is our job to help bring tourists back to the country.

We are already a few weeks into 2021 and even though most of the world is in lockdown or partial lockdown or restricted in their movements or activities, there is a positive vibe in the air with news on vaccination…

I tend not to flood your inbox with news and updates on how we and our respective governments handle these pandemic times.

An Asian Trails' Day in the Life of...Stefan Bruns

We all are passing through such difficult times that we have never thought ever would have happened to us.

As the world is slowly starting to recover from this very peculiar time, I found myself reflecting on the meaning of travelling and what it brings to all of us in the senses of experience and enrichment.

I have a two-and-a-half-year-old son. His name is Nour and he is keeping his mother and myself very busy during this lock down period.

Like most people in the world I am working and writing my CEO Story from the comfort of my home, and I hope this finds you in good health and staying safe.

These are unprecedented times and probably none of us has ever experienced a similar situation like this before. As experienced tourism professionals though, that have seen many other crises smaller and bigger come and go we can be reassured that…

I have always considered myself lucky to live in Laos, in a country where we know how to “take the time”, the time to marvel at the bright colours of a sunset over the Mekong, to breathe in the fragrant…

Today is 31 March, the last day of March 2020, a date which gives me an illusion of not real but actually a real truth.

I write this short message on the last day of a 14-day self-quarantine after my return from Europe. I’m grateful the simmering anxiety of recent days can make place again for the togetherness and intimacy of family life.

Happy New Year dear readers of my CEO stories! Thank you for your loyalty, for reading my stories, and for your comments and anecdotes. I wish you all a wonderful, healthy, peaceful and successful 2020.

For those of us who remember Da Nang as a‘small country town’ it is not so now. Today, it is Vietnam’s sixth largest city and resembles a modern metropolis. Its enviable location with its city beach attracts many young Vietnamese…

September 2019 is a special month for Asian Trails. On 9th September we celebrated our 20th anniversary, marking the auspicious date of 9.9.99 (9th September 1999) when Asian Trails was “born”. We are proud to say we have been “Blazing…