Back to Business: An Update on Travel for Asia-Pacific

Back to Business: An Update on Travel for Asia-Pacific – Oct 27

Plenary Speakers: Alfredo Montufar Helu, The Economist Intelligence Corporate Network; Vinoop Goel, International Air Transport Association (IATA), and Jacob Warden, Deputy Nonimmigrant Visa Chief, U. S. Embassy Beijing.

Destination Room Speakers:
China-Nancy Lyu, Director, China Regional Sales, United; Helen Zhang, Pharm D., Director of Pharmacy, United Family Healthcare, Director of Center for Clinical Research, Beijing United Family Hospital, Lead Clinician, Immunization Network, United Family Healthcare; and
Yvonne Chan, Regional Director – APAC, Universal Weather and Aviation. Guam - Nadine Leon Guerrero, Director of Global Marketing, Guam Visitors Bureau (GNB).  Japan -Scott Smalley Managing Director, DSV Solutions in Japan and Kuniko Nakamura, Director for External Affairs at the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ). Malaysia -Gary Bowerman, an experienced Asia travel and consumer trends analyst and consultant. Myanmar- Adam Castillo, Managing Director and Partner of Atalian Global Services Myanmar. Taiwan- S. Steven Pan, Executive Chairman of Silks Hotel Group. Thailand - Chaiyapat Paitoon, Chief Strategy Officer, Minor International PCL; and Rachel Davidson, Cluster General Manager of Hilton and DoubleTree Sukhumvit Bangkok. Vietnam- Tran Trong Kien, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of TMG

Event Highlights

The event was a regional cooperation between AmChams of the Asia Pacific (AAP) to provide an update on travel and entry requirements as countries worldwide prepare to re-open their economies. Distinguished speakers provided insights on the impact of Covid-19 on the aviation industry and the outlook, vaccination rollouts, growing vaccine inequity between rich and developing countries, and the latest information on travel to the USA. After the plenary presentations, participants joined destination-specific breakout sessions, where they participated in an interactive discussion about destination-specific information.

“AAP is a tool that executives and boards can use to amplify their voice across 27 AmChams in the region.”- AAP Chair Greg Wong, AMCHAM Thailand and Managing Director of Agoda.

“Countries will need to adopt a multi-layered approach to reopening as zero risk is not a sustainable solution.” - Vinoop Goel, International Air Transport Association (IATA)