Events

“Busy, busy – as a bee: that’s me!” Yes, I could have been a poet, but I’ll settle for… globetrotting (partner-)conference-bingeing CEO!… For yes – you’ve guessed it – I was at yet another partner conference the other week. This came hot on the heels of a real busy schedule in Egypt, after which I […]

Hi folks! Sitting here in Cairo airport with half-an-hour till boarding, I’ll take this opportunity to share some of my key impressions during my quick stay in the Egyptian capital – especially since they match the thoughts of my travel companion, NK, who’s here for the first time. Thus, there are three (agreed-upon!) main takeaways: […]

It was somewhat sad saying goodbye to Singapore and its wonderful airport, but duty was calling so off we flew again… So where next? Oh… that’s where! -> Cairo – here we come!…

Airports around the world come in all shapes and sizes. Some are huge, some are tiny; some are packed with folks, others are roomy and almost empty. Some are efficient and some – not so much. But the brightest, cleanest, most comfortable, and most luxurious airport in the world is the one in Singapore: Changi […]

Last week, the first ever GITEX Asia was held in Singapore – and I just had to be there… Not that the original GITEX, which has been running since… 1980 (!) in Dubai every year, is disappearing or anything. It’s just that it’s getting all the more global – or should that be more local, […]

I’m not a fan of red-eye flights heading east – for I can never get even a half-decent sleep on the plane. And if you’re flying around Southeast Asia, sometimes the turbulence gets so wild your whisky splashes out of the glass (can’t be having that, obviously). It was a few years ago when I […]