How's Business in Myanmar? Video Interview with Torsten Edens, SVP, Memories Group

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How's Business in Myanmar? Interview with Torsten Edens, SVP, Memories Group

How has Myanmar's tourism industry been affected by the ongoing global COVID19 pandemic, and how has the Yangon-based Memories Group changed its business model to ensure it not only stays in business during this difficult time, but also manages to grow.

Those are just two of the questions that Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com puts to Torsten Edens, Senior Vice President of the Memories Group, in this interview conducted over Skype on 12 August 2020.

Torsten tells us how his company has been affected by COVID19 and what trends the Memories Group is currently seeing emerge and in what sectors of the industry.

We discuss hotels in Myanmar, long-haul travel, domestic tourism, the Balloons of Bagan, Burma Boating, Myanmar's borders and what the government of Myanmar should be doing to help better promote domestic tourism and re-build international tourism once the borders re-open.

Torsten also tells us about a new project the company is working on to establish a hospitality training company in Myanmar, when it will open, how it will work, and whether they are doing it alone or with a partner. All that and much, much more - including a special appearance by Castor, Torsten's 16-year old, extremely well travelled cat - in the video and podcast below.

How's Business in Myanmar? Interview with Torsten Edens, SVP, Memories Group

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Editor's note: My apologies that the audio and visual quality in this video interview are not up to the same HD quality that they normally would be. This is the sixth in a series of video interviews conducted over the internet. Hopefully it won't be too long until we are once again conducting exclusive video interviews in person, but for now we have to make do with what we have. Thank you.

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