Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition - December 2017

JENNY SOUTHAN

FormerfeatureseditorJennySouthanhasbeenamemberof

theBusiness Travellerteam for ten years, and has won multiple

awards for her journalism. Before going freelance, her last

featureasamemberofstaffforthemagazineisastoryon

Las Vegas. After the tragic massacre on the Strip on

October 1, we decided that the optimism surrounding the

renaissance of Downtown was important to tell the world

about; page 40.

DEREK PICOT

Veteran hotelier Derek Picot has worked in senior positions

on five continents, most recently as regional vice president

for Jumeirah’s hotels and resorts in Europe. He now

consults for hotel owners and luxury developers, advising

on design and trends in hospitality. Encouraging more

traditional operators to embrace 21st-century fashion

concepts for staff, he has been struck by the resistance

towards personnel sporting tattoos and beards; page 64.

JOHN STRICKLAND

John Strickland has held senior positions including network

planning and revenue management with airlines such as

British Caledonian, British Airways, KLMuk and Buzz. His

35 years of experience has exposed him to the business models

of regional, global, legacy and low-cost carriers. He now

consults for airports, airlines and investors whose businesses

require strategic insight. Here he muses on why airlines

have been subject to such negative press in recent times –

and whether they really deserve it;page 66.

NIKHIL AGARWAL

Nikhil Agarwal is the brains behind All Things

Nice–awineandspiritsconsultancy.Hewasone

of five contenders shortlisted by the International

Wine and Spirit Competition 2015 (IWSC) for The Julian

Brind Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Wine

and Spirits Industry. In this issue, he explores Singapore’s

innovative bar scene; page 58.

ILLUSTRATIONS: BENJAMIN SOUTHAN

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