Meet Suyin Lee – Managing Director, Discova and our first in a series of interviews from TDs Inspiring Women in Travel Asia (TDIWTA).
TD, a leading travel trade news agency, aims to inspire more women (and men) in the travel industry with features highlighting the incredible stories of women in travel.TD, a leading travel trade news agency, aims to inspire more women (and men) in the travel industry with features highlighting the incredible stories of women in travel. Armed with thousands of readers, TD provides the perfect platform to reach women in all sectors of travel.
TD will be posting IWTA features on its website and social media channels. Nominate other amazing women in travel at www.tdiwta.com
Born and raised in Malaysia, her aviation journey started as a flight attendant for Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways, when she moved to Hong Kong and sent 8 years with Cathay Pacific’s Human Factors Department as project leader.
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Khun Aimmy started her career as an Intern in InterContinental Bangkok. After finishing her 400 hours of training she continued to work as an Guest Relation Agent in Holiday Inn Shanghai Vista for around 8 Months.
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Half Filipino and half Syrian, Vitna started her career with Cebu Pacific Air after she finished her studies. She dreamt of becoming a flight attendant in elementary school as she thought it would be a way for her to see her Syrian dad. She initially got rejected to become a flight attendant and felt her dreams had been shattered.
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She started her profession in the tourism industry as a junior reservations officer. She was always very interested in the industry and eagerly asked her colleagues to teach her and give her more responsibility.
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Khun Anchalika grew up in Texas where she achieved a Bachelor in Business Administration and later a Master in International Business Studies. She started her career for GE Capital and the job took allowed lots of traveling and living in different parts of the world. Then she moved back to Thailand to retire by the beach. Continue reading more
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Ha Lam grew up with her family in Saigon Vietnam and quickly found her passion learning about people in the local communities. She was a tour guide for many years which matched her passion for sustainable development and protection of each country’s natural, artistic, archaeological and cultural heritage.
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Room Division Manager Tawaravadee Resort BW Signature Collection by Best Western
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Senior Assistant Vice President and General Manager Banyan Tree Bangkok
Growing up in Northern Thailand, she found her passion to be history and thought she’d be an historian. However her love for service and people steered her into the hospitality industry. Her impressive career has taken her from starting as the Duty Manager at Banyan Tree 26 years ago til now being the SAVP/General Manager.
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In 2007 Christine decided she wanted to create a Travel Magazine and with her great discipline and positive mindset did exactly that, literally the next day.
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Sukeerti has been working in the travel and tourism industry for almost 20 years in different roles and capacities. An explorer, product developer and travel designer, Sukeerti has also worked in philanthropy and sustainable tourism.
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Background:
She wanted to be a doctor when she was a young girl to help people from suffering. Whilst traveling with her family, she found passion for our industry where she decided that the tourism industry would be her future.
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Born and raised in the Philippines, Carmela brings over 30 years of impressive experience and wealth of knowledge in the hospitality industry. She was no stranger to hard work and moving through the ranks, growing up with two hard working parents who cheered their children on to succeed in life.
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born in China and raised in Germany. Having an artistic upbringing with both her parents in the field, she experienced an artistic life closely.
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Liz is from a Philippine heritage and grew up in the states. Early in her career she wanted to be a scientist but quickly learnt she was more passionate about people than molecules.
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Lily was born in Thailand and early in her life moved to Singapore where she stayed til in her late teens. She returned to Thailand for university and upon graduation moved to Japan. Her studies and overseas adventures eventually brought her to New York, an opportunity of a life-time, but not without it’s challenges
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Growing up on the countryside, outside Siem Reap, Sina had dreams of getting a good job and making money to support her family. She knew she had to study to be able to fulfill this dream.
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Growing up in a small farming community outside of Hanoi, Huong’s dream was to become a teacher. She loved reading books and going to school from an early age inspired by her uncle who was a qualified teacher.
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Ayu grew up in the paradise of Bali and was surrounded by her family who all worked in the tourism industry. As a little girl she dreamt of following their career path and saw how travel help people connect and how much you can learn about someone else.
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