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Founder of Banyan Group Shares Insights on Changing Travel Trends Among Modern Tourists
Kwon Ping Ho, 72, is the founder and executive chair of Banyan Group. Ho said the backpacking travelers of today are a different breed from the checklist sightseers of yesterday. Singapore Institute of Directors This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Banyan Group founder Kwon Ping Ho has spent over 30 years in the hospitality industry. Ho's luxury hotel chain launched its first resort in 1994 and now operates over 90 hotels globally. Ho told BI that tourists today have vastly different expectations from their parents' generation. Kwon Ping Ho has...

Unveiling the Cyber Scam Epidemic in Southeast Asia: A $37 Billion Global Threat
Southeast Asia has become a global epicenter of cyber scams, where high-tech fraud meets human trafficking. In countries like Cambodia and Myanmar, criminal syndicates run industrial-scale pig butchering operationsscam centers staffed by trafficked workers forced to con victims in wealthier markets like Singapore and Hong Kong. The scale is staggering: one UN estimate pegs global losses from these schemes at $37 billion. And it could soon get worse. The rise of cybercrime in the region is already having an effect on politics and policy. Thailand has reported a drop in Chinese visitors this year, after a Chinese actor was kidnapped...

Minnesota Assassin Denies Political Motives in Jailhouse Interview
Vance Boelter, accused of murdering Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and injuring State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, denied political motives in a jailhouse interview, claiming more details about the events leading up to the heinous shootings will emerge if Governor Tim Walz allows their release. Boelters cryptic statement will no doubt spark intense speculation about what information he might be alluding to. Still, one thing is sure, based on his comments - the assassin has an incredibly tenuous relationship with reality. As RedState reported last month, Boelter went on a shooting spree on June 14th,...