GLOBETROTTING | TRAVELER UX | SINGAPORE
Receiving Guests in Singapore
(and some thoughts about the art of hospitality)
The art of receiving guests from abroad is a very special kind of thing that nobody really ever gets good at.
Where I have lived and worked
I’ve tried for years, no, for decades. Sharing with guests not just the pleasures and fun of the places where I have lived and worked. But the deeper layers. Unraveling with them the fabric of societies and ecosystems, in imaginary journeys through time, laying bare the warp and weft and whats and hows, and building imaginary models for possibilities and futures.
India, mainly. Sri Lanka, Nepal. The Gulf, the Middle East. Beirut, Damascus. England, Scotland, Wales. Bruges and Antwerp in Belgium. And now: Singapore.
Airport expectations
Killing time in airport arrival halls. Going up for yet another cup of coffee, staring at arrival screens, where flights that have landed and have been processed disappear, and the rows move upward, all except that one line, yours, that keeps saying late.
