October 30, Covid-19 Update from Asia

More Extensions of Existing Measures. Several countries continued or extended already-existing measures as a defense from cases either within our outside their borders. In some locations, further restrictions were strengthened such as in Metro-Manila and other regions of the Philippines, Myanmar and Malaysia.  Traditional face-to-face destination services continue to be the norm, however in-person service […]

August 21, Covid-19 Update from Asia

Community transmission, clusters of cases, sporadic cases and no cases. In the Philippines and Indonesia (where in-person services are suspended except for emergencies), the World Health Organization (WHO) gives the transmission classification of “Community Transmission” which is the same classification as the United States and the United Kingdom. Cases reported in the past 24 hours […]

Challenges to the Assignee Experience | Part 2 of 3

Part II of the Assignee Experience | Quarantine In this ongoing series exploring the assignee experience during the destination service delivery, we look at services delivered during the quarantine period. Our initial installment reflected on the new complications inherent in today’s pre-arrival and arrival processes.  Here we examine how the assignee experience may be impacted by […]