SINGAPORE, 13 August 2020: Pacific World Hong Kong, one of Asia’s leading agencies, has announced that it will stop operations until September 14, but the brief letter to partners on 11 August was under the impression of recommending that wider closures in November be on the horizon.
Email communication with the organization’s logo and slogan did not come with a control signature or even a date of issue seemed to recommend that the organization end all workplaces. He said: “With great regret, we tell (partners) that Pacific World will stop operations from November 2020. The Hong Kong workplace will cease operations from 14 September 2020.”
TTR Weekly asked questions to the Pacific World Regional Office in Singapore and its public company to explain the authenticity of the letter and the statement on the end of operations.
The group’s singapore public relations firm replied: “I would like to explain this particular letter about Pacific World Hong Kong and not on global communication. Mention November, which is the end date of PW HK’s workplace, while operations in Hong Kong prevent from the date of September in the letter. The letter sent to Hong Kong suppliers through Pacific World Hong Kong related to Pacific World Hong Kong, not Pacific World Global. »
Saying that Covid-19 had disrupted global tourism in recent months, the letter said it would take 12 to 18 months for tourism to recover.
Pacific World, which specializes in the special occasion market, adding motivational meetings and exhibitions, has approximately 16 corporate offices in Asia, in addition to the Singapore regional office. It also has offices in Europe and America.
Founded in 1980 in Hong Kong through veterans Jacques Arnoux and Bob Guy, the company is part of the Destination Experience department of the European giant TUI Group.
Under Arnoux’s leadership, Pacific World has become one of the leading TRAVEL corporations in Asia. It sold the company to First Choice in 2006 (later component of TUI Travel PLC) and retired in 2011.
TUI included Pacific World in the sale of the Hotelbeds Group in 2016 to Cinven and Canada Pension Fund. Then in 2018, TUI bought back Pacific World from Hotelbeds along with the OTA’s destinations services division that included DMCs and a cruise booking service valued at EUR110 million.
In Thailand, Pacific World claims bert Chamrernnusit is the national director, while Andrea Teo is Singapore’s leading chief operating officer.
Pacific World is one of 3 brands that are part of TUI Group, its Destination Experiences division. These are Intercruises, Pacific World and Musement.
Intercruises handles cruise ships for all major cruise lines around the world in about 60 countries. With a market percentage of 14%, the company is one of the main suppliers in its segment. Pacific World actively participates in meetings and occasions. The corporation gives its in 30 countries around the world – preferably in Asia – and has accompanied more than a million occasions last year. Based in Italy, Musement offers travelers activities and tours of 1900 cities in 80 countries around the world.