Ep 308: Live at the 2026 Travel + Leisure Luxury Summit Asia in Bangkok

This week’s special edition of the show was recorded live in front of a packed ballroom audience at the 2026 Travel + Leisure Luxury Summit Asia, at the Dusit Thani hotel in Bangkok. Gary and Hannah took to the stage for a three-part podcast. In part 1, we provide a short round-up of the travel and tourism year so far in South East Asia and beyond - and the outlook for the rest of 2026. We are then joined by Jeninne Lee-St John, Editor in Chief of Travel + Leisure South East Asia, Hong Kong and Macau, to discuss the origins of glamping, tented camps and outdoor lodging developments in remote natural spaces throughout the region. In part 3, Shyn-Yee Ho, Director of Horwath Asia & Director of the Asia Pacific Outdoor Lodging Association (APOLA), joins us to break down a brand new White Paper, entitled “How Asia Pacific is defining the future of luxury outdoor lodging”, that she produced especially for the conference. We cover a great deal of ground, looking at the growth, management and investment into outdoor lodging camps from Australia to Cambodia, Mongolia to Thailand and Indonesia to China, plus the US, Africa and India. A fascinating discussion that delves into the diversity of outdoor accommodation concepts and formats that already exist or are being planned and developed across Asia Pacific.