Accommodation
Posted on 29. Dec, 2009 by Mikey Leung in 2. Practical Information
Despite some recent improvements in the quality of accommodation across Bangladesh, travellers should maintain subdued expectations when it comes to finding fine beds, especially outside the main commercial cities. Luxury accommodation is still something of a novelty here, although the big hotel chains and some excellent guesthouses have set up shop in Dhaka. A boom in domestic tourism means that over the lifespan of this guidebook there will hopefully be some better options coming available in other locations, as rumours of new resorts and accommodation flutter around like flies at a streetside snack stall. But for the time being, standards remain low. Such is the reality of a country whose citizens have yet to afford travel for pleasure and become demanding consumers of travel.
Ideas Manzil: Bangladesh’s first heritage accommodation property
Posted on 19. Nov, 2008 by Mikey Leung in Photography, Responsible Travel
~story and photos by Mikey Leung~
Barry Ison likes to get things done.
“So what?” you might say. But Ison’s choice of where to get things done might strike you as confusing, perhaps even crazy. The notion of creating new hospitality businesses in Bangladesh, one of the world’s least-travelled, disaster-prone countries might elicit such a response. [...]
Responsible Business Bangladesh steps up its game
Posted on 13. Jun, 2008 by Mikey Leung in Responsible Travel
RBBA, or “Responsible Business Bangladesh,” is a new initiative of Florence Calvet, a French national who has an excellent sense of duty to the people she employs and about the kind of business she wants to create.
In her own words:
What is behind the idea of RBBA and Chez Flo. It’s what I call Responsible [...]
