Around the World in 60 minutes
Kay Kutt - Asian Tiger
Susana Bourne - Antares
Over the past two decades EuRA has become a truly global organization and in this session we wanted to get to get some more, insider information and identify the commonalities and differences across the regions we represent and that that EuRA will be visiting on a rotation basis: Africa, Midell East, India, Asia and Latin America. Around the World in 60 Minutes has given the attendees a good idea of the different region´s climate from a macro to micro perspective. The panel was made up of Marie O’Niell covering the Middel East, Marta Pino Coehlo Roff covering Africa Kim Ngoc for Asia, Rohini Minian from India and Tomas Nadorfy from Latin America and moderated by Kay Kutt from Asian Tigers and Susana Bourne from Antares Relocation.
The session started by each panelist discussing the current situation in their region giving all the attendees a flavor of what the current climate is, how things are changing and how these factors being discussed where affecting the mobility market as a whole (Immigration, Real estate market, information technology, taxation……..)
We closed by looking into the present and future and what were doing differently now and what we are looking to do differently in the near future in order to be aligned with all the changes that are occurring in each region.
In summary although all the regions are very different where some are looking to more localization, others are looking for more foreign investment, where in some areas there is more political unrest in others this is not the case…. When it came down to the trends across the globe, most of these were common thorough the regions (cost containment, procurement led negotiations, reduced packages, very little school places in international schools, millennials, short term accommodation….)
Of the changes discussed, one of the most common change that everybody in the room were focusing on was the huge changes in the IT area that is affecting and will continue to affect the global mobility industry around the world.
Kay Kutt
Mail kay.kutt@asiantigers-mobility.com
Web www.asiantigers-mobility.com
Susana Bourne