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At slightly past the halfway point in our Pacific Rim business tour, we had the tremendous pleasure of meeting with two excellent businesses on January 14th: Mastercard and Everstone Capital. At 8:30am the group departed for Mastercard’s beautiful southeastern Asian headquarters. The massive building impressively dwarfed its neighbors and comprised excellent facilities as well. WhileContinue reading “January 14th”

Today, the group started with a 10 a.m. bus ride over to the Gardens by the Bay. With the incredible Marina Bay Sands property in the background, the group explored all that this unique area has to offer. First, we took the elevator up the Super Tree Observatory & OCBC Skyway. A couple of nightsContinue reading “January 13th”

January 12th was yet another noteworthy day for the crew here on Pac Rim 2020! Our day began with a stop at the pristine National Orchid Garden here in Singapore! There we were able to observe an array of beautiful plant life over a sprawling complex filled with fantastic, sights, sounds, and smells of theContinue reading “January 12th”

An all day city tour is the perfect introduction to Singapore, and under the direction of our tour guide, Edna, we fell in love with the city. Our first stop on our tour was the iconic Merlion statue, a staple of of Singapore.  Half-lion and half-fish, the statue is a major tourist attraction and isContinue reading “January 11th”

On January 9thwe were given a free day to explore the city on our own. We were able to see many of the tourist attractions on the other days of travelling so we spent much of our day wondering the streets and eating as much local food as we could. Vietnamese food is very uniqueContinue reading “January 9th & 10th”

For our days for the blog we visited Ha Long Bay. We stayed aboard the beautiful vessel, The Regina.  Which you can see pictured below.  While aboard, we had the opportunity to participate in activities such as exploring the caves, kayaking, tai chi, and off boat excursions.  As we ventured out kayaking, the surrounding wildlifeContinue reading “January 7 and 8”

During our second full day in Vietnam we visiting FPT University and the FPT office building. At FPT University we took a tour of the campus and learned what college is like in Vietnam. FPT University is mostly student majoring in technology and software, however there are many business students as well. The campus weContinue reading “January 6 – Company Tour in Vietnam”

Good morninggggg, Vietnam! Our journey to Vietnam started at JFK airport on the night of January 2nd 2020. After much sleeping for most of us, our 15 hour flight finally landed in the heart of Inchenon, South Korea, just west of the capital Seoul. We had a quick layover and we were off again toContinue reading “Jan 2-5, Traveling to Vietnam”

Welcome to Elon University’s Winter Term 2020 student blog of the course titled “Business and Culture of the Pacific Rim”!  We are delighted to have you following our journeys and experiences abroad. The world has seen some dramatic economic and financial changes in the past decade. One of the biggest stories has been the remarkableContinue reading “Course Overview”