As the tourism market has been in the doldrums during Covid-19, travel firm CEOs have had to take other jobs to earn a living. But in many cases, these choices ended up opening up great opportunities for them.
Tran Sy Son, CEO of PYS Travel
Director sells meat, vegetables
One day, when Tran Sy Son, CEO of PYS Travel, came to the office, he saw his workers in a whirl, looking for deliverymen to ship vegetables ordered by clients. Social distancing had led to a sharp fall in the number of shippers, and the number of orders increased sharply.
He told his workers to put vegetables into his car so that he would deliver the products in person.
“Clients were surprised when seeing a deliveryman driving a car. One of them gave me a tip of VND50,000,” Son recalled.
Son’s travel firm was established in 2011. After 10 years of operation, the firm had 130 full-time workers, served 80,000 travelers a year, and had turnover of VND250-270 billion a year.
But Covid-19 broke out, just a short time…
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