Many Thanks to our Friends in Hanoi!

Two days of meetings have been highly productive in the Hanoi Old Quarter for our CBT group. Ta Phin entrepreneurs have met with numerous private tour operators. We would like to take this opportunity to express our deepest thanks to following companies that have hosted us over the past two days:

• Buffalo Tours
• The Responsible Travel Club of Vietnam
• Hanoi Backpacker Hostel

Tonight the women will be participating in a Cultural Night hosted by the Sofitel Metropole. Then tomorrow the meetings will continue as we meet with the Hanoi chapter of Handspan.

The women are learning about the expectations and clientele of the tour operators. The experience has been valuable and enlightening to the Ta Phin entrepreneurs, whom as a group are ready to entertain the idea of packaged tourism to the villages.