Carlson is arranging guided tours for visitors to Kodak's medical-imaging facility in the Olympic Village and the press center (where Kodak will process 5 million digital images), along with tickets to carefully selected Olympic events and perks like visits to the Great Wall and trips to Beijing's SilkMarket.
But he also saw the skill and workmanship of traditional silk weavings on handmade manual looms that he knew would have a market in Singapore--if only the villagers had a way to sell them.
Travel on this canal for designer (and knockoff) shopping at Siam Square and visit the Jim Thompson House, the beautiful teak museum home of an American silk trader, and other central Bangkok sites such as the Bo Bae wholesale clothing market or the hip Thonglor neighbourhood, full of boutiques and cafes.