1 to 1

JULY 9, 2015

Several of my friends just returned from a trip to Cuba and I've been reliving their adventures in Havana and Santiago through photos. Leisure travel to Cuba from the U.S. is still banned, but my friends were able to enter the country through the "people-to-people" program in which visitors interact with Cuban citizens in cultural activities.

Tourism 20

Tourism Travel Culture Marketing 20

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In this special Thanksgiving edition taped a few days before the holiday, Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss all things food, including food halls, the plastic problem, vertical farming, CBD menu sightings, culinary tourism, and fast whiskey.

Tourism 28

Tourism Financial Marketing 28

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Consultants can work in a wide range of industries including automotive, CPG (consumer packaged goods), chemicals, defense, electronics, financial services, healthcare, infrastructure, logistics, media, mining, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, private equity, retail, social sector, technology, telecommunications and tourism.

Consulting 60

Consulting Tourism Telecommunications Automotive 60

Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

However, due to its rich history in the region, the firm knows the market deeper, better, and has the best government and private sector relationships. Dubai is one of the firm’s newest offices, and for good reason – the city is a hot spot for tourism, real estate investment, trade, transportation, and financial services.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Real Estate 160

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Witness the rising popularity of yoga and wellness retreats (one of fastest growing sectors of the tourism industry), the slow food movement, and the spreading popularity of digital detoxes: time away from tech devices. How are people coping? Increasingly, by seeking out opportunities to slow down.

Tourism 45

Tourism Fashion Transportation Hotels 45

Tom Spencer

APRIL 1, 2022

Aerospace is one of the fastest growing markets. While both the size of the market and its growth rate are both large, so is its carbon footprint. The Aviation Market. Ever since the Wright Brother’s famous first flight in 1903, the aviation market has gone nowhere but up. Market Watch. Market Watch.

Trends 88

Trends Engineering Travel Airlines 88

Strategy+Business

APRIL 8, 2015

Emerging economies are poised to attract tourism''s most lucrative niche market.'

Tourism 28

Tourism Conference Marketing 28

BCG

JUNE 2, 2016

Cuba has taken steps toward opening its market and loosening the rules governing private businesses, and it has made overtures toward reestablishing international trade. A third will analyze the country’s travel and tourism industry. Restrictions on trade and travel are easing. This article is the second in a series.

Tourism 40

Tourism Travel Retail Government 40

1 to 1

JULY 29, 2022

Insights into what customers want and need are more important than ever as the economy and market conditions change. And inquiries about loyalty rewards were common across nearly all industries — retail, public sector, automotive and manufacturing, travel and tourism, insurance, finance.

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Data Apparel Automotive Balance Sheet 29

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

They fear a decline in activity in tourism and catering that would inevitably damage employment. They fear a decline in activity in tourism and catering that would inevitably damage employment. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

Tourism 28

Tourism Government Data Management 28

MishTalk

APRIL 10, 2014

The Los Angeles 2020 Commission presented a catalog of failings that it said were a unique burden to the city: widespread poverty and job stagnation, huge municipal pension obligations, a struggling port and tourism industry and paralyzing traffic that would not be eased even with a continuing multibillion-dollar mass transit initiative.

Study 76

Study Tourism Report Resources 76

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Though the firm’s background is exclusively in pricing, in more recent years it has been breaking into other practice areas such as strategy, marketing, and sales. In 1996, Simon-Kucher opened an office in Boston and began to put more of a focus on its other three practice areas: strategy, marketing, and sales. What does this mean?

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Interviews Culture Case Interview Automotive 100

Comatch

APRIL 29, 2022

Looking at Europe’s biggest consulting markets, we see the highest share of women in our French network with 24%. Air transport and tourism. The highest share of female consultants is in Marketing and HR. . When it comes to our proprietary study, we found that only 19% of the independent consultants in the network are female.

Consulting 52

Consulting Study Travel Tourism 52

MishTalk

JANUARY 26, 2014

In Emerging Market Contagion Spreads , I presented a viewpoint that emerging market currencies have been under pressure because of falling commodity prices. To be fair, quite a few emerging market currencies as well as the currencies of developed countries that are large commodity exporters have been under pressure for some time.

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Balance Sheet Banking Tourism Sports 78

MishTalk

AUGUST 5, 2014

Estimated Losses Greek tourism expects the move to cost $400 million. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Aeroflot was the worst performing stock in Moscow on Tuesday, closing down 5.9 pct compared with a 1.4 percent drop on the broad index.

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Airlines Tourism Transportation Operations 76

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

But peruse some of the recent headlines about Iran , and you might wonder whether the market’s potential was overstated. However, despite a weakened economy, political tensions, market uncertainty, and the lingering effects of sanctions, Iran remains an important opportunity for multinationals in emerging markets.

Tourism 28

Tourism Banking Hotels Financial 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 18, 2015

One widely recognized "big loser" is the tourism industry. Net-net this is likely to be a loser for the tourism industry, but it may not be the total carnage most expect. SMI Swiss Market Index In two days the Swiss stock market plunged 1375 points, from a high of 9274 to a close of 7899, a decline of nearly 15%.

Tourism 28

Tourism Banking Hotels Financial 28

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

To prepare for these events, Brazil and Russia are spending billions to modernize infrastructure, build stadiums, increase commerce, and promote tourism. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

Tourism 71

Tourism Sports Study Analysis 71

MishTalk

AUGUST 28, 2013

That and a drop in unemployment figures, largely considered to be a result of seasonal hiring in the tourism industry, are the first signs of the "light at the end of the tunnel" that the government has been promising since initiating a series of deeply unpopular austerity measures. The average Joe on the Street knows Rajoy is a liar.

Tourism 73

Tourism Banking Government Construction 73

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2016

In a previous piece I discussed why some AR apps are destined to be forgotten as gimmicks, and what mistakes marketers should avoid when trying to deploy them. The application was one of the first marketing campaigns that allowed interaction with a digital model in real time. Aside from complex technological advances (e.g.,

Tourism 34

Tourism Fashion Software Development 34

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

With expanding middle classes demanding more-comprehensive care, governments of these emerging markets are under pressure to invest as chronic disease rates — particularly those related to Western lifestyles — dramatically increase and the average age of their once-young populations begins to rise.

Tourism 28

Tourism Pharmaceuticals System Construction 28

MishTalk

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Jose Manuel Soria, the Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism said that it appears that there is a direct relationship between the injection of gas into the underground Castor warehouse and earthquakes. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

Real Estate 77

Real Estate Tourism Government Energy 77

Harvard Business

MAY 27, 2016

Instead of getting into a price war or squabbling over a shrinking market, both disruptors and incumbents find new ways to create value. This benefits customers – both the high-end customers being chased by incumbents, and the low-end or middle-market consumers being served by disruptors — and the industry at large.

Airlines 36

Airlines Travel Industry Efficiency 36

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Or consider Great Britain’s tourism campaign. So Coke decided to sell bottles and cans labeled with hundreds of common names. And consumers were invited to request their own customized cans. Sales turned around, rising 2.5 percent in just 12 weeks. They submitted more than 13,000 names and voted on their favorites.

Productivity 35

Productivity Film Tourism Sales 35

Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2016

” But how many travelers can “live there” before Airbnb accepts that it has become a vehicle for mass tourism, and that its users are tourists, no more and no less? Meanwhile, the mayors of 10 major markets around the globe are starting a task force to construct a common response to the problems that Airbnb brings.

Tourism 28

Tourism Travel Government Data 28

MishTalk

JUNE 14, 2015

But it would service all private loans with the strategic objective to regain market access a few years later. Of the quarter that is not, most comes from tourism, which would benefit from devaluation. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

Tourism 28

Tourism Government Finance Financial 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 20, 2015

One widely recognized "big loser" is the tourism industry. The soaring Swiss franc that caused howls in financial markets is creating a bonanza in stores, where shoppers are suddenly getting discounts on everything from vegetables to party dresses. The recent move in the Swiss franc puts a spotlight on the issue. I commented.

Banking 28

Banking Travel Hotels Retail 28

Confessions of a Consultant

APRIL 16, 2017

Financial market liquidity, G.D.P. More importantly, it completely ignores the group with the most important role in regulating the property market – the Government. The reduction of complexity to simplicity quickly followed by the immediate search for the guilty. Comatose might be closer to the mark.

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Government Development Tourism Financial 40

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2018

Capital markets, as a whole, are also moving in this direction. In turn, this will foster better social outcomes and create new markets and consumer segments. A significant majority of citizens want changes to how society governs itself —and therefore how problems get solved—and also changes to the corporate status quo.

Nonprofit 37

Nonprofit Government Company Operations 37

Management Consulted

MARCH 27, 2015

We climbed a volcano and met the President of Nicaragua in a market. In Guatemala, I researched cultural tourism and Spanish immersion training. While we were waiting at the border, we met people from a small city in California that I eventually (through an unusual chain of events) moved to 6 years later.

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Bain Consulting Travel Study 100

MishTalk

JANUARY 5, 2015

I believe there are plenty of solutions, some short-term, some long-term, all of them free-market based. For example, heart surgery in the US that may cost $30,000 (or far more), can be had in India for as little as $8,000 (see my post on Medical Tourism ). No Easy Solution? Peter from Canada says there are no easy solutions.

Healthcare 28

Healthcare Insurance Insurance Pharmaceuticals 28

Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2018

Only a minority of firms is well ahead in planning and preparing a UK market strategy. This group should represent a variety functions within the organization exposed to Brexit: supply chain, channel managers, procurement, marketing, sales, public affairs, governance, and financial controlling, among others. How to Plan for Brexit.

Operations 28

Operations Sales Analysis Tourism 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Airbnb, valued this year at $30 billion, recently announced that it will start selling “experiences” — small tourism projects — as a way to create new revenue streams and address the increased regulatory scrutiny in some of its bigger markets. Branding and marketing. Sales force.

Productivity 28

Productivity Tourism Sales Fashion 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2016

He wanted to expand tourism to the country in number of visitors and by attracting tourists to areas formerly ruled by guerillas. Meanwhile, the country will continue to remain as isolated from global markets as it was before the referendum. But Uribe’s voice spoke louder.

Leadership 36

Leadership Government Tourism Emotional Intelligence 36

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

And who knows what virtual reality might end up doing to tourism levels? Friedman’s declaration that the world is flat was motivated by the example of Indian software. But developments such as robotics and 3-D printing might end up reducing rather than increasing trade levels, depending on how quickly their costs drop.

Transportation 28

Transportation Tourism Software Video 28