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Our Physical World Has Changed: Augmented Reality in Tourism

Tom Spencer

Augmented reality operates by transforming data and analytics into information and images which are overlaid on the real world. Trainees with AR assistance are 35% more time efficient than trainees using traditional 2D documentation, and 90% more likely to perform an operation correctly the first time. AR in the Tourism Sector.

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

If the aviation industry continues down the path of high CO 2 emissions, what will happen when new aerospace markets open: sub-orbital travel, supersonic flight, and space hotels? Sub-orbital travel, popularized in 2021 by Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk, is projected to become a $3.5 Billion industry by 2027. Other Trends.

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The Reason Air Travel Is Terrible and So Few Airlines Are Profitable

Harvard Business

Finally, they would take over the international air travel market. Today, air taxi companies operate in a similar fashion to the Southwest of yore. Then they would move upmarket to regional flights, private aviation, and eventually, national flights. Of course, Southwest is a lone bright spot in an otherwise stagnant industry.

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Russia Ponders Russian Airspace No-Fly Zone for EU Commercial and Passenger Jets

MishTalk

Low-cost carrier Dobrolyot, operated by Aeroflot, suspended all flights last week after its airline leasing agreement was cancelled under European Union sanctions because it flies to Crimea, a region Russia annexed from Ukraine in March. Estimated Losses Greek tourism expects the move to cost $400 million. pct compared with a 1.4

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Why Public Health Organizations Should Partner with Academic Institutes - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM QATAR FOUNDATION

Harvard Business

In October, Sidra performed the country’s first separation surgery of conjoined twins, paving the way for complex pediatric surgeries and eliminating the local need to travel abroad for rare and complex conditions.

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What I Learned from Leading a Tunisian Ministry During the Arab Spring

Harvard Business

I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down. It was a hopeful moment across the region and particularly in Tunisia. How could I refuse?

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

We are working with a large travel and tourism firm to introduce a system for real-time employee feedback. Organizations often seem obsessed by measuring fractional shifts in operational performance, capturing data on sales, inventory turns, and manufacturing efficiency. Capture Reference Data About Current Change Projects.