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Our Physical World Has Changed: Augmented Reality in Tourism

Tom Spencer

Augmented Reality and Strategy. Augmented reality requires a strategy to ensure that the technology is not used merely as a toy but in order to lower costs within the supply chain or to increase the value provided to customers. AR in the Tourism Sector. We are now seeing augmented reality being deployed by industry.

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Creating Incentives to Reduce Healthcare Costs; Medical Tourism Can Save Us All Money

MishTalk

Graham explains How Domestic Medical Tourism Could Save Us All Money. One of the most under-reported medical success stories in recent years has been the increase in medical tourism: traveling abroad to get high-quality care at a fraction of what it would cost in the United States. An Opinion article in the Washington Post by John R.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East

Management Consulted

Strategy& (PwC). Ask any consultant about the Middle East, and Booz (now Strategy&) will be the first name on their lips! A little later, Booz was acquired by PwC and rebranded as Strategy& Now that our little history lesson is complete, let’s continue. Here we go! McKinsey & Company. McKinsey at #4?

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New Law in France: Limos Must Wait 15 Minutes Minimum Before Picking Up Rides

MishTalk

Note: "VTC" (Voiture de Tourisme avec Chauffeur) translates roughly as chauffeur driven touring car. According the Minister of Crafts, Trade and Tourism and the Interior Minister, the delay helps distinguish the activity of VTCs from taxis. Via translation from Les Echos, please consider Taxis against VTC: the conflict continues.

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Innovating the Mundane

Strategy+Business

Space tourism and self-driving cars are exciting to ponder, but what about just making our current systems work better?

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What is Consulting?

Tom Spencer

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.

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The Growing Business of Helping Customers Slow Down

Harvard Business

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. Recognizing our existential need to occasionally slow down can be the basis for winning consumer strategies.

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