MishTalk

AUGUST 5, 2014

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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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

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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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Sidra also ushered in an era of medical tourism in Qatar when a prematurely-born baby was flown to Qatar from Kuwait for an emergency operation to correct a heart defect, at just 29 days old.

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Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2016

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. And so the turbulence continues.

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Harvard Business

MAY 27, 2016

Today, air taxi companies operate in a similar fashion to the Southwest of yore. ” Airlines are also pursuing efficiency in ways customers don’t see so easily, such as reducing the number of short-haul flights they offer and centralizing passengers in large airports. And there is a sense in which poor regulation is to blame.

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Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

Compared to most oil-rich countries in the Middle East, Iran has a diversified economy, its tourism sector is on the verge of a major windfall, and threats to its political stability are in decline. The country’s tourism sector attracted fewer than five million visitors in 2014 while neighboring Turkey attracted 39 million people.

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Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2018

If the supplier had used its 2016–2017 sales data, which showed greater demand for its products as a result of the boom in UK tourism, to predict future results and set next year’s strategy, it may have overestimated future performance and ended up with too much inventory, higher costs, and pressure to discount heavily to move product.

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freshminds

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Not only does learning another language make yourself available for roles in teaching, translating, tourism, and more; it can also strengthen your CV in a range of other ways. And, with many organisations operating internationally – an ability to understand and translate communications from another country is extremely valuable.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 1, 2022

The test showed no observable operational difference between the two. 10 Ways Airlines Use Artificial Intelligence and Data Science to Improve Operations. Space Tourism Market Share 2021 : Global Industry Size, Growth, Trend, Demand, Top Players, Opportunities and Forecast to 2026 with Leading Regions and Countries Data.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2017

It now has around 10,000 operating projects. 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.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 20, 2015

One widely recognized "big loser" is the tourism industry. TUI Suisse, one of Switzerland’s biggest tour operators, cut prices by 15% on vacation packages to sunny destinations around Mediterranean Sea. The recent move in the Swiss franc puts a spotlight on the issue. For example, on Sunday, in Swiss Peg Removal: Did Anyone Win?

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2017

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.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 27, 2015

And I didn’t know how to operate. In Guatemala, I researched cultural tourism and Spanish immersion training. That first month on the road, this hit me in the face – for the first time in my life, I wasn’t paid or graded to do anything. I didn’t have to please anyone else. I couldn’t accumulate anything.

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Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2017

Aside from another terrorist group disrupting world-wide travel operations at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars , the other big winners from an increased ban could be foreign intelligence services. According to statistics published by the National Trade and Tourism Office, 1.9 Or uploading hard-to-detect spyware?

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

So will people inflows for other purposes, like university studies and tourism. The cross-border movement of people is of direct interest to certain types of firms, including airlines, operators of duty-free stores, and wire transfer firms. (At multinationals abroad and multinationals from elsewhere that seek to operate in the U.S.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 5, 2015

Non-Emergency Surgery Most major operations can be performed 50-80% cheaper in India, Europe, or the Caribbean. 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 ).

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