The Horizons Tracker

MAY 28, 2020

Travel has been disrupted, tourism has shriveled, healthcare systems have come under intense strain, and factory output has withered. Many economists were predicting a global recession before the coronavirus crisis, but the prognosis now is even gloomier. Now is the time to truly live up to that ideal. Link ideas to actions.

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Hamel Leadership Supply Chain Tourism 115

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

We live in very unusual times, and so business ideas that may have been excellent just 18 months ago may be poor ideas now – businesses focused around live events or tourism are a good example. Are these all things you are already doing? If so, then you could well be ready to begin actioning your plans for your new venture.

Company 84

Company Tourism Industry Marketing 84

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Salt Lake City, in particular, hosts the headquarters of some major players, such as Wells Fargo, which runs its western operations from here. You Can Often Find Work in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector The tourism industry in Utah is in rude health. It has firmly become a thriving hub for finance and banking professionals.

Real Estate 65

Real Estate Tourism Finance Automotive 65

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

These are jobs that were able to migrate online pretty easily, with data suggesting that well over half of IT workers had been operating from home and nearly half of professional services workers during 2021. Roles in these areas account for around 22% of all employment in the city, compared to just 14% for the country as a whole.

Tourism 88

Tourism Survey Human Capital Long-term 88

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The challenges of city centers have been compounded by the shortage of tourism that would also provide economic heft to so many. operating at around 30-40% of normal levels. This has been driven in large part by the malaise of city center environments that have become ghost towns without the lifeblood of workers that sustain them.

Reis 80

Reis Transportation Real Estate Tourism 80

Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2015

The client is opening new locations in new communities and asks its consultants to formulate a plan of action and oversee operating aspects. Multiple companies find that doing business in a new country is easier when a consortium operates. A group of consultants offer their collective talents to clients on a contract basis.

Cooper 50

Cooper Open-book Tourism Telecommunications 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2018

When your operational and back office processes are aligned you work efficiently and productively. The most obvious sector to benefit is the tourism industry, but other sectors can thrive by appealing to non-English speakers – we all have the same needs and requirements. Your processes are A1.

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Audience Niche Marketing How To Marketing Strategy 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 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. I ended up with that job and found out what it really means to lead in a high turbulence environment.

How To 50

How To Chief Information Officer Politics Tourism 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

But it also has implications for areas outside of entertainment, such as marketing, fashion, tourism, and retail, where commercial AR apps have already been increasing in numbers and popularity. Apps developed for tourism purposes started appearing in the 2000s, but initially they were predominantly created in university labs.

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Tourism Technology Content Fashion 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

On a recent trip, he briefed me on his business plan and on the school's operations with the maturity and confidence of a seasoned entrepreneur. Across the world, Opportunity's field operations couple our financial products with training, preventative health education, and much more.

Microfinance 9

Microfinance Rogers Tourism Engineering 9

Harvard Business Review

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.

Organization 14

Organization Content Education Tourism 14

Harvard Business Review

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.

Politics 14

Politics Chief Information Officer Tourism Environment 14

Harvard Business Review

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.

Airlines 14

Airlines Travel Industry Price 14

HR Digest

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Sectors like healthcare, emergency services, and manufacturing often require continuous operations, making a shorter workweek impractical. A shorter workweek could also revitalize local economies by encouraging people to spend more time in their communities, supporting local businesses and boosting tourism.

Tourism 104

Tourism Industry Long-term Creativity 104

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2015

Innovation tourism: it’s a thing. Typically, tourism involves guided tours, pitch events, conferences with lots of panels, and well-planned visits to companies, universities, and government agencies tasked with increasing entrepreneurship and innovation. In sum, innovation tourism is not really tourism.

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Tourism Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

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.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Maybe, even, another Chinese big-dreamer would be Huang Nubo, founder and chairman of Beijing Zhongkun Investment Group, who is both a philanthropist (at Beijing University) and an entrepreneur who tried to buy 300 square kilometers of land in Northwestern Iceland as a site for Chinese tourism and leisure.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Proposal Stage-Gate Disruptive Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

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.

Planning 8

Planning Supply Chain Strategic Planning Price 8

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Despite the inflation, the travel and tourism industry has not been stuck facing the same scale of losses that they had encountered during the COVID-19 period. According to Reuters , this strike began at a time when the industry saw a 9% increase in Labor Day weekend domestic travel compared to the year before.

Hotels 52

Hotels Press Release Tourism Meyer 52

Harvard Business Review

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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Project Productivity Products Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Thanks to Airbnb, more people will travel, bringing more tourism dollars to more people in the countries they travel to, creating more profits and distributing them more fairly. This frugal solution is built around affordable and easy-to-use medical devices that can be operated by nurses in rural clinics.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

operations. The local economy hadn’t diversified beyond its base in tourism and real estate into fast-growing areas such as health care or bioscience, and entrepreneurial success stories were few and far between. Miami’s median income was 10 times that of most of the cities where Unamano operated.

Case Study 8

Case Study Incubator Marketing Real Estate 8

Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2020

When the pandemic shut Los Angeles County down, the Food Bank and its distribution partners were overwhelmed with a whole new set of middle-class workers who had lost their jobs in hospitality, retail, tourism and entertainment. Especially in high stress times, the organization and your family and friends need you to stay healthy.

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Banking Rogers Leadership Tourism 246

Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

Vertical integration extended their chain of operations, bringing inside their boundaries suppliers at one end (“upstream”) and customers at the other (“downstream”). Thus, the businesses in a city — hotels, restaurants, theatres — might affiliate to promote local tourism.

Organization 286

Organization Outsourcing Mintzberg Core Competence 286

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

Segway ended up lowering its prices and focusing mainly on police, industrial, and tourism markets—and sold 24,000 over the first five years (or roughly 2,576,000 fewer units and about $13 billion less in revenue than expected), at lower margins. It comes down to respect and fairness, and many leaders fail the test.

How To 78

How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 78

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2016

This still renders Turkey as a good base of operations for many international businesses that are invested in the Middle East, Balkans, and the Caucasus – inherently high-risk areas. Terrorism impacts tourism, but not for as long as you might think. That’s less time than from a natural disaster or political unrest.

Tourism 14

Tourism Politics Uncertainty Price 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

. “To prosper over time,” he argued, “companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.” Through a well-structured operating process, partners expand and align their efforts and draw on comparative strengths.

Company 14

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The report has some additional good case studies in the watch, leather, diamond, and eco-tourism realms. Mines are immense operations that can impoverish people and land — or create jobs and build the economy. None of this is easy or obvious. This industry has some tough history to reconcile. Slavery is still a problem.

Brand 8

Brand Supply Chain Apparel Tourism 8

Harvard Business Review

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.

Company 8

Company Management Metrics Tools 8

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Many cities and areas are still not opening up fully to tourism and related trade. The hospitality and entertainment industry is still not fully operational. Resistance to vaccines, the appearance of virus variants, and risky behavior have seen that the virus remains a threat.

Hotels 98

Hotels Supply Chain Tourism Proposal 98

Harvard Business Review

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?

Travel 14

Travel Airlines Company Hotels 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2011

Religious tourism already feeds the economies in Israel and Palestine, as well as the surrounding area. In 2000, before the most recent insanity of violence, tourism brought in $3.2 It presumes that companies will be able to integrate the operations of their complementary plants in the area. billion in revenues for Israel.

Tourism 16

Tourism Committee Real Estate GDP 16

Harvard Business Review

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.

Globalization 12

Globalization Tourism Proposal Airlines 12