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Big Business gets bailouts, small tourism businesses go bust: Germany’s TUI (Published 19 May, 2020 in LinkedIn)

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This morning I was contacted by a reporter for the German public broadcaster BR24 who asked if I still had copies of TUI’s annual reports that I had analyzed and referenced in my book on tourism and tax avoidance entitled “Sun & Sea Tourism: Fantasy and Finance of the All-Inclusive Industry”. According to the reporter …

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Are you truly committed to supporting local businesses post-pandemic? Consider this. (Published June 11, 2020 on LinkedIn)

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On May 21st, the Canadian Hotel Investment Conference organized a round-table with four Canadian hospitality CEOs: Accor, Marriott, Choice, and Oxford Properties. The comment that struck me was “unbranded hotels will learn the importance of using one of our brands”. Yet survey after survey shows that Millennials seek authenticity, the antithesis of operation standardization signaled …

Are you truly committed to supporting local businesses post-pandemic? Consider this. (Published June 11, 2020 on LinkedIn) Read More »