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Siena by Car - "You Idiot"

Chris Brady

As my five and six year old can only handle so manysteps taken in the name of tourism, and since their appreciation for Gothicarchitecture and the history of Tuscany’s artists hasn’t quite reached fullmaturity, conserving their travel distance is a great strategy for extendingthe potential time for touring. Things wereworking out swimmingly.

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New Report: We're Not As Connected As We Think

Harvard Business Review

We compare trends across 10 distinct types of flows within its 4 pillars: trade (merchandise and services), capital (FDI and portfolio equity), information (internet bandwidth, telephone calls, trade in printed publications), and people (tourism, international education, migration). •

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50 Laboratories of Opportunity

Harvard Business Review

And North Dakota's economy is thriving: it has one of the lowest unemployment figures in the nation; and the real estate prices have been going up since the 2008 financial crisis. Is it possible that local funding could help bolster tourism in Florida, biotechnology in California, publishing in New York, and agriculture in Iowa?

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The Mainstreaming of Augmented Reality: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

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. The first commercial AR application appeared in 2008. These early systems superimposed virtual information on the physical environment (e.g.,

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A Plan to Revitalize Greece

Harvard Business Review

Greece is finally showing signs of recovering from its 2008 crash. It can improve its competitiveness by reducing costs in its traditional sectors, such as tourism, agriculture, and trade. It can improve its competitiveness by reducing costs in its traditional sectors, such as tourism, agriculture, and trade.

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London Succeeds in Its Olympic Trials

Harvard Business Review

For the 2008 Games, China built a spectacle of unmatchable scale , with a budget of some $80 billion. million cost of the tower has been covered by the Mittal Family, with a small subsidy from the London Authority looking to drive tourism post-Games. Day one of the 100-day planning process was a particularly somber one.

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The Gulf Spill: BP Still Doesn’t Get It

In the CEO Afterlife

More recently, the BP-sponsored Gulf Coast tourism TV campaign has implied that everything is back to normal. The ”Health safety environment” theme contains zero releases since 2008. No doubt, substantial reparative progress has been made. But does the latest ad make you feel any better about the offender?