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Why interrogating your data leads to better decisions

Chartered Management Institute

One CMgr was helping to sift through the data… After leaving JD Wetherspoon after 23 years in various management roles, Richard Bond CMgr MCMI decided to try his hand at management consulting, specialising in hospitality. Richard joined the team reviewing qualifications and curriculums in the hospitality, catering, travel and tourism sectors.

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How to Lead in High Turbulence – 5 Lessons from the Tunisian revolution

Strategy Driven

Build bonds to strengthen trust. Because of this, tourism, one of the country’s biggest income generators, has plummeted leaving it in an economically weakened state. Big problems need big solutions and you can’t come up with great ideas when you are bogged down with e-mails and day to day issues. But that’s also how business is.

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What I Learned from Leading a Tunisian Ministry During the Arab Spring

Harvard Business Review

Build bonds to strengthen trust. Because of this, tourism, one of the country’s biggest income generators, has plummeted, leaving it in an economically weakened state. Big problems need big solutions and you can’t come up with great ideas when you are bogged down with e-mails and day to day issues.

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The Brand Benefits of Places Like the Guinness Storehouse

Harvard Business Review

In fact, while the total tourism market in Amsterdam grew 19 percent from 2009 to 2014, the Heineken Experience grew 143 percent. People crave the kinds of meaningful moments, shared experiences and emotional bonds — or what I call “emotional souvenirs” — that brand homes can provide. The New Tools of Marketing.

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Case Study: Should an Emerging-Market Incubator Help U.S. Businesses?

Harvard Business Review

They’d bonded over their Miami roots and their desire to make a difference in the world, and soon they began developing Helena’s idea into a fully fledged organization. Helena had dreamed of starting a nonprofit that would seek out, mentor, and support high-potential entrepreneurs in Latin America.