Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
This week I addressed the issue of General Sales Agents (GSA). In general, the GSA is a very good idea. If you cannot afford your own staff, why not share with other companies just as yours? There are two major hurdles: 1. In many cases, the GSA is considered a “second class employee”, as they [...]
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Thanks to last weeks blog and the war-situation between Russia and Georgia, this week, I had a rather emotional and some more reasoned discussions about the Russian Tourism Market. There are many obstacles that were addressed, but I found only very few being valid. ยป Understanding travel as an economic factor. According to Wikipedia, travel [...]
No? I couldn’t make you consider eating that scorpion? Hmm… How about Lobster? Shrimp? That is something different? Okay. They live in the sea, they are larger. But matter of fact, they both are crustaceans! [1] So what are cultural differences all about? I was asked lately – by a beautiful lady I must admit [...]