by annapollock@me.com | Nov 28, 2012 | MOVE, Place
A consistent theme of this blog, that will persist until The Shift/The Transition/The Great Turning/The Great Disruption is over, relates to the power of paradigms to shape behaviour. A perceptive reader will notice that I haven’t used the word paradigm much because I...
by annapollock@me.com | Nov 26, 2012 | MOVE
Some hoteliers hate them, many consumers and cash strapped property owners love them – and so do I. There’s no doubt that Airbnb is proving to be a highly creative and gutsy source of disruptive innovation and, what’s really exciting, is that...
by annapollock@me.com | Nov 16, 2012 | MOVE
I’ve always had a huge problem with destination branding.This problem, this “dis-ease’ always flares up when I attend World Travel Market where the end result of millions of dollars spent on branding is experienced as an homogenous, coma inducing...
by annapollock@me.com | Nov 13, 2012 | MOVE
Thanks to a sharing in Facebook’s Responsible Networking Group – thank you Jeremy Smith and Ethical Traveller, Catherine Mack – I was introduced to StoryMap.ie and heard myself (there was no one else to hear) let out an almighty YEEEEES! I...
by annapollock@me.com | Nov 8, 2012 | MOVE
The tourism sector (Samoa’s primary source of foreign exchange that contributes around 30% of GDP) could be prospering and thriving and, in just a few years, could become a destination envied by many in the developing and developed world. The fact that tourism IS...
