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 | Oct 23, 2012 | Conscious Travel, Mindsets, MOVE, Place, Value & Views
If I had to summarize what Conscious Travel is all about in just three words I’d use: Value, Mindset, Place Value The biggest tragedy associated with mass, industrial tourism is that it is selling itself, the rest of humanity and the planet short. Ironically, this is...
by annapollock@me.com | Aug 27, 2012 | MOVE
It was November 2001 at WTM and we were reeling from the impact of 9/11 and the aftermath of the dotcom crash. Thousands of IT specialists were out of work; CRM was the latest “new thing” as were XML, “web services” and...
by annapollock@me.com | Apr 20, 2012 | MOVE
and why Conscious Hosts Will be Indigenous While I also subscribe to the importance of the journey and, where possible, would prefer to travel slowly and savour the transition from the familiar to the unknown, most times I have to fly. Then I stop being a traveler...