“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay home.” – James Michener Reality is Harsh There are at least two sides to the Caribbean tourism industry: the side travelers experience as they transit from airports in air-conditioned vans and limos to their hotels, and the locals’ […]
Airplanes: Part of the COVID-19 Problem
Since the beginning of COVID-19, many people have stopped flying! Why? The reasons are multiple and complex. Business travel has declined thanks to Zoom and other remote meeting options. International restrictions on American passports has put a crimp in leisure travel, and 24/7 media coverage of the virus and its spread has convinced us that the […]
Hotels and Airlines Claim Deep Cleaning: What Does It Mean?
Generation Clean We have gone through Baby Boomers, Generation X, and the Millennials; now the marketing focus is on deep cleaning with Generation Clean. People are intensely concerned with their health and safety since the COVID-19 attack. This focus is and will continue to impact and ultimately change the hospitality, travel and tourism industry. The apparent inability to […]
Don’t Travel Stark-Naked: Make a Jewelry Statement
If your ears, neck, wrists, and fingers are bare, you must have missed the memo, “Jewelry is an important part of being a c-suite executive.” Whether traveling to the office on Long Island or to Milan for a meeting, jewelry immediately signals corporate status. Annual jewelry global sales are healthy, growing at 5-6 percent per year. […]
NYC Winter Show: A treasure trove for hotel interior designers
If you love beautiful things like jewelry, sculpture, lamps, art and antiques, there is no better place to get your “fix” of fabulous furnishings and jewels than at the annual Winter Show at New York’s Park Avenue Armory – now celebrating its 65th anniversary. The event is directed by Helen Allen. The program is supported […]
Live like a local in Nassau, Bahamas
Travel destination – the Bahamas – is a Caribbean archipelago located off the coast of Florida with a long history of colonization. The Bahamas is a Caribbean archipelago located off the coast of Florida with a long history of colonization; however, the country became independent from the UK in 1973. With a population of approximately […]