A new breed of tourists known as the Instagram Tourists have become a rage in several parts of the world. The moment any spot- on earth becomes famous in the said social media platform, it doesn’t take long before the place gets flooded by these tourists. Destinations tend to leverage such photogr.....

  Mass tourism can never be a bad thing, in revenue terms at least. In Spain, tourism accounts for more than a tenth of the country’s GDP. Yet criticism is mounting for tourism, especially in some cities such as Barcelona which are seeing massive anti-tourist movements. This is primarily d.....

At the recent Mediterranean Resort and Hotel Real Estate Forum (MR&H), it was reported that the Mediterranean has cemented its position as the largest inbound tourism zone in the world. It accounts for approximately a third of international arrivals and roughly similar a share of the revenues. T.....

Scotland has always been renowned for its whiskies but now the Visit Scotland campaign seeks to leverage this for tourism purposed by twinning it with craft beers and salmon. This segment alone has the potential to generate revenues worth £900 million annually as per a tourism consulting report sub.....

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) recently released its 2017 Benchmarking Report on the state of health of the industry. Some interesting finds emerge. One such is that tourism jobs are twice as numerous as finance ones and five times more than those in chemical manufacturing. The contribu.....

Barely 3 hours’ driving distance away from the bustling metropolis of Bangalore, lies a small town called Malavalli which has created quite a niche for itself in the area of responsible tourism. While the area and the larger Mandya district within which it lies, may not be able to compet.....

  Jordan is must visit destination for a Globe Trotter. The country has Dead Sea which is the lowest point of the world, Jerash which is the best roman architecture outside Italy, Wadi Rum also known as the valley of moon and the wonder of the world – Petra. The country has a lot to cont.....

In business parlance, there is a concept known as – ‘first mover advantage’. This implies that there are certain demands that people have but they are unaware of and when someone does execute a working plan of the same, the firm gets derives instant success purely out of its status to have en.....

In earlier decades, it was possible for business managers to rise up the ranks by learning tricks of the trade along the way. Management training and development was organized by the respective companies themselves. Now things have changed with the decline of these academy companies, even onboarding.....

Gamification is proving to be a great success in the field of employees’ corporate training. It is a more engaging method enabling thorough understanding of the situation while also getting some fun and frolic. Gamification enables employees greater psychological reward and research has proven tha.....

Gamification refers to the use of game elements into non-game situations. Increasingly it is being made use of in corporate training. It is particularly helpful in re-skilling which refers to contexts where employees already possess a certain skills set, but need to upgrade due to technological disr.....

Managing digital transformation is the key to success in the e-commerce field. A different mindset is needed instead of the conventional retail ideas. But commonly some steps have been found that are symptoms of mismanagement affecting such firms. The first such symptom is a lack of customer engagem.....

Any advertisement for a business school or training agency is bound to throw up some common parameters. While there may be others, the most common point found more often than not is the advertisement on the credentials of the teachers / trainers. The more the degrees achieved, more prestigious the i.....