IPhone Baby born

Last week, This article found in "The Sun" particualarly caught my attention and I defenitely wanted to share it with my blog's readers.

First, when I saw the title, I really thought that this article was about creating a new "buzzz" among the other on the net. Then I really undersatood the point and what it was all about. Actually, it relates the life of a couple that have had their first child born thanks to an IPhone application. Yes, this is real!!! The concerned couple have been trying for almost 4 years until Lena (the mother) discovered the app that she thought was her last chance. This event really shows to what extent Apple uses scientific rules to help people. However, it looks like a weird picture: "born thanks to the Iphone". Giving birth through the use of technology is all but surprising but it is more and more accessible to individuals. that might constitute a potential danger for those who could think they could switch the doctor appointment to the benefit of IPhones' medical applications and care by their own whenever they have a trouble without personnalized services....

Former hotel manager admits $300,000 theft

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When reading this article, I was so amaized that I wondered what would be client's possible reaction to that? Well, considering Hotels managers stilling money from a place they are supposed to manage, by guarantying a certain harmony, satisfation and level of confidence for both their employees and clients, that situation looks unsane. Unfortunatly, theft is a problem all kind of comapanies worldwide experiment. Considering those facts, how could we blame clients for taking hotel's towel or accessories in their luggage? Obviously, that comment goes a little deeper that and with all the efforts that are already made by hoteliers for preventing those crimes, there will always be some smart fox that will get around with that. And other caught up.

Cornell Study Finds that Guests Want to Know Hotels' Rate Rules :: Hotel News Resource

Cornell Study Finds that Guests Want to Know Hotels' Rate Rules :: Hotel News Resource

Hotels' guest tend to think that "rate-changing rules are unfair" that is exactly what the study “How Hotel Guests Perceive the Fairness of Differential Room Pricing,” by Wayne Taylor and Sheryl Kime reveal in their book. Actually, it is not surprising that clients doubt of the fairness of hotel's prices. I remember when I was doing my internship in Garden Beach Hotel in Juan-les-Pins, we had regular clients that wanted us to apply the same rate whenever the period they came. That is a typical example of regular or occasional guest lack of education toward rate management system. Well then if we explain them why they can not have this particular rate instead of saying "it's ok for having the same rate this time", they will probably stop negotiating.

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“The decade in travel: technology and tourism”’

This is it! As we step back and consider how a 10 years ago trip looked like, it is particularly true as mention in “The decade in travel: technology and tourism”’s article, that in less than one decade factors like technology and terrorism have given another meaning to travelling but also have completely changed its shapes together with its contain.
Among them, September 11th‘s attack in NY and other terrorism attempt in flights. When we once used to travel with bottles and liquids of all kind in our bag, the psychoses’ has now led to the “strict minimum” to carry in a flight. Even the poor baby has seen his food diminished….. It is clear that security justify those measures but it turns out too extreme at some points and attention of security forces are not focused enough on finding the real and core source of damages.
Still, those elements have not been for long a dissuading purpose, even though it is no longer as enjoyable as it used to be. From delays, to luggage lost, passengers have several reasons to travel. As we notice, statistics regarding the increase of passengers’ numbers it is more than encouraging. New technologies, internet, globalisation, families spread outs, job requirement, and price decrease are the major reasons.
However, other types of travel like ship, have not been contaminated by internet, but still have completely changed their old fashioned identity to something trendy, where one can find distraction diversity with interesting packages that fit to different tastes and ages.

To conclude, I would say that travelling can be apprehended to a cycle that is constantly evolving but always reach its return. We should also reconsider carefully the attention we give to terrorism that have dangerous and powerful to frighten their target and that are always trying to get advanced in their tools. It is again part of the travelling changes and it is today among crucial debates on whether or not implementing body scan seen by many as a violation of human kind freedom.

On Twitter and in the Workplace, It's Power to the Connectors

This piece of though regarding the growing influence of Twitter in the business world is more than accurate if we consider what is happening in the web sphere. Apparently, the key success factor for contemporary career success resides essentially in a having a good network. However, it is challenging and it looks pretty tough to get one and leaders are in that sense privileged since it is much easier for them to get “followers” that redirect all kind of information. They need also to be persuasive and are usually great decision makers and visionary.
Nonetheless, networking reveals deep society changes and completely reverses the company decision making process. As a result, a qualitative issue can be raised out of it. Would someone known from a friend of a friend network be necessarily be more efficient and the best candidate comparing to a lambda candidate? I am not certain of that!
Anyway, as I mentioned before, the critical transformation we are facing requires some self adjustment and in the same time, being aware of the trend regarding networking gadget, choosing the right ones to settle in, those that are specific to our interests might be the fair solutions. Last but not least, we can say that “formal assignments” use quite always connector skills”, the mean might differ from virtual connector to real life connectors” but the result will be a gain of time and we can target the good person.

No one wins a race to the bottom

Believe me or not but discounted prices as well as as cut of price as been among the worst marketing strategy of 2009. Though it was considered by a majority of hotelier as the good marketing strategy during the challenging slowdown when demand was decreasing and the need for productivity were crucial. 2009 is over now and we have put a step forward in the a new decade 2010, but still we can find the several prints of the damages caused by strategy to face low occupancy level. The author make a good point in underling the importance for hoteliers of having a long-term strategy who often tend to respond "instinctively" to the immediate danger but do not figure out nor measure the further consequences of their act.
Now those who have implemented the bathrobe on demand strategy, have diminished not only guest experience but only their satisfaction and image.

At a time when guest positive experience is more valuable than anything else, let's try not to take away the ultimate....

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