dimanche 18 avril 2010

Big Cloud over our heads




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Hey guys, I am stuck in Nice Beacause of volcanic ash from Iceland.
This eruption that started that last for 4 days have since then paralysed international and national air traffic causing thousands of air travellers to stop reorganize their trip.
Obviously this situation is out of everyone's control and its economic impact is estimated to 10 Billion dollars and touches all industries that rely on airtransportation. It wiil eventually cause holiday cancellations and probably reduce short term demand.

It is difficult to estimate how long the volcano will continue to errupt and spread ash in the sky.
I hope I will get a train tomorrow morning for Paris, otherwise I'll wait until it clears out.....




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vendredi 9 avril 2010

SMO

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lundi 5 avril 2010

Jesse Schell: When games invade real life

Scaring gaming entering our lifes

This video is so frightening!
I can do nothing but imagine the path we are taking toward those kind of earning points games. Actually if we glance at what is called loyalty cards, we can assume that is looks like the beginning of a new era. I saw no later than last week that a car brand just launched a new model and offer to people a magazine with a video you can watch inside it (this was only for advertising purpose.... But it make me wonder how far we are going into the use of new technology. We can easily imagine hoteliers using this method to boost brochures acceptance for potential clients to present their rooms, and facilities via video. ...

jeudi 1 avril 2010

Social Media and hotels

I've just understood how wonderful it is to use ping.fm application