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Overtourism is fake news. Sorry to disappoint you. 👨🏼🎓 Exactly 20 years ago, on September 27th, 2005, I defended my PhD at KU Leuven. The conclusion of six years of hard work. Six years of… | Jeroen Bryon, Ph.D | 30 comments
🌍 What does “𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙢” really mean? Sustainable tourism is defined by the 𝙐𝙉𝙒𝙏𝙊 as a way of traveling that takes into account its » 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 » : 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘, 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩. It aims to meet the 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨, 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨. 👥 But before overcomplicating things, let’s keep…
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Four Seasons is becoming the new Ritz-Carlton. And in case you forgot, Ritz-Carlton is just Marriott with lipstick. Every luxury brand follows the same cycle. At the beginning, it’s uncompromising,… | Thomas Brown | 107 comments
Four Seasons is becoming the new Ritz-Carlton. And in case you forgot, Ritz-Carlton is just Marriott with lipstick. Every luxury brand follows the same cycle. At the beginning, it’s uncompromising, rare, and obsessive about detail. Then institutional money arrives—private equity, sovereign capital, or public markets—and growth becomes the strategy. Standards bend, design flattens, and identity…
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Faroe Islands’ innovative approach to overtourism: self-navigating itineraries | Jeremy Jauncey posted on the topic | LinkedIn
📸 Before we posted a single “pretty picture”, we asked one question: What do travellers actually want to know about you? When I started working with Finca Curubanda, the temptation was to show off the beautiful waterfall we operate at, clients having fun, and landscapes. But here’s the catch: every project has that. It doesn’t differentiate…
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Most U.S. hotels won’t get robots anytime soon. But it’s not because the robots aren’t up to the job. IHG has deployed robots at dozens and dozens of its hotels in China, where they are performing… | Sean O’Neill | 20 comments
Most U.S. hotels won’t get robots anytime soon. But it’s not because the robots aren’t up to the job. IHG has deployed robots at dozens and dozens of its hotels in China, where they are performing well on tasks such as room service and basic cleaning. But! IHG is reluctant to bring them to the…
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Travel Tech Essentialist #185: Compounding
Compounding shows up in ways you don’t always measure. A growth loop kicks in. A simple tool quietly brings people in and routes them to the real product. A few words on a button tap into what people actually want. A founder shows up in the final mile and earns trust that lasts. And individual…
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Who’s Worth Listening To?
Everybody has one. That one friend you go to for recommendations. The one who knows exactly where to eat, what to stream, or which pair of shoes are actually worth the hype. They’re the person who spends hours going down rabbit holes, flipping through obscure magazines or lurking on niche online forums.Derek Guy, better known…
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How Many Searches Really Happen on ChatGPT? New Data = Refined Model
Overview For the past two years, everyone has been following ChatGPT’s meteoric rise. Headlines have made bold claims about its growth, with some wild predictions on how many people use it and how large it has become. But speculation isn’t enough – enterprises need grounded benchmarks. Back in early 2025, our team at seoClarity published…
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Lessons from Fortune Brainstorm Tech: AI adoption at scale | Saanya Ojha posted on the topic | LinkedIn
This week at Fortune Brainstorm Tech, I sat down with leaders actually responsible for implementing AI at scale – Deloitte, Blackstone, Amex, Nike, Salesforce, and more. The headlines on AI adoption are usually surveys or arm-wavy anecdotes. The reality is far messier, far more technical, and – if you dig into details – full of…
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Announcing Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) | Google Cloud Blog
Why is a protocol needed?AI agents are capable of transacting on behalf of users, which creates a need to establish a common foundation to securely authenticate, validate, and convey an agent’s authority to transact. While today’s payment systems generally assume a human is directly clicking « buy » on a trusted surface, the rise of autonomous agents…
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The Five Stages of Rate Parity Acceptance
Stage 3: Bargaining ⇒ “If I Try Harder, I Can Get It.”After the anger stage, a certain desperation sets in. You tell yourself if you do everything right, monitor channels, match promos, and offer a gimmicky direct discount, perhaps you can finally achieve the parity unicorn. You begin frantically running your private promos, mobile discounts, and…