This interview by a China blogger with an—dare I say—expert on Chinese outbound tourism is quite interesting and very informative. Roy Graff’s business concept is brilliant, just wish I’d thought of that. Tourism is fundamentally a good thing and Chinese outbound tourism helps to reduce China’s astronomical trade surplus. And I’m all for speeding up […]
When filling out the comment cards on our most recent Princess Cruise, I kept saying everyone should write ‘Do something completely different.’ In my opinion, its time for the cruise lines to emphasize something other than food, activities, and depending on the itinerary, ports-of-call. With the ever-widening American waistline, should one of the main focuses […]
Saturday night, Andrew and I sat at a bar discussing how we could get our picture on the cover of Entrepreneur magazine, ie what either of us could do to become a successful entrepreneur. Not long after this conversation, a few USC alums walked in, including a couple who have started a number of their […]
As my friends recently set-off for to spend their 6-week holiday to traveling through Southeast Asia, and I receive glowing reports from my friend traveling in Vietnam (Vietnam has to be my favorite country in Asia by far. The people seem to be much for genuinely friendly here than in any other country and it […]
Over the Christmas holiday I went on my 8th cruise, but surprisingly my first Caribbean or Princess cruise (pictures). Aside from some mechanical and weather issues, we had a great cruise, as always. However, I believe, and most of my family would agree, this is more accurately attributed to the time spent with family rather […]
In his book The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman makes many compelling arguments describing how America is losing its edge in innovation and how our education system is starting to fail us. Other prominent Americans have noticed this slippery slope, as well. Therefore, a Council was formed and a lengthy report was published dealing the […]
While back in the states, I went to Target to stock up on cold medicines and specialty toiletries. While there, I browsed through the sporting goods section and lamented that they didn’t have such quality, affordable home fitness products readily available in China. Sporting goods, aside from tennis racquets, are a bit hard to find […]
In China, when checking-out (ie, paying for things) at convenience stores, grocery stores, pharmacies, etc, one is met with a large display of condoms. At first I didn’t take much notice because everything was so overwhelming. After repeated shopping trips, when I began to see far more boxes of Durex condoms than I’d ever seen […]
More than 2 weeks ago, when I exchanged my overcoat for a swimsuit and headed off to my Christmas cruise around the Western Caribbean, I thought it’d be easy to be away from my computer for a week. In fact, I was looking forward to being unplugged, disconnected, turned-off, and away from my computer for […]