I ask because it seems like something I have heard from multiple places in the past week, without even trying. On an ILTA community group, as one example, the death of webinars was contrasted with the success of podcasts, so that seems like a good place to start when answering the question if webinars are,…
Mashable asked the question that many of you may have had when you learned one of the more recently reported details of the Marriott/Starwood hack. “Why do hotels collect and store passports?” The answer they came up with turned out to be something that some of us started talking about a few years ago, but…
I’ll be interested to see the results of this study. In my years of heavy-duty travel I had not been aware of any female passengers on flights I had been on being harassed, though I 100% realize that as a man, my experience of air travel didn’t include really thinking about that risk, either. I…
This article is discussing a strategy for backing up photos while traveling, and then after a trip, but the same strategy is necessary for any important data, especially if you travel for work. Important: It does not matter what system you use the goal should be the same. You need to have at least 3…
This Freakonomics interview with the founder of the Virgin group was interesting for a lot of reasons, but this exchange I found very telling: BRANSON: Well I mean, I think, I find that some American companies are anything but good at motivating people. And I find that hard to understand, because if you’ve got a…
What work-life balance? In the past, employees were able to focus on work while at work and personal lives while not at work. Today, smartphones and communication and social apps keep a constant stream of work and personal messages coming in 24 hours a day, and it’s taking a toll. That’s not work-life balance. That’s,…