All about Tourism, Travel & Hospitality from someone with 15 years of Experience in the industry and Academia. I bring all the latest, exciting and intriguing news & happenings from the world of HOSPITALITY and BLOCKCHAIN.
8 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments TheProfessor
Ever heard of "WORKATION"? You will be hearing it a lot in near future. In the world of utter chaos, job insecurity and work from home culture, the young workforce around the world is looking for different options. With the corporate world an...
7 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments TheProfessor
The term Genealogy sounds more like a term which belongs in a laboratory than in the Tourism and Hospitality ecosystem. Genealogy tourism which is also referred to as Root tourism is a subset of tourism where the tourist travels to the place o...
6 Jul 2020 1 minute read 3 comments TheProfessor
Travala.com just announced via their official Twitter account that they have partnered with travel giants Expedia. The partnership will allow the potential users to pay with over 30 cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin. Although Expedia...
5 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments TheProfessor
Up until 2019 Airbnb was the cool kid on the block. Speculators were all pumped and euphoric at the thought of it going public in 2020. It was the prodigy son, even the future Elite member of the FAANG club (Facebook Amazon Apple Netflix Google ). ...
2 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments TheProfessor
" If you think adventure is dangerous try routine life, it is lethal" .Paulo Coelho The following 3 travellers of ancient world in spite of all the adversities and dangers somehow gathered the courage to hit the roads quite literall...
29 Jun 2020 1 minute read 9 comments TheProfessor
Dark tourism is also known as Black tourism or grief tourism. It sounds absolutely opposite to what an average traveller would want but still, it somehow manages to capture people's attention and draws them towards the dark side (pun intended) As Ke...
24 Jun 2020 1 minute read 6 comments TheProfessor
We all have heard the promises of blockchain technology and how it would revolutionize each and every industry under the sun including the hospitality sector. But what is the truth and what is the progress being made if even made. So let's bre...
19 Jun 2020 2 minute read 0 comments TheProfessor
R Kelly's song "I believe I can fly" suits the present day situation perfectly as we all wish we could fly because no one wants to put foot in an aircraft. International travel is at a stand still but that doesn't mean hotels within the country will...
10 Jun 2020 1 minute read 2 comments TheProfessor
Although this thought might seem a bit oxymoronic at this time. But make no mistake this is the greatest opportunity you will get in your lifetime. Your parents never got it and maybe your grandparents went through such a phase during the great depre...
