At TED back in 2004, Joseph Pine talked about what consumers really want is “authenticity” in the experience economy. Yet, even now at the tail end of 2009, we’ve barely moved beyond the basic goods industry. We only have to walk into any shop to realise we’re still suffering from the hangover of the industrial [...]
Categories: globalisation, thoughts, travel
- Published:
- December 30, 2009 – 4:07 pm
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- By steph
Quite often, when I tell my colleagues or friends of where I’m headed, or where I’ve just been back from, they would exclaim something along the lines of “You’re lucky to get to travel!” and throw me a look that’s a mix of tease and envy. For a long while, I would shrug in [...]
Categories: thoughts, travel
- Published:
- February 25, 2009 – 1:54 am
- Author:
- By steph