10 truths for luxury hotels in 2026
Overheard at ILTM Cannes this month were these delicious quotes about luxury hospitality from Julia Perowne, who is the CEO of the PR firm Perowne International. (Thanks to Arnie Weissmann from Travel Weekly for the coverage)
“Travellers are spending more than ever before, hotel rates are at an [...]
Startup Inside A Non-Startup, Part 2: 8 Lessons Learned In Starting Kafnu Inside Next Story Group
In my previous post I discussed the cultural differences between being entrepreneurial vs. being corporate. In the last 12 months, I was asked to do a startup, Kafnu, inside Next Story Group. I thought I’d share my experience about what we have done to make it work so far.
Entrepreneurial effor [...]
Startup Inside A Non-Startup, Part 1: 12 Differences Between Entrepreneurial v. Corporate Thinking
A year ago, Next Story Group acquired the company I co-founded, Brand Karma, and I joined the team to start a new venture, Kafnu. Since Kafnu’s second opening in Taipei, I’ve had time to think about why it’s difficult to merge the best of startup and corporate worlds to foster innovation. [...]
The I in IT is no longer just ‘Information’
A new year is always a good time to take stock of what went before, in particular in a fast-moving industry like IT. I started 2017 at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas seeing technologies that I thought would alter human-technology interaction if they took off, and most have evolved a [...]
5 ways Taiwan tourism will change
This is a guest blog by Morris Sim, CEO & co-founder of Circos Brand Karma.Taiwan’s historic 2016 elections brought in a new administration that will change Taiwan. Here are my predictions on how the Tsai administration’s focus will change Taiwan tourism for the better.Foreign travelers will [...]
