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In Search of Data

By David Edwards, Freelance tourism market intelligence consultant: Once upon a time in a faraway land the Office for National Statistics published provisional monthly estimates for the volume and value of inbound and outbound tourism six weeks after that month had reached its end. Ten weeks after the end of each quarter more granular data…

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Mpox Clade1b: Deja Vous?

From The Washington Post: The World Health Organization has labeled a surge in cases of mpox in a number of African countries a public health emergency — shining a spotlight on the disease, which previously attracted international attention during a global outbreak in 2022. The virus was first detected in humans more than 50 years…

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Scientists Unite to Shrink the Carbon Footprint in Research

From Radboud umc: Flying less is possible, as the COVID crisis has taught us over the past two years. This also applies to scientists who regularly fly around the globe for their work. A group of international scientists, led by Teun Bousema of Radboud university medical center, published on the carbon footprint of academic travel…

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Tourist Tax to Fund 48 Social Projects

From Barcelona City Council: A new package of 48 projects has been approved with a budget of €11.1 million from the tourist accommodation tax. These projects are aimed at strengthening the measures introduced to improve tourism management and boost the sector’s positive impact on the public. Of the 48 projects approved, 29 are direct requests…

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“To Infinity and Beyond” – In Memoriam Didier Scaillet

By Pádraic Gilligan, Founder, Soolnua & Chief Marketing Officer, SITE: “To infinity and beyond” was a saying that Didier often used during his tenure as CEO of SITE when I served as his CMO. It’s half quoted in his last post on Facebook, from Christmas day, 2023 when he says “Merry Christmas to all my…

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