by Bruce Turkel | Jun 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
So many gulf coast beach destinations are telling consumers that their beaches AREN’T fouled that I can’t help but wonder how robust their businesses must have been before the oil spill. As I recall, a prolonged recession, increased competition, reduced consumer...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
Since the tragic oil spill began I’ve been inundated by reporters wanting to know how much money various gulf coast communities will have to spend to repair their tourism industries. Paradoxically, I believe the question is not how much should be spent but what...
by Bruce Turkel | May 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
In today’s New York Times there’s a Shell ad titled “LET’S DELIVER ENERGY FOR A CHANGING WORLD. LET’S GO.” I’m sorry, but is someone at Shell smoking crack? Here the whole world, or at least the whole Western Hemisphere, is fixated on BP’s tragic oil spill and Shell...
by Bruce Turkel | May 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
I just read an article that outlined Florida congressman Meek’s plan to raise marketing dollars to promote tourism to Florida in the wake of the tragic BP oil spill: “U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, a candidate in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, said...
by Bruce Turkel | May 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Barry Lowenthal has been thinking about Foursquare and it’s worth hearing what he has to say: Lately I’ve been a keen participant on Foursquare, a mobile GPS-enabled social network that launched last year at SXSW. I was late to the game and downloaded the mobile...
