July 10, 2014

Niche Travel Market For Recently Unemployed

eTravel Blackboard: With the recent launch of JetBlue’s Promise Program, many tourism operators have been working on similar programs to stimulate travellers from the ranks of those recently unemployed. JetBlue’s Promise Program allowed passengers who lost their jobs after booking their flights to cancel and refund their seats, despite the carrier’s well-known ‘no-cancellation’ stance. Since […]

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When I Grow Up…

How many people have finished that sentence with doctor, lawyer, fireman, or police officer? A new title is making its mark among today’s youth, though. That title is: entrepreneur. A recent released Gallup poll shows that 77% want to be their own boss. Forty-five percent plan to start their own business and 42% said they

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Execution is Key

Ideas are a dime a dozen. If you have new initiatives being undertaken, and you are not getting the results you need, maybe it is not that the idea was no good. When you open a new seafood restaurant in the neighborhood, and it is not doing well, maybe it is not that there is

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Niche: One-Handed Pool

The Coral Coast Men’s Shed, Michael Garret, was inspired to create a device for easy one-handed pool when his club received a pool table. He couldn’t help but think about how much fun it would be, and wanted to make sure people with disabilities, like those with the use of only one arm, could enjoy

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The Ultimate Wheelchair

Why should wheelchairs stay boring when the people using them have so much personality? That is exactly what Bill Lasher when he created his first sporty wheelchair. In the six years since that first garage tinkering, Lasher has built Lasher Sport, crafting custom wheelchairs and handcycles that can roll on sandy beaches, ski on snowy

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