How to grow travel and tourist industry in emerging nations

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Video: Google Travel Conference. Article: Many emerging nations are enjoying rapid growth in revenues from the hospitality industry, tourism and business travel, yet there is often room to go faster and better.  What is the future of tourism, travel and hospitality industries in these nations?  What steps should governments take to encourage sustainable development of tourism?

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Tourism in Vietnam - worth $6.7bn - expect rapid growth

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A huge service export opportunity for Vietnam is tourism which contributes around $6.7bn a year to the national $134bn GDP.  Tourism is 66% of all service industry exports for Vietnam, yet is in its infancy.  The nation is very friendly, welcoming, fascinating and attractive, with an extraordinary history, wonderful food and culture, yet is still almost unknown to world travellers.

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Future of Aviation Industry - Radical Change

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Article: Future of Aviation and Airlines – resources, videos and presentations on the future of aviation, airlines, travel and tourism.The travel and hospitality industries are amongst the most vulnerable to global or local shocks.

That means contingencies, cash reserves, hedging of major risks such as oil prices.  But most of all it means agile and bold leadership who think ahead, with more than one strategy depending on how events unfold.

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Future of the Automotive Industry (Auto Trends)

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Future of automotive industry.

Articles, videos and presentations on the future of the auto industry.

Future of electric cars, ways for trucking companies to save energy and future of buses.

Hydrogen fuel cells.  Future of trucking and road freight.

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Future of Logistics, Supply Chain Management: Manufacturing, Innovation, transport - trucking efficiency, auto industry energy saving

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Green tech innovation to reduce fuel costs by trucking industry.

Improving efficiency in lorry engines, aerodynamics, tyre resistance, heat recovery, regenerative breaking, power generation from auto suspension, nanotechnology coatings in engines, smarter lubricants, cleaner fuel, better gearboxes and transmission, longer vehicles, larger container size.

Conference keynote lecture by Patrick Dixon, for Red Prairie, audience of logistics and supply chain management.

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Cut costs of road freight: future logistics, transport, supply chain, manufacturing

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Green tech innovation to reduce fuel costs by trucking industry, improving efficiency in lorry engines, aerodynamics, tyre resistance, heat recovery, regenerative breaking, power generation from auto suspension, nanotechnology coatings in engines, smarter lubricants, cleaner fuel, better gearboxes and transmission, longer vehicles, larger container size.

Conference keynote lecture by Patrick Dixon, for Red Prairie, audience of logistics and supply chain executives.

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Burning food in vehicles - biofuels food crisis - Future Transport and Energy

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How biofuels for vehicles are driving up food prices, causing suffering in the poorest nations, unrest, international tension and making political chaos more likely with food riots and fall of governments.

Innovation means radical new approaches to old manufacturing and logistics challenges.

Conference keynote lecture by Patrick Dixon, for Red Prairie, audience of logistics and supply chain executives.

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Future of Space Travel / Tourism - Futurist Video

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How Virgin Galactic is taking tourists on trips into space at $200,000 a time. Video of first attempt in new vehicle which will do two trips a day. Dr Patrick Dixon interview of Stephen Attenborough at Google Zeitgeist in 2007. Global warming and evironmental concerns, but heavy demand for these space trips. Space travel is the highest profile part of a major new travel trend: search for experience, especially amongst older wealthy people. Other articles / videos on future of travel, tourism, hotels, aviation and hospitality industries.

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Future of Rail - freight, energy saving, logistics, supply chain management

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Railways investment and impact on logistics and supply chain management.

Railways use for freight - highspeed connections to ports, distribution hubs, motorways, highways, waterways.

Statistics for US freight of grain, auto industry. Transportation and government policy to protect environment and save energy costs. Conference keynote lecture by Patrick Dixon, for Red Prairie, audience of logistics and supply chain executives.

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