What role does social media have to play in how, where, when and who we travel with? How can we better manage the space? And what can we do to becom...

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There’s no question that social media has brought us a lot closer by allowing anyone to communicate in virtual settings with people all over the wor...

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Building up a business network isn’t easy, but it is essential if you intend to succeed anywhere in the world of business. This is especially tru...

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Chances are, most of the businesses you interact with as a consumer are on social media. Your local restaurant is blogging, your grocery store is...

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We know that there is a link between productivity and skills at the individual, enterprise, industry, sector and national level. More skills generally equals more productivity. Just how much and what is the benefit-cost analysis for T&L in terms of investment in education and training are the questions that need answers. There must be an answer somewhere. In 2003 TALC asked a PhD economics student to think about it and this is some of the response from that student.

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W Edwards Deming remarked along these lines over 30 years ago. His words ring out in 2010 as true as they did then. If you can't measure, record, analyse and assess processes and systems in terms of real data, you cannot hope to manage or improve them. The alternative is guess work, blind faith and personal prejudice.

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Shipowners are buying electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS) as the first of the rolling deadlines for installation approaches.

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A merchant vessel was yesterday seized by pirates while it was sailing west through the internationally recognised transit corridor through the Gulf of Aden.

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Availability issues with 20-foot reefer containers have forced Maersk Line to change its bookings acceptance policy in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands.

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Asian coal demand has pushed Gladstone Ports Corporation to a record throughput in the 2009-10 financial year.

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