Monthly Archives: February 2011

Marketing lessons from a charlatan

I’m sitting at a Moroccan restaurant in Singapore’s Kampong Glam area, tapping at my laptop, when a man’s voice says “You’re very lucky”. Elderly sardarjis automatically come across as respectable, so I didn’t freeze him out as I would normally … Continue reading

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Well done, Westin Tokyo!

Several months ago, a friend blogged about the baffling twelve o’clock check-in that hotels still swear by, even though travellers now tend to arrive and depart either early morning or late evening. He happened to mention the Westin, Tokyo, since … Continue reading

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