Cold Calling is, by some distance, the most controversial topic in the sales community right now. There’s been a lot of articles written about it and everyone has strong opinions. Most people are talking from personal experience and some with the benefit of having run a team. I work for a company that makes more than 40,000 cold calls per week, to all parts of the globe. Does that give me more insight...
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THAILAND has been ranked 34th in the Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI) 2018 put out by property consultancy firm JLL. The result in the newly released biannual represents a marked improvement from the 2016 edition of the index, when the country was ranked 38th. Compared with the other six countries from Southeast Asia covered by the index, Thailand is ranked the third most transparent real...
PHUKET: Blue Tree Phuket has announced the appointment of Michael Ayling, a veteran of Phuket’s hospitality scene, as its General Manager. Having worked in a consulting capacity for the past 24 months, Mr Ayling now takes the reins to lead the development, beginning with its opening to the public in early 2019. The B1.33 billion project is located on 140 rai in Cherng Talay, and will have a giant...
PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the world’s largest professional-services firms, just released its predictions for the most powerful economies in the world by 2030. The report, titled “The long view: how will the global economic order change by 2050?” ranked 32 countries by their projected global gross domestic product by purchasing power parity. PPP is used by macroeconomists to determine...
It’s no surprise that millennials now make up the largest share of traveler demographics and are the biggest factor in why independent hoteliers will work to perform better than in previous years. Having a full grasp where and who your business comes from is the first step in building proper revenue management. Millennials, in general, have remained neutral with their opinions on branded hotels, and...
With the Thailand 4.0 blueprint becoming a key driver of evolution towards a value economy, Thailand is set to become a centre of innovation and technology in South East Asia. Alibaba has recently announced their strategic partnership with the Thai government in support of Thailand 4.0, which will bolster developments in e-commerce and digital talent. A “Smart Digital Hub” aimed at boosting regional...
Asia Center Foundation (ACF) is a christian charity registered as a Non Government Organization (NGO) on Phuket, Thailand in operation since 2002. Our mission is to help disadvantaged children and children-at-risk by providing care, training and education so that they will fulfill their God-given potential. The ACF’s vision is to restore children to God, transform and develop them into leaders...
Late last year, famed physicist Stephen Hawking issued a warning that the continued advancement of artificial intelligence will either be “the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity”. We’ve all seen the Terminator movies, and the apocalyptic nightmare that the self-aware AI system, Skynet, wrought upon humanity, and now results from recent behavior tests of Google’s new DeepMind AI...
Bill Gates makes a point of talking about how optimistic he is, which can seem like madness when you look at the massive and complex problems he and wife Melinda have set out to solve. Through the work of their Gates Foundation, they want to cut carbon emissions to zero, drop childhood deaths in half from their 2015 levels (already sliced in half from 1990 levels), quadruple the access to contraception in...
The EEC, mass transit projects and a brighter economy bring good tidings for the real estate market. Thailand's property market prospects are expected to be bright next year based on the country's economic expansion, government spending on big-ticket infrastructure projects and the rise of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Surachet Kongcheep, a property analyst, says market growth will mirror the...