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Did you hear the one about ...

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Ethics on Apr 17, 2008

the hotel sales person who was asked what incentives the hotel offered to the customer (third party - already commissionable at 10%) for booking?

Or the one about the sales person at a trade show who, when told that the planner did no meetings in that area but did vacation there, offered a weekend's stay for the planner and her spouse?

Or the one about the ...

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"You've got to be taught to learn to hate ...."

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Industry Associations, Human rights and tourism, Hotel, Ethics, Diversity and Inclusion on Apr 11, 2008

(This is a long post - take time to read it when you want to have your mind and heart engaged.)

This post is a result of years of being active in the civil rights and human rights movements.  If you attended the PCMA Education Foundation Awards Dinner, you would have heard me quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and heard me say that we need a more inclusive industry.  It has been my 'battlecry'

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The ethics and morality of place

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Human rights and tourism, Ethics on Apr 07, 2008

China - home of the upcoming Olympics - place that is persecuting Tibetans and its own citizens who speak out - home of two dear friends who were hospitality students in the US and went home to work on the Olympics and with the Chinese broadcasting company that will broadcast the Olympics.  A place of great beauty from the pictures I've seen and the people with whom I've talked who have been

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