International Tourism Management 2012 Economics for Tourism Quiz Question: What is a “zero-dollar tour”? How does it affect Thailand’s travel and tourism industry? Analyze the positive/negative effect and what should the Government do to? Zero-Dollar Tour Believed to be originated from Chinese media‚ the zero-dollar tour denotes a sort of inferior quality in China’s outbound package tours. Zero-dollar tours‚ or zero-based tour fares‚ are those where the tour operator allows tours without‚ or with
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101- 5:30 26 September 2012 Tips of Saving That Dollar Ever need to save money for something that was important? Some tips about saving money can help. Americans are looking for tips to save every penny they can‚ such as saving money on gas‚ groceries‚ and utility bills. Saving money on gas is probably one of Americans’ largest complaints‚ since gasoline has hit record highs‚ around four dollars. Along with high gas prices‚ groceries are going up too. Delivery costs and fuel prices forces companies
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What is Private Equity? some of us reading this stories‚ the word private equity may seems a little bit unfamiliar. The definition of private equity by the famous Investopedia is as follows‚ “Equity capital that is not quoted on a public exchange.” Simple isn’t it? Example of private equity in Indonesia is the Orang Tua group. So now we understand about private equity‚ but what’s in it for us finance students? The answer is the Private Equity Firm who specializes in dealing about the private
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When comparing private security to public law enforcement there are both many similarities and differences. Private security is paid by a private company or agency‚ whereas public policing is paid by government salaries and taxpayers. Public police officers have the authority to enforce laws and protect and serve society. Private security officers are paid to protect private property and personnel. Most of the duties that public policing and private security officers perform are. “Private security and
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Private equity Private equity is a source of investment capital from high net worth individuals and institutions for the purpose of investing and acquiring equity ownership in companies. Partners at private equity firms raise funds and manage these monies for the purpose of yielding favorable returns for their shareholder clients‚ typically with an investment horizon between four and seven years. These funds can be used in the purchase of shares of private companies‚ or in public companies
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rates for many countries have been calculated by the U.S dollar. The Canadian dollar relative to the U.S dollar has fluctuated dramatically over the last half century‚ with the Canadian dollar for the majority of that time being weaker. Canada’s dollar reached an all time low‚ “January. 21st‚ 2002 at 61.79 cents U.S.”(http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/macquarie-loonie-forecast-1.3401644). Recently over the past few years the strength of our dollar is has been failing‚ looking after the great fall in 2008
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privatization of their prison systems‚ outsourcing the management to private enterprises. Like most privatization issues‚ this topic has many supporters from the liberal economic philosophy‚ as well as many detractors that argue against profit seeking enterprises. The discussion promotes themes such as the ethical dilemma of the private sector “administering punishment”‚ selecting the correct metrics used to evaluate the performance of private sector versus public sector‚ disputes of what are “just and fair”
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Private label products or services are typically those manufactured or provided by one company for offer under another company’sbrand. Private label goods and services are available in a wide range of industries from food to cosmetics to web hosting. They are often positioned as lower cost alternatives to regional‚ national or international brands‚ although recently some private label brands have been positioned as "premium" brands to compete with existing "name" brands. Richelieu Foods‚ for example
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Private Peaceful This is a book review on the book “private peaceful.” This is the best book I have read this year. This book is all about “innocence and love‚ courage and cowardice” as it is clearly written on the front of the cover of the book. This is a book about two brothers called Charlie who is the older brother and Tommo who is the smaller brother who go through the good side and the bad side of life because their father has died and other family issues. As they grow up they start to
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PRIVATE EQUITY – A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR GHANAIAN SMEs By Joseph Ciici Arthur Ghana’s workforce is predominantly employed by the informal sector. This sector of our economy is largely made up of Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) and sole proprietorships (“one man business”). This is confirmed by available data from the Registrar General which indicates that 90% of companies registered in Ghana are SMEs. Over time‚ this target group has been identified as the catalyst for
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