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Is Space Tourism an Unnecessary Splurge?

Mindful Marketing

On July 11, Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic and a variety of other Virgin companies, became the first of the execs to experience outer space when his corporation’s SpaceShipTwo carried him and a small crew to an altitude 9.5 Swiss bank UBS has estimated that space tourism could be a $3 billion industry by 2029.

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Guest Post: The PR Generalist vs. The Industry Specialist

Deirdre Breakenridge

Those with a penchant for finance may go the IR route or look to represent banks or investment products, as someone with a love of travel takes a position with a destination or tourism bureau. For many, the roads intersect, which has been the case for Christina Semmel, Lufthansa’s Manager of North American Corporate Communications. “My

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Behind the Headlines With Caroline Michaud

Cision

Caroline Michaud, Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Relations at PHG Consulting, says to be competitive, clients must determine their specific brand and strategically position themselves in the marketplace. What are the biggest PR and marketing mistakes you have seen these brands make? An easy comparison is social media.

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Maxim Behar: Politics in the modern world must be entirely dependent on the opinion and operations of business

Maxim Behar

In the field of services and in the communication business it seems to be somehow easier, but the manufacturing enterprises, the tourism business, the airlines - all this was affected in an extremely negative way and each of these entities was struggling to survive. Listen the interview here.

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One key PR ethics lesson from the Pulse nightclub shooting – Ann Marie Varga

Ethical Voices

Pete area, but I’ve worked in agencies, corporations, and my experience spans a variety of industries including academia, banking, government, healthcare, tourism, and utilities. I now live in the Tampa/St. My very first job out of college was unique. I joined the circus, well, sort of. I’ve always followed my gut.

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The most important ethics priority for healthcare communicators – Kena Lewis

Ethical Voices

Always on the corporate side, never on the agency side, but in multiple industries. Then of course, like any good Orlandoan, I worked in travel and tourism. Listen to the full interview, with bonus content, here. . I started in radio as a reporter and made the jump to PR about 35 years ago. I started in cable television.

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On becoming a PRIA Fellow

Prakkypedia

Helping relaunch southaustralia.com back in the heady days of gigantic website projects – big budgets, interstate agencies, teams travelling around SA to become immersed in our tourism gems before writing about them. Sensibly, I thought, I tugged at the door to close it.

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