Did you ever have a home or work project that just lingers? You know, you intend to get it done, but somehow, you never get around to finishing it – or even starting it? I can probably tell you one of the main reasons it never gets done. It doesn’t have a “deadline”. The addition of a deadline to any task makes it a priority. It crystalizes one’s thoughts, provides focus, and spurs one into action into either getting the…
While every sector of the economy took a hard hit due to the coronavirus, perhaps no industry took it on the chin harder in 2020 than the travel industry. Airlines, hotels, theme parks, restaurants, and cruise lines were all hanging on for dear life this past year – some didn’t make it. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were lost and entire geographic areas became ghost towns. Can you imagine trying to make it in a beach town or in such…
The ongoing pandemic has hurt many sectors of our economy, but without a doubt, one of the worst to feel its crippling economic effects is the travel and tourism industry. Beach towns were empty and pristine this past summer season. Hotel occupancy was at record lows. Industry giants like Disney lost billions each quarter due to the shuttering of its theme parks and other resort offerings (I can’t even begin to imagine what the local economy is like in Orlando). …