Tourism has had a huge boom in recent years, and is directly related to the advances made by airlines to deliver more and better options to travelers. Together with the technological and aeronautical engineering innovations, the advances in infrastructure and logistics have been monumental, managing to create modern hubs that are efficient centers of connection… Continue reading American Airlines / Miami: 30 years connecting Latin America with the world
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Transforming food systems is crucial to the SDGs.
If we are to achieve the UN’s SDGs by 2030, immediate and urgent action is required to transform how food is produced, accessed, valued and consumed. Recognition of this need is growing, driven by rapidly increasing concerns regarding diet-related health effects, the damage to ecosystem services, links to climate change and distress among multiple millions… Continue reading Transforming food systems is crucial to the SDGs.
Flying taxis could transform our cities if we set the right rules
Urban Aerial Mobility – the movement of goods and people through the skies – has long been a focus for city builders, policymakers, engineers and urban designers trying to understand how unlocking the elusive third dimension of transportation could positively transform people’s lives. Flying taxis and drones could cut traffic congestion in cities Traffic jams… Continue reading Flying taxis could transform our cities if we set the right rules
4 ways to build businesses that work for good, right now
Breaking news from the CEO Roundtable this fall sent a combination of shockwaves, enthusiasm and relief throughout the business world. As the headlines proudly proclaimed, 181 CEOs of the world’s largest corporations have finally figured out that it’s time for a shift from shareholder to stakeholder capitalism. No longer is merely making money a sufficient… Continue reading 4 ways to build businesses that work for good, right now
ECPAT recognizes Volaris
Volaris was recognized by the international organization ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) for its commitment to sustainable tourism and for the promotion of initiatives that prevent and combat commercial sexual exploitation of children. and adolescents in travel and tourism (ESCNNAVT). In line with the objectives of sustainable… Continue reading ECPAT recognizes Volaris
WTTC announces collaboration with Harvard School of Public Health
The WTTC, an organization that represents entrepreneurs in the Travel and Tourism industry globally, and the Department of Environmental Health of the T.H. Harvard Chan, revealed the beginning of a partnership during a successful two-day leadership program at Harvard University. Through this collaboration, innovative research on sustainability within the sector will be carried out. Event… Continue reading WTTC announces collaboration with Harvard School of Public Health
Greater transparency for broad-based growth
both because of the important topics you are putting on the table; and also because I studied here in 1983. I was a Mid-Career Fellow in the MSFS program at the School of Foreign Service. Some of you know the then-dean, Allan Goodman. And many of you know Dr. Madeleine Albright. I was privileged to… Continue reading Greater transparency for broad-based growth
The Global Informal Economy: Large but On The Decline
The informal economy, which is economic activity that falls outside the regulated economy and tax system, such as street vending or unregistered taxi drivers, is hard to measure. People and companies engaged in the informal economy usually operate on a small scale. This means there are no official statistics on the informal or shadow economy,… Continue reading The Global Informal Economy: Large but On The Decline
All the Way to the Top: Industrial Policy, Innovation, and Sustained Growth
The odds of poor or middle-income countries achieving the stardom of the “Asian Miracles” within a generation or two, or even three, are small. Between 1960 and 2014, only 16 developing economies worldwide were able to vault into high-income status, and many of those were fortunate enough to have discovered oil or join the European… Continue reading All the Way to the Top: Industrial Policy, Innovation, and Sustained Growth
Shell and partners add pre-salt production in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 14, 2019 – New, deep-water production has come online from the Brazilian pre-salt Santos Basin. Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (Shell Brasil) and its consortium partners today announced the start of oil and natural gas production at the P-68 floating production, storage, and offloading unit (FPSO), located in BM-S-11A Concession in Berbigão,… Continue reading Shell and partners add pre-salt production in Brazil