Friday, February 2, 2007

Travel Guides for business

Business travel has witnessed a huge growth. With extensive expansion of multinationals in emerging markets, people are not just restricted to North America and Western Europe and are exploring new markets previously unknown to them. I have a habit of buying country travel guides whenever I visit a new country be it on leisure or business. But, what I have noticed is that there are no guides which exclusively cater to business travellers. I would definitely invest in any company which make such products. Moreso, the famous guides like Lonely Planet, Frommers, Frodders, GKT, all have their own shortcomings.

These are some of the topics that can be covered in the business travel guides:
1) History*
2) Places to stay and eat*
3) Detailed section on economy
4) Directory and description of prominent companies
5) Section on how to do business in the country
6) Section on politics

About Me

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I am an investment banker based in the far east, Hong Kong. My education and work has taken me to numerous countries around the world, and that imbibes me a very strong passion for traveling, exploring new places and cultures. I am curious about history and how different societies have evolved over time. Two other interests of mine are hiking, and I have just put up a new blog related to this, and also an activity that was introduced to me as a child, but have seriously got into it just recently - yoga.