THINGS are certainly not like they used to be. Even youngsters like me can’t help but notice things have changed. There is no question in anyone’s mind that the commercial world in which we lived prior to the recession is no more. It will be confined to the history books as we enter the new [...]
AS most people are just blowing off the holiday cobwebs, I thought we’d keep it nice and simple this week! It is true that the financial crisis has caused businesses to unite and create communities – and for those invited to the private presentations for our next exciting project, the final quarter of the year [...]
DURING the Industrial Revolution 150 years ago, there were two types of people: those who could afford a factory, and those who couldn’t. The cost of starting a business and employing people meant that if you didn’t have masses of funds, you ultimately became a worker and was paid just enough to survive. Today the [...]
AFTER Tenerife and the Canaries as a whole enjoyed a record year for in 2011, I visited Jorge Marichal, President of Ashotels, to find out just why we enjoyed this success. I also wanted to know what we can all do to ensure that the Tourism industry in the Canaries continues to flourish! Firstly, Jorge [...]
IT is well known that writing down your goals helps you achieve them. According to many motivational speakers, a Harvard University study proved it. In a class where some wrote down their goals and others didn’t, those who did earned far more, made much more of their lives and were more successful; or so the [...]
CAPECAN are holding their next “Business Lounge” networking event on Friday the 6th of July between 13:00-17:00 at the Bianco’s Wine Bar in the Passarella Comercial centre Los Cristianos. Martin Goodyer, one of Europe’s top business coaches will be the guest speaker. He is looking to work with 3 companies based in Tenerife that [...]
ON that special day last week, when the Camera de Comercio (Chamber of Commerce), the Spanish Government and Cabildo Presidents were rounded up for the low-key visit to Tenerife by Chinese President Hu Jintao, I took the opportunity to speak with the Managing Director of the Camera de Comercio. And Vicente Dorta Antequera spelled out [...]
IF you are here in Tenerife on holiday right now, or have been this winter, you’ll know that every morning we usually awake to fresh, clean ocean air, clear-blue skies, warm temperatures and a vibrant social scene. What you might be unaware of, particularly if you are a business owner elsewhere in Europe, is that [...]
