April 8, 2014 Written
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From the desk of Bob Meyer...
04/08/2014
Eat Your Veggies?
British researchers who
studied 65,000 people over seven years found that people who
ate 7 portions of fruits and vegetables every day have a 42%
lower death rate than those who ate 4 or fewer servings.
Eating farm fresh vegetables, freshly picked, have more
nutrition, too.
In the U.S. the time from
farm to your fork is 14 days and some 40% of all fruits and
vegetables we eat are imported from other countries. For
healthier food you can focus on sourcing local food
production when possible.
For additional information,
click here.
Business Travel Group Opposes
Calls On Planes
The Global Business Travel
Association is a trade group for the world's business
travelers, and represents 6,000 travel managers. It asserts
that onboard phone calls are "detrimental to business
travelers," and submitted its opposition to the use of
cell-phones on planes to the FCC (Federal Communications
Commission).
In 2012, business travel was
responsible for $491 billion in spending, or 3% of U.S.
gross domestic product.
NATE Programs Planned For 30th
Annual Convention
Here's a brief look at two of
this year's sessions for the National Association of Trade
Exchanges' 30th annual convention:
For
the owners,
there will be a focus on competing against the Internet.
Alternative Currencies: Competitors or Partners will
explore ways to use today's digital world to one's advantage
and better understand the new online currencies.
For
the brokers,
there will be coverage on the always-popular subject of
travel and how to improve it for your exchange. Learn how to
simplify the procedures and improve communications between
exchanges for travel, including the creation of a universal
travel request form.
The top Platinum
Sponsors for the upcoming NATE convention to be held in
Orlando may 15-18, are TradeFirst (www.TradeFirst.com)
and Trade Studio (www.TradeStudio.com).
For NATE convention details,
click
here.
One-Third Of Americans Only
Have $1,000 Saved For Retirement
A new study by the Employee
Benefit Research Institute reports that only 36% of American
workers have a measly $1,000 saved for their later years.
And 68% of these same workers, who say they've saved less
than $1,000 for retirement, reported annual earnings of
$35,000 or less.
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Cruise Vacations For Very Little Money
Super values for international vacations are now available
in the marketplace, with cruise deals now available for as
little as $50 a day per person. This includes comfortable
well-maintained accommodations with maid service, 3 meals
daily, plus shipboard activities and nightly entertainment.
Cruise trips are a super bargain and the ship lines can
provide outstanding value because of the efficiency with
which they deliver their service. For example, the typical
cruise ship has teams of room stewards, chefs and waiters
working 7 days a week to clean 1,000 cabins per day and
prepare and serve three or four meals a day to 2,000
passengers.
When the ship sails from the port of departure, the staff
knows exactly how many meals will be served for the entire
cruise and the ship has been provisioned accordingly. Every
cabin, table, and employee is fully utilized every day.
That's much more efficient and less wasteful than the system
land-based hotels and restaurants must employ to serve a
much smaller group of customers who vary in number daily.
As ships have gotten larger and cruise lines have grown into
billion-dollar enterprises, feeding and transporting more
than 15 million passengers every year, the cruise lines'
huge buying power has reduced their costs for everything
consumed on the ship. Plus larger ships and show lounges
spread the cost of entertainers, the captain, officers, and
cruise director over more people. And unlike airlines and
hotels that accept empty seats and rooms during slow
periods, cruise lines will do whatever it takes to sail
full.
All lines, except the four 6-star cruise lines, will slash
prices as low as they need to in order to fill every cabin.
Even the 6-star lines are now offering discounts and free
excursions that were once unheard of.
They do this for two reasons. First, on most lines a
significant percentage of the crews' compensation comes from
gratuities
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and there are no gratuities from empty cabins. Second,
venues such as casinos, spas, boutiques, photography
studios, and excursion desks are completely dependent on
onboard purchases. Purchases that, of course, are directly
related to the number of people onboard.
All of this has resulted in the best bargains ever for
people cruising today.
An International Reciprocal Trade Association
Announcement.)
Industry Alert:
IRTA Investigation Concludes Daniel Evans & Ormita Fraudulent
The Ormita Report, released on March 26, 2014, reveals a long
history of misinformation and fraudulent activities by Daniel Evans
and his company Ormita. The report was well researched and written
by New Zealand author and blogger Dennis Smith, and it provides
credible evidence that Ormita is an international con.
The findings of The Ormita Report are consistent with IRTA's
knowledge of Mr. Evan?s deceptive business practices and Ormita as a
fraudulent organization. According to the author, Ormita is "little
more than a one-man-band using smoke and mirrors" and its claimed
trade volume figures are a "total fabrication."
IRTA highly recommends that you read the report, and then inform any
barter companies or organizations that are considering doing
business with Daniel Evans or Ormita, as well as any victims of Mr.
Evans and Ormita.
IRTA was founded in 1979 to foster the common interests of the
worldwide barter industry and to uphold high standards of ethical
business practices within the industry.
Over the last thirty-five years IRTA has taken a proactive role in
preserving, protecting and enhancing the global barter industry.
We
believe that IRTA has a responsibility to expose and confront
dubious barter operators so as to protect the public and fellow
barter industry members from harm.
Widespread dissemination of this comprehensive report will be of
benefit to the international business community.
The Ormita Report can be found at www.theormitareport.com.
For further information, please contact Ron Whitney, IRTA's
Executive Director, at ron@irta.com or 757-393-2292 (U.S.).
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