After Currency Moves, Don’t Count The Chinese Out

By: Edwin Fuller Founder and President of Laguna Strategic Advisors All last week, the world’s financial markets were roiled by China’s 4.4% devaluation of its currency, the yuan, also known as the renminbi (RMB). It was the currency’s largest devaluation in decades...

Will Hotels Follow Airlines’ New Drip Pricing Policies?

By: David M. Brudney Member of Laguna Strategic Advisors I have long been a proponent for hotels discontinuing drip pricing or hidden fees, rather instead building some or all of those ubiquitous fees into the room rate. Like many, perhaps even most guests faced with...