Vietnam Poised To Be Asia’s Next Economic Tiger

By: Edwin Fuller Founder and President of Laguna Strategic Advisors For many of my generation, Vietnam remains a complex enigma, depending on our personal experiences and memories of the country. I arrived in Vietnam in 1970 as a U.S. Army captain and was immediately...

What China’s U.S. Buying Spree Means For The Future Of Hospitality

By: Edwin Fuller Founder and President of Laguna Strategic Advisors The Chinese are on a U.S. buying spree like no other. Since the beginning of the year, Chinese investors have announced interest in, or closed on, several multi-billion-dollar deals on a variety of...

China Continues to Set the Pace of Global Tourism

By: Edwin Fuller Founder and President of Laguna Strategic Advisors Anyone who thinks the wave of Chinese tourism now inundating the world will slow down any time soon needs to think again. I recently participated in a two-week sales mission to China on behalf of...

Here We Go Again: The Global Nationalism Wave Gains Force With Brexit

By: Edwin Fuller Founder and President of Laguna Strategic Advisors In early April, I posted a blog sharing some thoughts about the wave of Nationalism now gaining momentum throughout the world.  Since then, a hard-line extreme right party has won seats in the Cyprus...

Corruption — Still a Global Blight After All These Years

By: Edwin Fuller Founder and President of Laguna Strategic Advisors Corruption has been with us since the first Pelican swooped into the ocean to bag his first fish dinner about 30 million or more years ago.  In other words, since the beginning of time. You’ll find...

International Tourism: The Sliver of Silver in the US Trade Deficit

By: Edwin Fuller Founder and President of Laguna Strategic Advisors There’s a lot of chatter these days about what to do about our national debt that is quickly approaching $20 trillion, about the pros and cons of our international trade policies, and about our...