News – 30 October 2017
Government to release several high-profile reports this week
Government to release several high-profile reports this week
How we will earn money in the future without jobs – Martin Ford TED video
Machines that can think, learn and adapt are coming — and that could mean that we humans will end up with significant unemployment. What should we do about it? In a straightforward talk about a controversial idea, futurist Martin Ford makes the case for separating income from traditional work and instituting a universal basic income.
Martin Ford imagines what the accelerating progress in robotics and artificial intelligence may mean for the economy, job market and society of the future.
Read more: https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_ford_how_we_ll_earn_money_in future_
What is really needed to make tourism a success in Guyana? – THAG President weighs in
NOVEMBER is TOURISM MONTH in GUYANA
What is really needed to make tourism a success in Guyana? – THAG President weighs in
THAG Head, Shaun McGrath
What prevents Guyana from achieving the same level of success in the tourism industry as its Caribbean counterparts? Is it really the absence of blue seas and white sand beaches? Is it the high crime rate and poor hospitality services? Or is the problem, way more complex than it appears on the surface?
President of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) Shaun McGrath recently weighed in on this issue during an informative session at the inaugural business summit of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).
According to McGrath, there is national recognition that tourism contributes between six and nine percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and brings in a minimum of US $250 million in foreign currency every year. Continue reading →
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