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Oh banks!
Oct 18th, 2017 | By Roger Ellman | Category: NewsI had to laugh out loud yesterday when reading the paper and seeing that Wells Fargo was going to have to pay $3.4 million to customers to settle a regulator’s claims that brokers recommended certain investment products they did not fully understand. Really? $3.4 Million, that’s all? OK, I’m going to get on my soapbox here so […]
AirBnB not applicable in China
Oct 11th, 2017 | By Roger Ellman | Category: NewsExert from “The Hustle”: Aside from struggling to adjust to China’s different set of cultural norms re: sharing homes with strangers, Chinese consumers have also been critical of Airbnb’s recent effort to rename itself “Aibiying” (translation: “welcome each other with love”) in China — which convinced Chinese people it was either a brothel or a […]
Strategy is important — but so is following your gut, says Chris Blackwell, the co-founder of Island Records who helped introduce the world to Bob Marley. “Get yourself in the right place at the right time,” he says. “How do you do that? Work it out for yourself.”“How do you know that something is good? Well, you either know, or you don’t. It’s a feeling. It’s a kind of trust in something. There is no secret, no plan. The strategy is often that there is no strategy, only energy.” Chris Blackwell – founder Island Records, Discoverer and booster of Bob Marley
Oct 9th, 2017 | By Roger Ellman | Category: NewsLOCK-ROPE™ HOTELS, VILLAS, RESORTS AND CAR RENTALS – April First 2017 Launch
Apr 1st, 2017 | By Roger Ellman | Category: Fun stuff, NewsLOCK-ROPE™ HOTELS, VILLAS, RESORTS AND CAR RENTALS Hotels are changing into… something else. Many have become hyper-wealthy from our strategy of inventing next-generation thinking and technology when they participated in the launch of our revolutionary new Hotel products. We introduced 5 Star Raft Hotels ™, Weightless Hotels and Resorts™, X-hotels™, Infinity Hotels’ NanoHotelsExperience™ and the […]
At night you can’t see so much. A quick word on Tom Ford’s “Nocturnal Animals”
Mar 6th, 2017 | By Roger Ellman | Category: Film, NewsExcellent acting from Jake G and not a bad piece of work from anyone else is not quite enough to have this tale – with whatever intended conclusive meaning – a merging of timelines and intention to get revenge or imagined revenge, a suspenseful study of the problems in our characters’ lives, […]
Post-Brexit coffee taste changed
Jun 25th, 2016 | By Roger Ellman | Category: Featured Articles, NewsIt’s not because of the referendum, but the coffee blend prepared at this specialist cafe in Bath, Post-Brexit UK, by experts who strive for perfection, changes weekly and there are three blends to choose from. The blend I’m enjoying is from Panama and I think we still trade with Panama! In any case Panama […]
A post-Brexit coffee tastes different
Jun 25th, 2016 | By Roger Ellman | Category: NewsI am enjoying an espresso at the ultimate specialist cafe serving perfect coffee in Bath, post-referendum UK. It tastes different because the blend of coffee, it’s origin, changed, not because of the vote. This one is from Panama. Perhaps we still accept shipments from Panama, perhaps Panama likes us, perhaps coffee is immune to the […]
On April first 2016 we launch S.trip hotels
Apr 1st, 2016 | By Roger Ellman | Category: NewsInspired by the lack of truly colorful and brightly lit gambling and hospitality joints in Vas Legas, the company that created X-hotels and the truly hard-to-find 5 Star Raft Hotels announce the grand opening of S.Trip hotels. The first hotel to open and bring this amazing concept to the leisure travel marketplace, on the famous […]
The lull of the leap year, the lure of the moment given
Feb 29th, 2016 | By Roger Ellman | Category: Featured ArticlesToday, in the future you may wonder when this was written and I will tell you, is the 29th day of February 2016. Unless we change things, the calendar we have adopted for the main part, there will be more leap years. And a tradition that is likely to continue for a little while is […]