My four o’clock appointment on Wednesday was with Richard Branleur Couilles-Baiser, formerly of Montreal, Quebec, but today the chief industry lobbyist for the International Alliance of Holiday Cruise Ship Associations, a trade organization headquartered here in Washington DC. He strode smartly into my office, tossed his briefcase on the coffee table and perched jauntily on… Continue reading Royal Caribbean Poop Cruise Shivers the Industry’s Timbers
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Zuma Unleashes the Dogs of Rhetoric on South Africa
Thursday afternoon, I welcomed Duki Bongo MBozo, who is First Under Assistant Delegation Secretary for Tourism Development at the South African Embassy here in Washington DC. His consultation appointment was of an emergency nature, and he had been attempting to make one with me since early Wednesday. “That woman,” he fumed, as he sat down… Continue reading Zuma Unleashes the Dogs of Rhetoric on South Africa