Forbes: Responsible and resilient – Intrepid Travel shows doing good is also good for business
Christopher Marquis, Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management at Cambridge Judge Business School, writes about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the tourism industry. “James Thornton CEO of Intrepid Travel, the world’s largest B Corp certified travel company, shared with me…
GE’s grip on airlines
The breakup of General Electric shines a spotlight on GE's once-dominant role in the airline industry through aircraft leasing, engines and financing, says a new study co-authored at Cambridge Judge that examines "Why do unsuccessful companies survive?" The announcement this…
Café sustainability
Footprints Café, a social venture supported by Cambridge Judge Business School, is included in the Lonely Planet Best in Travel List 2021 for its focus on community. Georgina Hemmingway Footprints Café, a social venture in Cambodia founded by former Cambridge…
Wealth Adviser: Passport data reveals Asian countries most flexible for travel
Dr Lorraine Charles, Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research, comments about travel and migration as the Henley Passport Index reveals the top countries. The index ranks all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders…
160cc wanderlust
Cambridge MBA alumnus Kirk Wilson (MBA 2007) was riding high in his career, but shifted gears with a 20,000-mile motorcycle ride around South America. He's now published a book about it. Kirk Wilson Cambridge Judge Business School alumnus Kirk Wilson…
Venturing forth: GlobalTravelWallet
A digital alternative to cash – that's the idea behind GlobalTravelWallet, a startup that is supported by the Cambridge Social Ventures programme, part of the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School. Founder and CEO Segun Oni…
How to find the road less travelled
Traffic study shows real-time travel information has less of an impact on speeding up our journeys that you might expect. Those of us who travel on busy roads every day face the same enemy - traffic. Sources of real time…
‘Travel’ing the road of business and philanthropy
We asked entrepreneur and philanthropist Lloyd Dorfman, founder of currency exchange company Travelex and Chairman of the Prince's Trust, about how young entrepreneurs can get started and the complementary roles of business and charity. The entrepreneurial bug is largely instinctive.…
At home abroad: in tourism, there’s a big world beyond hotels
Nicola D'Elia of Airbnb seeks to open up many more areas to visitors in developing countries. Most tourists around the world, says Nicola D'Elia (Cambridge MBA 2009), tend to visit the same cities or districts because that's where most hotels…
Chara Georgiadou, Country Manager at trivago
What do you need to survive and thrive at a start-up? For Chara Georgiadou it was flexibility, commitment… and two weeks on the Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education General Management Programme. Joining a new company is always a gamble,…
