by Minter Dial | Nov 25, 2007 | Entertainment
We went to see the very last performance of Riverdance at Palais des Congrès, Porte Maillot, along with the intimate 1,000 people… Although our seats were not fantastic, way out on the left hand side, the quality of the production was top notch and the handy...
by Minter Dial | Nov 24, 2007 | Branding, Marketing, Sports
Who is the greatest male tennis player ever? Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, Bill Tilden, Rod Laver … Gonzales, Perry, Borg, McEnroe… The argument rages eternal among tennis players and fans and, aside from cyber-imagination, there are no ways for us to level...
by Minter Dial | Nov 21, 2007 | Travel
My wife and I just spent a most memorable week in Egypt, on the famed Nile. Thanks to my mother who hoofed it over from the States to watch over our children, we were afforded a romantic getaway. The visit, organized through Club Med (CM), was part hotel, part cruise....
by Minter Dial | Nov 20, 2007 | Branding, Business, Marketing
Is customer service dead? asks Tom Asacker at Brand Strategy Insider. I do believe that the nature of customer and service have both changed — but neither is dead. A little different from Mr Asacker’s final point in his incisive post on the demise of...
by Minter Dial | Nov 18, 2007 | Politics
After living through this week’s strikes in Paris, I thought I’d share a few observations for those of you who haven’t the pleasure of experiencing it in direct. 1/ Mayor Delanoë’s Velib program is going to benefit massively from the strike....