Long Lines at LAXit For Drivers and Passengers

Long Lines at LAXit For Drivers and Passengers

November 24, 2019
Lisa M. Spencer

Traffic is jamming up at LAX as Uber, Lyft, and taxi drivers spend up to an hour creeping towards the new “LAXit” pickup area where passengers must now go to meet up with their vehicles.

Meanwhile, passengers are waiting in long lines to get to the pickup area themselves from the main terminal.

The new pickup area was designed to decrease general traffic congestion and to facilitate pickups and drop-offs during a major airport renovation and an airport train construction project that will cause closures of curbs areas and lanes until 2023.

Video Spotlight: To Ease Traffic Congestion, LAX Will No Longer Allow Ride Share Pickups At Terminal

This post is based on the LA Times article, LAX rules for Uber, Lyft and taxis create chaos—and opportunities, by Samantha Masunaga, November 5, 2019, and the YouTube video, To Ease Traffic Congestion, LAX Will No Longer Allow Ride Share Pickups At Terminal, by CBS Los Angeles, October 3, 2019. Image source: Kyoungil Jeon/Getty Images

Discussion Questions:

1. What are customers doing to try to access their transport, and how is this affecting other businesses’ capacity planning?

Guidance: Some customers are seeking alternate ways to meet up Continue reading →

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In Venice: Unsustainable Tourism

In Venice: Unsustainable Tourism

November 23, 2019
Lisa M. Spencer

Venice’s tourist population has swelled to 30 million people a year, and many arrive on the approximately 570 cruise ships that make calls in the lagoon.

Desperate to preserve the city’s image, the Italian transport minister is pulling the plug on large ship access to the Grand Canal near Piazzo San Marco square beginning in April 2020.  Reductions in the number of cruise ships entering the area were already introduced in August 2019.

In addition, beginning in July 2020, day-trippers arriving by public transport will pay a fee of three euros during the off-season and eight euros in high season to help preserve the city’s quality of life.  Those who choose to visit during peak times, such as summer weekends, will have to pay an additional 10 euro charge to visit the city center and islands of the lagoon.

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This post is based on the Express article, Tourism crackdown: Venice to ban large cruise ships in bid to save city, by Leonie Chao-Fong, November 7, 2019; the Worth article,  Facing Rising Water Continue reading →

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China’s Demand Influences Hollywood Products

China’s Demand Influences Hollywood Products

November 18, 2019
Lisa M. Spencer

China’s movie theater business is booming, and will likely be the largest in the world by next year.

China’s take at the box office passed up that of the U.S. in early 2018.  This shift means Hollywood is paying closer attention to what it films and how it will be received in the Chinese market, where some content is still subject to censure if it isn’t in line with what China’s government wants to allow into the country.

In the bigger picture, over 70 percent of a blockbuster film’s revenue now comes from outside the U.S., so keeping content in line with international viewer preferences has become at least as important as pleasing audiences at home.

Video Spotlight: How China is changing Hollywood | CNBC Reports

This post is based on the CNBC article, China’s box office is expected to surpass the US in 2020. That’s good news for Hollywood, by Uptin saiidi, November 5, 2019, and the YouTube video, How China is changing Hollywood | CNBC Reports, by CNBC International, October 31, 2019. Image source: D. Hurst / Alamy

Discussion Questions:

1. What location planning issues arise for Hollywood, given the growth of China’s movie Continue reading →

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