Overbooked: The Global Business of Travel and Tourism
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Genres: Business & Money, Travel, Politics & Social Sciences
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Business & Money, Travel, Politics & Social Sciences
Book Type: Hardcover
Andrew L. reviewed on + 10 more book reviews
This is another "{fill in the blank} has gone amuck and is going to end life as we know it" book. In this case, the blank is the travel industry.
The author has some valid points to make but is totally undone by sloppy research and/or writing. I'm sure that there are statistics in the book that aren't contradicted two pages later but it doesn't seem that way. For example, she states that the cruise industry is $40 billion in the US alone but three pages later, says that the market leader, Carnival, dominates the market with a 45% market share and sales of $13 billion. Fourth-grade math says that 45% of $40 billion is $18 billion, not $13 billion. If this were an isolated case, I chalk it up but it's not. It happens over and over again. It totally destroys any credibility the author has.
The author has some valid points to make but is totally undone by sloppy research and/or writing. I'm sure that there are statistics in the book that aren't contradicted two pages later but it doesn't seem that way. For example, she states that the cruise industry is $40 billion in the US alone but three pages later, says that the market leader, Carnival, dominates the market with a 45% market share and sales of $13 billion. Fourth-grade math says that 45% of $40 billion is $18 billion, not $13 billion. If this were an isolated case, I chalk it up but it's not. It happens over and over again. It totally destroys any credibility the author has.
