Eric Edelstein

I just returned from a whirlwhind trip to South America, where I spent time in Uruguay and Brazil.
When I arrived in Sao Paulo in Brazil I was told by the hotel staff a very similar message which I assume is being told to all visitors to South Africa…
be careful, don’t wear jewellery, don’t allow your [...]

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I’ve just arrived in Sao Paulo (my first time in South America) and was greeted with pouring rain!
But it finally seems to have stopped, and i’m heading out into the streets of Brazil to see if I can find some interesting sights and sounds and FOOD…
Not that I have much time as i’m up at [...]

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I arrived in Paris early this morning, and am sitting in a hotel overlooking the Gare Du Nord train station, which is where i’m catching the eurostar to London in an hours time.
Two things happened to me in the last few days which made me realise that although information is available, it’s the verification that [...]

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A few weeks ago, I briefly mentioned a new investment opportunity in the travel portal space in which I had taken an investment.
Justin Time have now announced the launch of their distress inventory business - 11th may according to the article on myBroadBand.co.za and 22nd May according to the Justin-Time website.
What is distress inventory? (from [...]

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A travel commerce engine with a twist is launching in South Africa soon. Lastminute.com tried to launch a local version a few years back, and it didn’t do well for a number of reasons. After speaking to the founders of this company, I believe they are going to have an extremely successful business model in [...]

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