Terrie's Take 994 - Is Now Live On Substack

[Terrie's Take]

Yes, Terrie's Take is stirring into life again, and I'm back in the
saddle business-wise. Firstly, my sincere thanks to all the folks who
have been receiving my newsletters via email from our very own Mailman
server. This has worked so well for many years, although every year
Google makes it more and more difficult to not be identified as spam.
In the last 3 years, I've been relying more on Linked In to reach my
audience, but Microsoft is doing what Microsoft does, and recently
started throttling text posts to less than 10% of the original organic
reach. Hell, I can go back to email and get 7x more reach than using
Linked Inc. So, in my quest for the perfect platform, I've followed
many others to Substack. Seems like a competent and well designed
system, and I'm hoping this will be home for the Take for a while.

Secondly, the actual post. So the first newsletter for Terrie's Take
for 2025, is about whether the inbound travel industry in Japan will
stay buoyant for 2025 and 2026. Generally I'm pretty upbeat, but I
also identify the likely warning signs if there is going to be a
downturn. Japan could wind up playing the role of the go-to travel
destination while the rest of the world is looking unsafe, expensive,
and just a bit boring.

The newsletter is here. Please subscribe while you are there.
https://telloyd.substack.com/p/tt-994-inbound-travel-sector-outlook

Oh, I also announced that our recently established traditional homes
renovation business, www.akiya2.com, is now doing its first fundraise.
Feel free to message me directly if you want to know more.

>From the Desk of Terrie Lloyd