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Asia Pacific is set to dominate both the inbound and outbound tourism sector over the coming decade, with China leading the way.

That is the view of speakers and panellists at the Asia Luxury Travel Market, taking place this week in Shanghai, China.

Barbados has outlined plans to develop its health and wellness tourism sector to help overcome the reliance of the countrys travel industry on seasonality and the vagaries of the global economic climate.

The Barbados Minister of Tourism, Richard Sealy, has said that health and wellness tourism is growing faster than the overall travel and tourism industry, and Barbados plans to develop its health and wellness market.

Global personal navigation device shipments to stagnate at 48 Million by 2015, says ABI Research. Growth in Personal Navigation Device (PND) shipments will continue to slow, stagnating at 48 million by 2015.
The Asia-Pacific market will experience the strongest growth with more than 10 million shipments in 2015. PND shipments continue to suffer from competing navigation form factors, says ABI Research practice director Dominique Bonte. While the free navigation solutions from both Nokia and Google firmly establish handset-based turn-by-turn navigation as a standard feature, in-dash navigation is also becoming affordable for a larger portion of car buyers.

Government incentives and lower solar prices are starting to pay off.

In a few years, the United States is likely to be the world's largest market for solar power, eclipsing Germany, which has taken the lead as a result of strong government incentives in spite of the relative paucity of sunlight in that country.
A number of factors could make growth possible in the United States--especially changes in legislation that give utilities incentives to create large solar farms.

Six segments of digital photographers exist according to a new Consumer Electronics Association analysis. The study, The Digital Photographer - Segmenting the Market to Gain Deeper Understanding, shows the segments are the Frustrated Photogs making up 25 percent of the market, Digital Curators (23 percent), One-Click Wonders (15%), Feature-Focused Photogs (16%), Picture Happy Socialites (10%) and Digital Mavericks (10%).
Understanding how digital photographers are naturally grouped together, based on similar thoughts, behaviors, attitudes, interests, etc., will help companies in the consumer electronics industry better serve these consumers needs, said Chris Ely, CEA senior research analyst.

Calling all those who love the idea of scoring a flea market or yard sale deal but are too timid to fight for the price follow these steps to help you master the art of haggling

The seven-bedroom home had once been someone's American Dream, but at a recent auction it was drawing no bids from a roomful of buyers despite it's $7,000 bargain price. Are we on the cusp of another foreclosure explosion?

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The United States and China are in a head-to-head race to become the world's top market for solar power, and panel makers are wasting no time making plans to cash in on the growth promise of both markets despite the global recession.

The U.S. and China lag far behind Europe in demand for solar power, but are expected to vault ahead in the next few years as both nation's work to curb their emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

Amidst the pangs of recession, Indian denim industry
is competing fairly well in acquiring their slice of the pie.

Jeans, which was once considered as a weekend and casual
wear, has gradually penetrated into every single aspect of our culture. Now jeans are a preferred choice as a formal wear, and on big events. College students choosing jeans for the day has become a normal sight as brushing their teeth. Jeans is not a garment which one would like to wear once or just a couple of times, they just get better with the span of time.

A recent report has come out with the assessment of likely impact of the slowdown in consumer spending on sales, of discretionary products like swimwear. This is one of the issues covered in a new report on the global swimwear and beachwear market, which also looks at technology, fit and styling, and competition between private-label retailers and brands. The fall-out from the global credit crunch is likely to have an adverse effect on the clothing industry for sometime.