John Stanley

Over the month of September and early October I worked with clients in Europe, Asia and the Americas. This meant I saw a wide range of cultures and businesses in our post COVID world. Prior to COVID a lot of my consultancy was focused on creating the experience for the business to attract the visitor.  That has all changed, I’m not […]

I have just finished a week looking at agri tourism in Ireland, both on the east coast and Atlantic coast. The east coast has agricultural history with over 2,000 years of farming practices. Halloween or Samhain originated in the Boyne Valley during Celtic times and is still celebrated by farmers in the agritourism sector,whilst on the west coast

It has been eleven years since I have been in Hungarey. As expected a lot has changed. The most pleasant surprise is to see the Hungarian Garden Centre industry advance over this years and many independent garden centres are up there with some of the best in Europe. The outdoor plant area in many centres is inspiring and a place

A flight cancellation can bring benefits and a cancellation in Budapest meant I spent a day walking the streets of this city looking at retail ideas. Budapest is one of my favourite European cities.,It is very grand and Parliament House is one of the best in the world. But,the city also has some wonderful retail zones,the key

Garden Centres are traditionally horizontal businesses. One of the reasons for this was they were located on city fringes on wholesale nurseries, the land was relatively cheap and Baby Boomers were happy to drive into the country for a day of leisure. Zoom forward to 2023 and is this the right model? Danny Puan from

Here is a brief look through day one of the AgroTourism Conference and Expo in Sarawak.

At the end of August I and Linda had the opportunity to present at the Agritourism conference in Kuching in Sarawak. We went having no idea what to expect. We were asked to feature Chestnut Brae as a case study to the delegates. We were in for a big surprize as the agritourism industry is

Linda and I had the opportunity to attend the SE Asia Agrotourism  Conference held in Sawark,B orneo.The media asked us to do a short segment for the radio.You can watch and listen here