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Air Cargo At The Kursaal |
Anyone who lived in Brussels for some time has been attracted, sooner or later, by the vast shores of the North Sea between Zeebrugge and De Panne, a wonderful beach challenging the winds, a few miles west of the shore where the Allies landed on June 6th 1944, D-day. If you travelled to these wonderful sandy beaches you may have been acquainted with the bitter gusts of the wind blowing from the open sea, and you must have been trying to come to terms with keeping your body temperature stable, whilst enjoying a day at the beach. Then you may have seen (and possibly used) the strandkorb, i.e. roughly meaning “shore basket” . . . Just to give you an idea, here is a piece from repertoire. Years ago you could see hundreds of these curious artifacts. Tourists would capture even the smallest ray of sunshine, tucked in and sheltered from the North Wind. On the shore of Oostende, close to the Kursaal, there was an army of these curious wicker constructions years ago. Looking at today’s pictures, the weather must have improved. Many tourists seem to stroll by the sea without trouble, oblivious of the wind and the temperature. Maybe they have more time on their hands and can choose a fine day to travel. Time ago, the choice was limited: Sunday was probably the day you would go to Oostende: if the wind was blowing, you could stay home or decide to hide inside the strandkorb. Oostende is a very fine little town on the North Sea, with great food, and has been an attraction for decades, if not centuries, for good reasons. Now there is one more motive to travel to Oostende. We have taken note that a very distinguished group of professionals will test the winds of the North Sea next week, and they are all well known to our readers. The World Cargo Summit opens at the Kursaal Casino January 27-29 in Ostend-Bruges, Belgium and thus starts the trade show season 2025 with Belgium on the half shell and a speakers’ program that should not leave anyone thinking that any topic of interest for 2025 has been overlooked.
With no less than 59 speakers during a jam-packed event, every subject has a predicate, with experts ready to “kick the can down the road”, as it is said. One could only wonder if being a paid speaker at an event like this might not be an alternative career choice at some point? Looking at their qualification you get the hint that indeed they have their own superb career, and need no other. The games will start with a “big picture” panel that would probably be worth listening to even if you were there just to have a day at the beach: TIACA (Glyn Hughes), Etihad (Stanislas Brun), FIATA (Stéphane Graber), AVIANCA (Diogo Elias), HACTL, Hong Kong (Wilson Kwong), do we need to introduce them? The two days continue as a good match to this, with talks that will explore all the avenues where air cargo travels. 
After 58 industry leaders listed on the event website have their say at
World Cargo Summit, speaker number 59 will get last word as well-known entrepreneur,
keynote speaker and author Peter Hinssen puts the wrap and a bow on proceedings
with: “Which Trends will influence our World in the next years?”
So if you have not received the message from the others by then, he will
make sure that you fly into the future sustained by the wings of knowledge.
I have looked up for a strandkorb of my own: I can get a cheap one for about USD$200 but if I want a really good one with all that it takes to keep me warm, I must part with USD$4,000. No wonder there are fewer of them out on the beach in 2025. More Info. click here. GDA/MLS |
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