MRED Around the World student Joseph Powell writes from Korea: If disorientation happens only after one has been orientated, then we never noticed when we were orientated. Today was an amazing day full of great sites, food and people. By the end of the day we were glad we had our tour guide from ISA, Jaehoon, and to have a place to sit down [...]
MRED Around the World student Dejan Eskic writes from Seoul, South Korea, where the students met up after crossing the Pacific Ocean: We have all arrived safely and are starting to adjust to the 15-hour time change. While half of the group was somewhere over the Pacific, the other half was out getting their first taste of Seoul. Our first impression of Seoul is [...]
The MRED Around the World travelers will be hosted by various companies in the country they visit. You'll read more about their experiences each step of the way. These are the businesses the team will visit: Seoul, South Korea Costco Songdo Global University Shanghai, China Disney Shanghai Normal University Hines Shui-On Land, Xintiandi Hong Kong, China Urban Land Institute Bangalore, India Adobe Prestige Development [...]
Christian Traeden, one of the MRED Around the World travelers, writes about the final preparations before the class leaves for Seoul, South Korea: This week was our last meeting in preparation for the Real Estate Around the World Class. We discussed the final itineraries for each of the countries we will be visiting, communication between group members while in each country--we settled on “What’s [...]
Joe Evans, one of the students heading on the MRED Around the World trip, shared his thoughts on the lessons the group has learned from experienced world traveler Jim Hill, the director of the Ivory Boyer Real Estate Center who is leading the trip. Joe writes: Weigh-in! Only three weeks until departure! Airline tickets are booked, passports and visas acquired, and bags are already [...]
Our travelers have been meeting once a week throughout the spring semester to plan, organize and prepare for the trip. These meetings cover everything from creating our itinerary for each country to packing for adventure travel (one small carry-on bag!). We have been working to be as prepared as possible, so we can hit the ground running—literally! Let us introduce you to the travelers: [...]
We are three weeks from embarking on our Real Estate Around the World adventure through the Masters of Real Estate Development program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business! On May 2 our traveling team of students will depart from the United States and convene at Incheon International Airport in Seoul, Korea, a day later. For a few, this will be [...]