Living-Travel
NEW YORK CampbellGray Hotels celebrates the launch of its dazzling new website with four ultra luxurious prizes worth up to £10,000.00 each. The four hotels in the CampbellGray Hotels collection are each offering a prize for four people including five nights’ accommodation in suites, fabulous meals, bespoke excursions and money-can’t-buy experiences. Prize elements include:
LAS VEGAS Budget Center Inc. (OTC: BDGN) (the “Company) is pleased to announce that the Company’s owned travel website www.budgethotels.com has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) for a “white paper affiliate” agreement with Hotels Combined Pty Ltd. of Sydney, Australia.
SAN FRANCISCO Local 2 Unite Here should end its destructive practice of calling rolling strikes at hotels around San Francisco and focus on talks at the negotiation table for the benefit of their members and the city’s hospitality industry.
WELLINGTON, Fla. B/E Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq:BEAV) will make a presentation to institutional investors at the Credit Suisse Aerospace & Defense Conference in New York City on Wednesday, December 2, 2009.
CHICAGO NAVIGON AG, the leading innovator in the navigation market, today announced a Thanksgiving promotion for its iPhone navigation app, MobileNavigator, as well as insights into holiday travel. Roads across the nation are expected to see extreme congestion this holiday season. According to INRIX, a leading traffic information and navigation services provider, 87 percent of major metropolitan areas across the country are expected to experience increased traffic congestion over the Thanksgiving holiday compared to the same time last year. NAVIGON aims to help drivers avoid unwanted hassles with a $30.00 savings for its iPhone navigation app, Mobile Navigator and its new Traffic Live feature. The company also makes recommendations for optimum travel times during the holiday weekend.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), today announced that, as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 19, 2009 (the “Early Tender Date”), $193,652,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7⅞% Senior Notes due 2012 (CUSIP No. 85590AAD6/U85650AB2) (the “2012 Notes”) and $132,107,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6¼% Senior Notes due 2013 (CUSIP No. 85590AAK0) (the “2013 Notes” and, together with the 2012 Notes, the “Notes”) have been tendered and not validly withdrawn in connection with the Company’s previously announced cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Company’s Offer to Purchase, dated November 5, 2009, and a related Letter of Transmittal, to purchase up to $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount (subject to increase by Starwood) of the 2012 Notes and $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount (subject to increase by Starwood) of the 2013 Notes. Proceeds from Starwood’s underwritten public offering of $250 million of 7.150% Senior Notes due 2019, together with cash on hand, will be used to purchase Notes pursuant to the Tender Offer. The underwritten public offering closed on November 20, 2009.
WASHINGTON Doubletree Hotels and the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), the world's largest humanitarian organization, have teamed up to motivate students to help fight hunger this holiday season through a unique relationship that will collect food for local food banks in the United States and raise funds for WFP's hunger relief operations abroad.
NEW YORK Martinique has been named “Best Gourmet Island of the Year 2009” by Caribbean World Magazine, reaffirming its leadership position as the top Caribbean destination for culinary travel. This marks the second straight year that Martinique has received the prestigious award, which was presented at the 15th Caribbean World Annual Awards, held recently during World Travel Market (WTM) in London.
LAS VEGAS Budget Center Inc. (Pink Sheets: BDGN) is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed the acquisition of 15 undeveloped “budget” category Universal Resource Locators (URLs) in the online travel and related industries.
NEW YORK Martinique, the French Caribbean paradise that famously inspired several of Paul Gauguin's most celebrated works, will again take center stage of the Caribbean art world when it hosts the seventh annual Contemporary Art Market of Le Marin, November 27-29, 2009. Some 8,000 visitors are expected to attend the event and experience the latest creations produced by 100+ artists from the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Canada and the U.S., making this one of the Caribbean's most important celebrations of the arts.
NEW YORK With the holiday season fast approaching, Sanyika Calloway Boyce has ideas and recommendations for ways we can save money by making small changes to our everyday actions.
MINNEAPOLIS AOI Marketing announced today it will open its patent pending Incremental Revenue Platform (IRP) to airlines and travel providers. While enhancing the model with a low fare carrier for over five years, AOI has proven the concept for a membership airfare model and produced results showing its effectiveness for the airline and customer alike.
SEAL BEACH, Calif. The Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA), a southern New Jersey-based services authority providing waste management and recycling services in Atlantic County, has awarded a contract to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) to design, build, and maintain a new public access compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel station. The facility will operate 24/7 to support ACUA’s growing fleet of CNG refuse trucks, as well as municipal and private CNG fleet vehicles in the area.
LONDON A recent survey has revealed what appears to be a new and possibly recession fuelled trend for travelling solo. The poll of 4,000 UK adults found that 15 per cent of holidaymakers travelled alone in the past year. These findings are apparently noteworthy enough for a new term to have been coined, it seems solo travel is now being dubbed a ‘soliday’.
LEXINGTON, Ky. Kentucky made a season-high 11 three-point baskets. That made the Cats the weak sister from the perimeter Thursday night.
APTOS, Calif. Strong thriving small and medium businesses are critical to the economic health of California. Mark Holcomb is president of the Aptos, California based Holcomb Group and has been speaking out on the importance of state policies that encourage business growth.
NEW YORK Morgans Hotel Group Co. (NASDAQ: MHGC) (“Morgans”) opens Ames in Boston, the latest addition to the company’s collection of Originals.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi announced today that River Taxi LLC has merged with its fleet, increasing passenger capacity by 29%. The increase in capacity is a combination of adding the two River Taxi’s vessels, and the purchase of the Tropic Cat, a Florida-built Corinthian Catamaran.
DETROIT Beginning tomorrow, customers parking in one of Detroit Metro Airport’s (DTW) two parking structures will receive an extra holiday greeting courtesy of the Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA) and its business partners.
NEW YORK Condé Nast Johansens, the international luxury travel guide of premium resorts, hotels and spas from the most trusted name in travel, Condé Nast Publications Ltd., today announced the release of its beautiful new portfolio of guides including the 2010 Recommended Hotels, Inns, Resorts and Spas – The Americas, Atlantic, Caribbean and Pacific.
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