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  • GrubHub and Seamless to merge GrubHub and Seamless to merge

    WASHINGTON - GrubHub Inc. and Seamless North America LLC, two of the biggest online services for food-delivery in the U.S., have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their companies to take on rivals in the growing market for online meal orders. The merger will create a combined company well positioned to drive more orders to restaurants, deliver a better experience for hungry ...

  • Work starts on creation of new Dubai island Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

    Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

  • Global factors are strong drivers of Asia hotels revenues.

    A study of global and local factors that drive changes in hotels' revenue per available room (RevPAR) in eight major Asian cities found that the revenues for the hotels in these cities are strongly subject to global forces. "When we initially interviewed the hotel managers, they listed many local events and factors as potential drivers of their revenue, and they were not focused on ...

  • Survey finds marketers are operationally proficient but strategically stalled.

    The 2013 MPM Survey captured input from more than 400 respondents, enabling ITSMA, Forrester, and VEM to expose valuable insights on the performance measurement and management challenges marketers face. The study, began by VEM initially, is now in its 12th year.VisionEdge Marketing (VEM), ITSMA, and Forrester, organizations committed to helping marketers improve their effectiveness, released the ...

  • Who Are Next Generation of Luxury Travelers

    The luxury traveler seems to be getting younger and younger; at least, that's the latest hypothesis coming from Starwood's head office. The hotel group, which includes W Hotels, St. Regis, Sheraton, Aloft and more, says its turning its focus to young millionaires - one of the fastest growing segments in the tourism industry. According to Starwood, 85% of Starwood's luxury guests ...


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Movie Review

Small Soldiers

With its computer-generated toys that move and speak like real people, "Small Soldiers" will most likely be compared to 1995's "Toy Story." However, what it most closely resembles is "Battlefield," a 10-page short story by Stephen King that appears in his 1978 anthology "Nightshift." "Battlefield" is an ironic, grisly little tale of a professional hitman who receives a package filled with G.I. Joe ... ...

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  • When Strategic Focus Goes Wrong.

    Ask any teenager today who Eastman Kodak is and it is likely that they will not know and yet, little over ten years ago Eastman Kodak was riding high with over $10B in sales and with a famed research and development department that invented the first digital camera in 1975, used in commercial sectors such as medical imaging.Today, Eastman Kodak is still working its way out of bankruptcy ...

  • Japan Hotel trading and investment market likely to exhibit further improvements.

    ​Jones Lang LaSalle releases Hotel Intelligence Japan 2013 research report.​Jones Lang LaSalle's Hotels & Hospitality Group is pleased to announce that Hotel Intelligence Japan 2013 has been released today. ...

  • News from around the EMEA region May 22.

    LaSalle Investment Management has purchased the 124-room Travelodge Bath Waterside, in the city of Bath, southwest England, from Cordial Hotels ...

  • Draft D.C. budget report returns $5M for D.C. Water relocation at The Yards

    D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson wants to return $5 million of the $8 million that a council committee stripped from a Capitol Riverfront economic development project. The draft fiscal 2014 Budget Request Act, dropped by Mendelson Tuesday ahead of Wednesday's budget vote, invests $6 million next year to move D.C. Water facilities out of a site that is planned to be redeveloped by Forest ...

  • Retail drives increase in Houstons commercial building permits

    Year-over-year growth was evenly spread among residential and nonresidential permits. Residential permits increased 44.5 percent from $117.8 billion in April 2012 to $170.3 billion in April this year. Commercial permits grew 48.1 percent from $176.7 billion in April last year to $261.6 billion in the same month this year. Retail stores in Houston accounted for one-third of the year-over-year ...

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