With as many as 50,000 jobs to fill worldwide by the end of the year, Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) will be the first in the industry to tap into the exploding popularity of social media gaming to help generate interest in hospitality careers. At My Marriott Hotel™ on Facebook (www.facebook.com/marriottjobsandcareers), gamers will first manage a “virtual” hotel restaurant kitchen before moving on to other areas of hotel operations. The game will be available in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Mandarin.
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Happiness and smiles were abundant today as 85 homeless students from the Tampa area received a private visit from the Harlem Globetrotters and $15,000—the grand prize in the Howard Johnson (HOJO) hotel brand’s The Give Happy Challenge, a national competition that challenged people to make others happy.
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Pop Star Karina Bradley and Rapper Papoose team up for a powerful combination on the hit track “Obituary 2010”. Obituary 2010 is off of Papoose’s “2nd Coming” mix tape and will be featured on Karina Bradley’s upcoming “Madam President” mix tape hosted by DJ Diamond Kuts. Papoose & Karina Bradley’s “Obituary 2010” Music video broke OVER 10.1 MILLION views in ONLY four days on World Star Hip Hop (www.worldstarhiphop.com).
Obituary 2010 is a tradition of Papoose. For the last couple of years Papoose has honored celebrities that have passed away.
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The Yankee Candle Company, Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of premium scented candles, today announced its most popular fragrances within its new contemporary candle line, Pure Radiance. After just a few weeks of availability, the three best-selling Pure Radiance scents are:
After Dark™ — Enjoy an enchanted evening with this nocturnal mix of night air, garden herbs, rich woods and musk.
Beachfront™ — Escape to a place where the air is filled with the sounds of the waves and the scents of summer blossoms. Includes notes of watery, ozone, pineapple, lotus, and coconut.
Denim™ — Comfortable and casual … this carefree mix of citrus, white flowers, cedarwood and musk is as relaxed as a Sunday afternoon.
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Virgin America, the low-fare airline with stylish service and fun amenities for kids and parents alike, today celebrates its new nonstop service to Orlando International Airport (MCO) from both Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The airline toasts its expansion to the newest city in its growing network, with a festive Orlando gate celebration to welcome guests on one of its first flights. Upon touchdown in Orlando, guests will receive a red carpet “family vacation” themed welcome party hosted by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Orange County Florida Mayor Richard T. Crotty, Virgin America CEO David Cush and Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson.
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E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) today announced that E*TRADE Securities LLC has unveiled a new 30-second “Talking Baby” advertisement which will run during the NBC® television network broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI.
The Super Bowl spot, entitled “Fatherhood,” features the E*TRADE Baby reassuring a nervous new dad about planning for his newborn daughter’s future with help from Financial Consultants at E*TRADE.
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LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A, Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) and box office hit Iron Man 2 joined forces last night to celebrate the release of LG's first Android handset, LG Ally. The event showcased the new LG Ally handset, innovative futuristic concept phones from the LG Design of the Future Challenge, augmented reality experiences, and the chance to meet world-renowned prop master Russell Bobbitt, who created the props for Iron Man and Iron Man 2.
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With Arizona facing its share of tragedies lately – economically, politically and most recently the wildfires which have impacted thousands of residents – the community has found comfort in rallying together to celebrate the grand opening of the new Phoenix Children’s Hospital. The campus of Arizona’s only hospital 100 percent for children grew from 345 licensed beds to 465, and will ultimately house 626 licensed beds at full build-out, expected in 2013.
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Roadside Romeo is a forthcoming Bollywood animated film that will have Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor lend their voices to animated characters for the first time. Written and directed by debutante Jugal Hansraj, who acted in films such as Mohabbatein (2000) and Salaam Namaste (2005), this will be the first animated film that is an India-U.S. co-production of Yash Raj Films and Walt Disney Pictures. The film will utilize state-of-the-art computer-animation technology done entirely in India as well as feature music, dances, songs and romance just like any other film produced by Yash Raj Films. Roadside Romeo is scheduled to release on October 24, 2008 and will be produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra under Yash Raj Films.
The hopes of thousands of families are carried every day and seen by millions through a partnership that celebrates its 25th anniversary today.
Valassis, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the U.S. Postal Service have been working to reunite missing children with their families through the “Have You Seen Me?®” program and the power of the U.S. mail since 1985.
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Want to keep employees satisfied in their jobs without one foot out the door? Give them a little credit, a new OfficeTeam survey suggests. Nearly half (49 percent) of workers interviewed said they would be somewhat or very likely to leave their current position if they didn’t feel appreciated by their manager.
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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), with help from The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Iridium Communications Inc. [Nasdaq: IRDM], has successfully implemented a new space-based system to monitor Earth’s space environment. Known as the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment (AMPERE), the system provides real-time magnetic field measurements using commercial satellites as part of a new observation network to forecast weather in space. This is the first step in developing a system that enables 24-hour tracking of Earth's response to supersonic blasts of plasma ejected from the sun at collection rates fast enough to one day enable forecasters to predict space weather effects.
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