Hotels.com®, the expert in online hotel booking and home to more than 20,000 hotel destinations worldwide, released its biannual Hotel Price Index™ (HPI®), reporting on the most popular travel destinations and the average price paid by travelers while visiting those destinations.
The HPI is a regular survey of hotel prices in major city destinations across the world, based on hotels.com bookings. Prices reported are those actually paid by customers (rather than advertised rates) during the calendar year of 2011. On a global scale, hotel prices increased by 4 percent on average in 2011 over 2010, while average prices in North America increased 5 percent year-over-year, continuing the process of steady recovery from the lows of 2008. Entering the third consecutive year of moderate price rises for guests, the global average price is still lower than it was in 2005, such was the depth of the financial crash-inspired trough.
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If you think that fall signals the end of heartworm season, think again. The American Heartworm Society (AHS) cautions the pet-owning public that heartworm disease is not solely a summer threat.
To help pet owners spread the word that heartworm is a year-round problem, as well as one of the most common diseases in pets, AHS created a video message that pet owners can forward to their friends. The “Is Your Pet Protected?” video emphasizes that this deadly disease is easy to prevent—but knowledge is needed to help all pet owners understand the importance of year-round protection and the importance of prevention.
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Baskin-Robbins now has something new and exciting for guests in California alongside its world-famous ice cream, frozen treats, and custom ice cream cakes. Baskin-Robbins, the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, announced that beginning today participating Baskin-Robbins shops in California will offer Dunkin’ Donuts K-Cup® packs, making “America’s Favorite Coffee” available in California for the very first time for use with Keurig® single cup brewing systems. Both Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins are part of the Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.’s family of brands.
As part of Baskin-Robbins’ launch of Dunkin’ K-Cup® packs in California, the company is celebrating with the “Baskin-Robbins $1K Giveaway,” in which today through October 11, Baskin-Robbins will randomly surprise a total of six guests at its restaurants throughout the state with a check for $1,000, a Keurig® K-Cup® brewing system and a year’s supply of Dunkin’ K-Cup® packs. Please visit www.baskinrobbins.com/sweepstakes for official rules.
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Community gardeners across the country are preparing for their favorite time of year, fall harvest. It is the time when hard work pays off with bounties of healthful fruits and vegetables. Fresh produce is just one of many advantages gardening brings to a community. Community gardens also promote environmental awareness, encourage healthy lifestyles, and create better social cohesion.
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In celebration of its centennial anniversary this year, Steelcase is exploring the future of work by inviting leading thinkers to participate in a dialogue and dream about how work will change in the next 100 years. The kick-off will take place at TED this week where Steelcase unveils its anniversary theme “100 Dreams, 100 Minds, 100 Years.”
TED is about ideas worth sharing and encouraging others to dream. For years Steelcase has helped create the spaces that give TED attendees places to interact and collaborate. This year as the company celebrates its centennial anniversary, Steelcase invites TEDsters to participate in this dialogue, to dream and to think about the future of the world and work.
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Based on thorough market analysis, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Toon Boom Animation Inc. with the 2011 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Entrepreneurial Company of the Year. In a highly concentrated market, in which the top three companies hold nearly 67 percent of the market share, Toon Boom has shown remarkable entrepreneurial spirit, rapidly gaining a strong foothold through product innovation, marketing and the implementation of a well-rounded strategy.
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The air freight industry is benefiting from a breakthrough new online and real-time rate management and distribution product, following the successful launch of OAG Cargo’s enhanced and upgraded AFRA Air Freight Rates application.
The optimized AFRA product is expected to become the standard for air freight rate management by airlines and their customers, and is the culmination of a three-year development project with significant investment by OAG Cargo, embracing the company’s eight years of acquired knowledge in air freight rate management, pre-transport decision-making and analysis.
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Celebrating National Bake and Decorate Month this year is easier than ever. Wilton Enterprises, the industry leader in cake decorating, quality bakeware and food crafting for more than 80 years, has introduced a revolutionary new way of decorating with its Punch. Cut. Decorate!™ system.
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Based on its recent analysis of the hosted automatic call distributor (ACD) and hosted agent performance optimization (APO) markets, Frost & Sullivan has recognized Echopass Corporation (Echopass) with the 2011 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Market Share Leadership.
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that has demonstrated excellence in capturing the highest market share within its industry. The award recognizes the company's leadership position within the industry in terms of revenues or units, as specified.
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Each December, smokers across America decide to quit as one of their New Year’s resolutions. Out of the more than 45 million smokers in the United States, nearly 69 percent want to quit. Tobacco-related disease is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States; smokers, therefore, need to be armed with all of the available information to make the best, most informed choices about the smoking cessation medications and resources available. Successful quitters, like Cindy, spend the season supporting smokers who are ready to take a step towards quitting in the New Year.
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