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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Little Big Town, Fleetwood Mac at Jazz Fest
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Little Big Town says that some networking they did is paying off with a chance to cross a couple of items off their "bucket list."
After playing Bayou Country SuperFest in Baton Rouge last year, group member Karen Fairchild said they talked to festival producer Quint Davis about other things they hoped to accomplish. They mentioned that they'd one day like to perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
Davis was in a position to help since he also produces Jazz Fest.
Known for its trademark four-part harmonies, Little Big Town performed in New Orleans on Saturday.
"Can you believe we're opening for Fleetwood Mac?" said Kimberly Schlapman, another group member. "We've been wanting to play Jazz Fest forever and now we're opening for Fleetwood Mac and can mark off two big things from our list."
Schlapman said early in their career they had the chance to meet Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, which she described as an "amazing harmony band."
"Being able to share a stage with them is one of our greatest wishes," she said.
Fairchild said they've watched Jazz Fest from afar for years. "The who's who of music shows up year after year at the festival. Who wouldn't want to play there?"
Flags flying amid a cool breeze, music fans packed the festival grounds by the stage where Little Big Town and Fleetwood Mac performed. Some put down tarps over the muddy infield. Others sat in chairs, wore rubber boots or stood barefoot to hear the bands.
"Once you're in it, it kind of feels good," said Mary Kathryn Gatlin, of Greenville, S.C., who danced shoeless in the mud, the muck covering her feet past the ankles. Gatlin was taking in her first Jazz Fest with her sister, Frances Gatlin.
The pair had been at the stage since noon, about an hour after the gates opened.
"We love country, bluegrass, just easy-listening music that's fun to dance to," Gatlin said.
Many danced as Fleetwood Mac performed such hits as "Dreams," ''Rhiannon," ''Gypsy," ''Tusk" and "Landslide," which drew huge roars from the crowd when Stevie Nicks introduced it.
Nicks also delivered her tribute to the host city, singing a portion of her song, "New Orleans," which she said she wrote after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "I wanna get a room in New Orleans, I wanna sing in the streets of the French Quarter," she sang.
The band also performed a new song, "Sad Angel," testing it out with the crowd. Toward the end of their set, they played an old favorite, "Go Your Own Way" at the end of which Buckingham shouted to the crowd, "New Orleans, we love you!"
They left the stage briefly before returning for an encore performance of "The World Keep On Turning," a song from their self-titled first album released in 1968 and "Don't Stop."
Other Saturday headliners included Phoenix, Frank Ocean, Los Lobos, Terence Blanchard, Davell Crawford and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
Sunshine and blue skies were welcomed by fans of the outdoor festival, which had been drenched by rain in previous days. Despite the mud, the field in front of the festival's largest stage was packed hours before Fleetwood Mac's performance.
Little Big Town's Fairchild said she hoped their festival appearance would help boost their fan base.
"This is a great chance for longtime fans to come out and see our set and a chance for us to discover and be introduced to new fans," she said.
Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook make up the rest of Little Big Town, which recently won two Academy of Country Music awards for their latest album "Tornado." They go on tour with Keith Urban in July.
"I like them," said Monique Powell, of Lafayette. "They've got three big hits out right now, 'Tornado,' 'Pontoon,' and 'Little White Church.' We came in to hear Maroon 5 yesterday. This is just a bonus."
Powell and her friend, Matt Chaisson, also of Lafayette, said Saturday's sunny weather made the trip worthwhile.
"Even though it's nasty out here with all the mud, we're making the best of it," she said, adding that she should have packed her rain boots.
"I should know better," she said, laughing. "I'm from here!"
The festival ends Sunday, with closing performances by Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Aaron Neville, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, and Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra with special guest Dee Dee Bridgewater.
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Associated Press writer Stacey Plaisance contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/little-big-town-fleetwood-mac-jazz-fest-180800914.html
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Lindsay Lohan disappears after rehab check-in
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Lindsay Lohan appeared to have skipped out on a court-ordered rehab program on Thursday, before doing a disappearing act and possibly violating her probation again.
Although her lawyer assured a Los Angeles judge on Thursday that she had checked in to start a 90-day stint imposed for a June 2012 reckless driving case, Lohan was photographed about the same time shopping in a Southern California electronics superstore.
Santa Monica city prosecutor Terry White told the Los Angeles Times hours later that he had learned that Lohan, 26, spent only a few minutes at the rehabilitation facility in Newport Beach before leaving.
"Ms. Lohan is in violation of her probation. That much is clear," White told the newspaper.
Lohan is still on probation for a 2011 jewelry theft. Any violation could make her liable to arrest and being ordered to jail.
Calls to Lohan's lawyer and publicist were not returned on Thursday and celebrity news websites reported no further sightings of the troubled "Mean Girls" actress.
Lohan, 26, was sentenced to 90 days in a locked rehab center as part of a March plea deal. She avoided jail by pleading no contest to charges that she lied to police when she said she was not behind the wheel of a car that smashed into a truck in the beach city of Santa Monica in June 2012.
Lohan had until Thursday to start her treatment and had initially agreed to go to a rehab center in New York.
Her last-minute switch, reportedly because she could not smoke in the New York facility, left White fuming on Thursday because he said he had not had time to vet the Morningside Recovery Center.
Officials at the Department of Alcohol and Drug programs said the center was not licensed to provide the kind of 24-hour residential alcohol or drug detox program that Lohan was ordered to attend.
The center said in a statement that it operated sober living homes and certified outpatient services at a clinic and had "successfully treated thousands of patients through our program."
Its website shows pictures of sunsets on the beach, and offers clients group trips to Disneyland, sailing and kayaking.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Dabney gave prosecutors a week to investigate the Morningside Recovery center.
Lohan has spent at least five stints in rehab in the past six years for unspecified issues.
Copyright 2013 Thomson Reuters.
Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/lindsay-lohan-disappears-after-rehab-check-6C9756579
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Friday, May 3, 2013
Gamblers get lucky at Genting's Singapore casino
By Anshuman Daga and Eveline Danubrata
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A stroke of bad luck. That's what casino operator Genting Singapore PLC blamed for reporting a sharply lower-than-expected quarterly profit, while also flagging a cautious outlook due to muted Chinese economic growth.
Genting Singapore's Resorts World Sentosa, one of two casinos in the island state that are the envy of the global industry since opening three years ago, said that its 35 percent fall in core earnings simply came down to so-called "premium" gamblers getting lucky.
Those figures were in stark contrast to Wednesday's quarterly earnings announced by Las Vegas Sands Corp, owned by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, which had been boosted by strong results in Singapore and Macau.
Genting Singapore's January-March adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) fell to S$249.7 million ($202.5 million) from S$381.4 million a year ago.
Five analysts polled by Reuters had on average expected a profit of S$359 million by the casino operator, which is more than half owned by Malaysia's Genting Bhd.
Sands' rolling chip volume, or betting volume by VIP players, at its Marina Bay Sands in Singapore rose 42.2 percent to $18.21 billion in the quarter, the highest quarterly volume in the property's history.
The two Singapore casinos are the world's most profitable, but concerns have risen about debts from Chinese high-rollers and China's economic uncertainty.
"Moving forward, looking at the economic situation around the world and also the noises that are coming out of China, we are cautious," Tan Hee Teck, president and chief operating officer at Genting Singapore, told an analysts' call on Thursday.
He expects Genting Singapore to write-off some of its debt this year. "We are not pulling back, but we are being a little bit more cautious," Tan said, when asked if the casino would scale down the amount of credit given to its VIP customers.
Sands said it wrote off $11 million in its Singapore property in the first quarter.
Despite Genting Singapore reporting record volume in its VIP business, Tan was cautious about the outlook for the rest of the year.
The company's shares ended up 4.9 percent on Thursday on expectations of strong results after Sands' performance.
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Genting Singapore said on Thursday premium gamblers got lucky and won more of their bets in the first quarter.
"Compared to the first quarter of 2012, the first quarter's performance was largely affected by a much weaker win percentage in the premium players' business despite a significant increase in the premium players' rolling volume," it said in a statement.
Genting Singapore, which is sitting on a cash pile of nearly S$4 billion, is keen to open a casino in Japan and is also interested in pursuing regional deals.
A pro-casino group of Japanese lawmakers has tapped an influential member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as its leader and plans to submit legislation this year aimed at opening the world's third-largest economy to casino gambling.
"If you ask me, if I were a betting man, I would say the chances of it going through this year would probably be like 70-80 percent," Tan said.
(Editing by Jeremy Laurence)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gamblers-lucky-gentings-singapore-casino-001630598.html
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N. Korea sentences American to 15 years of hard labor
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced Thursday.
The sentencing of Kenneth Bae, described by friends as a devout Christian and a tour operator, will further complicate already strained relations between Pyongyang and Washington as the countries pursue tentative diplomacy following weeks of warlike threats from North Korea.
Pyongyang's official state media said Bae's trial took place Tuesday, but the dispatch provided few new details. Bae was tried in the country's Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the government. He could've faced the death penalty.
The exact nature of his alleged crimes has not been revealed.
Bae was arrested in early November in Rason, a special economic zone in North Korea's far northeastern region bordering China and Russia, North Korea said.
The trial mirrors a similar situation in 2009, when the U.S. and North Korea were locked in a standoff over Pyongyang's decision to launch a long-range rocket and conduct an underground nuclear test. At the time, North Korea had detained two American journalists, whose eventual release after being sentenced to 12 years of hard labor paved the way for diplomacy following months of tensions.
In North Korean dispatches, Bae, a Korean American from Washington state, is called Pae Jun Ho, the North Korean spelling of his Korean name.
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Spice Girls musical 'Viva Forever' closing
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Four original Spice Girls (Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm attend the premiere of "Viva Forever!"
A musical based on the meteoric rise of British pop band The Spice Girls that was mauled by the critics is closing six months after its premiere in London, the show's producer said on Thursday.
The brainchild of "Mamma Mia!" creator Judy Craymer, "Viva Forever" was loosely based on the story of The Spice Girls, with a wannabe girl band making the finals of a TV singing contest resembling "The X Factor."
But the show, written by British comedienne Jennifer Saunders, struggled after receiving appalling reviews. Critics said it lacked the "va-voom" of The Spice Girls and labored under an "insultingly banal" script, poor performances and a gloomy set.
The Spice Girls, who backed the show and all attended the red-carpet opening in London's West End theatre district last December, thanked the cast and fans for their support.
"Although 'Viva Forever' won't continue in the West End, we are thrilled that the thousands of people who came to the show had as much fun as we did," they said in a statement.
Craymer said it was "with a heavy heart" that the decision was made to close the show, which opened with strong advance tickets sales but struggled to fill seats despite discounted tickets. The last show will be on June 29.
"The show has evolved since we first opened and is now brighter, lighter and funnier, but despite the wonderful audiences and extremely positive feedback we just can't make it work," she said in the statement.
Craymer's "Mamma Mia!," based on ABBA hits, has earned nearly $2 billion worldwide and was made into a hit film.
The crash of "Viva Forever!" belies the enduring popularity of The Spice Girls who stormed the charts in the 1990s with a string of hits including "Viva Forever," "Spice Up Your Life," and "Wannabe."
They sold more 80 million records worldwide and notched up nine British No. 1 singles during their six years together before splitting up in 2000.
Now mothers in their late 30s and early 40s, The Spice Girls remain popular with Britain's celebrity-obsessed tabloids and performed at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics.
"Viva Forever!" joins a list of musicals that have failed in London. DJ Mike Read's musical about Oscar Wilde closed one night into its run in 2004 and Cameron Mackintosh's "Betty Blue Eyes" closed after six months in 2011.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Britain's most successful composer of musicals, has condemned so-called jukebox musicals based on previously recorded songs as purely money-making schemes.
"They are cynical exercises. You must have your heart in the subject you choose to turn into a musical," Lloyd Webber said in a recent interview.
Copyright 2013 Thomson Reuters.
Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/spice-girls-musical-viva-forever-close-london-6C9733506
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Q&A: Who ultimately bears responsibility for Bangladesh factory disasters?
Low wages and lower safety standards have made Bangladesh a major garment producer - and a source of workplace deaths like the more than 200 killed in a Dhaka factory collapse this week.
Bangladeshi rescue workers watch from a damaged section of a wall at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday.
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Catastrophic industrial accidents are something of a regular occurrence in the south Asian nation, which is the second-largest garment exporter in the world. Lax labor and building standards, coupled with a rock bottom minimum wage for garment workers ($37 per month), have played a large part in that boom, though at a high cost.
In fact, only five months ago, a fire at another factory in the city killed 111, prompting a flurry of apologies and promises of reform from both the Bangladeshi government and the western companies whose goods were produced there, including Walmart.
But who ultimately bears the responsibility for these disasters ? and can they be stopped? The Monitor spoke to Aman Singh, editorial director of the CSRwire, a website for corporate social responsibility news, about consumer choices, the supply chain blame game, and who sets the standards for global garment production.
When a disaster like the one in Bangladesh occurs, everyone involved immediately starts pointing fingers ? at the factory owners, at the government, at the Western companies who source goods there. So whose fault is it?
The chain of command between retailer and source is purposefully pretty complex. And in the middle of the chain of command you have all these different players ? the subcontractors, the auditors, the analysts, the people negotiating these contracts every year. Because the responsibility is so thinly distributed, no one person or group of people is really being held accountable for compliance with building standards, say, which makes it really hard to pinpoint where the issue started.
And then you have companies like Walmart that come forward and say, we contract out to suppliers, so we don?t even know if our products were made in this factory or not. Is that a good excuse?
No, it?s really not. Walmart is so big and so powerful that they really could go to any supplier they want and say, stick to our wage and safety policies or get out. And they can do that far more effectively than government legislation ever could. These companies have more power than entire governments, entire nations.
It sounds like the corporate supply chain is often very opaque ? is there any attempt being made to change that on a global level?
That?s the million dollar questions we?re all trying to answer: We have to work in a global economy, we have to work with different understandings of what?s acceptable in terms of labor and workers. It?s acceptable culturally, for instance, for women as young as 14 to work in a lot of countries. But it?s not OK in the UK or US markets. ?
The UN is trying to standardize this supply chain management. The International Trade Center has a standards map out that?s visible online, and what they?re trying to do is bring all these apparel companies together to see what standards everyone is using and where they stand against their peers. They?re billing it as a competitive advantage for companies. It?s an interesting strategy because we all know when [labor practices] impact the dollar they?re all going to want to be interested in making them better. The maps are only available to the companies participating now, but the hope is to make it publicly eventually. And I think when that kind of information becomes public it?ll force companies to be more transparent in their supply chain policies.
What about consumers ? do disasters like this change their buying habits?
I don?t know if they?re really impacting consumers ? I don?t know if they?re really starting to come out and say, you know what, I?m not going to buy from this company because this kind of thing is just happening way too often. There?s a real gap there. We as consumers have a very short memory and we tend to forget these disasters after they happen.
Since I?ve started working in this field though, I have really changed my shopping habits. The biggest shift is I?ve become far more conscious of how much I buy. I try to not over-consume. I?ve realized that the core of our problem is over-consumption. But also buying very cheap goods is a part of it: If you?re paying $5 for a pair of pants, you can only assume the person making them is getting much less than that, although volume does play a huge factor in price margins and wages.
But if you pay more, does that guarantee the conditions the garment was made under were any better?
That?s true. There?s no way of making that correlation.
Is there any way for consumers to know from the information on their garment ? the brand, the country it?s made in ? if they?re getting something produced under decent conditions?
The problem is we don?t have any labeling with clothing that identifies ethical sourcing. It almost always requires going back to the Internet and looking at their supply chain policy. Many brands are starting to put their whole supply chain on their website, but from a consumer perspective who has time to do that? You want to be able to just pick up a piece of clothing and know if it has an ethical history. And right now you can?t.
In the late 1990s, Nike and other major sporting apparel companies faced a large protest movement led by American college students against the labor conditions in their factories. It forced them to reexamine a lot of these kinds of problems. Is any similar movement building now?
Activism had such a big role to play at that time. And it still does. But that activism has slowly changed into collaboration ? the NGOs that once fought these companies are now working with them. And obviously the companies prefer that because they have a partner rather than someone working against them. But I think for Nike the protests and their extremely public nature was the big motivator in changing their policy. And I think we need?more of?that.?Apple for example: What is stopping us from saying we're going to stop using its products until it proves it can provide better working conditions in its factories? Do we as consumers have the courage to boycott some of our favorite brands over ethics?
Overall, when you look at supply chain issues around the world, are you optimistic? Is the world trending towards progress?
It?s such a complex sector. We?re doing better in so many things but we?re starting to go the wrong way in so many others that it?s hard to stay optimistic for too long.?Incidents like these tell us the road ahead is long and will require continuous courage.
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Macklemore's Crowd Walk Draws Fire From Method Man
'Can't Hold Us' rapper gets some heat for MTV Movie Awards performance.
By Rob Markman
Macklemore performs at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards
Photo: Kevork Djansezian/ Getty Images
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How Hoteliers Can Leverage New Pinterest Features to Enhance ...
By Victoria Hsia
Since its launch in early 2010, Pinterest has experienced tremendous growth. Now with over 30 million unique monthly visitors, the internet?s virtual pin board has become the third largest social networking site behind Facebook and Twitter. Given its high traffic volume and creative potential, many travel and hospitality brands have made the foray into making Pinterest a part of their online marketing strategies. With the launch of new features and tools such as business accounts, Pinterest Web Analytics, and a site redesign, Pinterest has also evolved to become a more efficient and effective marketing tool for hoteliers.
In order to leverage these new developments, hoteliers must understand what the changes are and how they benefit both brands and travel consumers. Only then can they start taking full advantage of Pinterest as a component of the overall digital marketing strategy. Read on to learn about the recent changes and find out how to use this social network to reach more potential guests and generate leads.
- Pinterest Business Accounts: Late last year, Pinterest started allowing brands to create business accounts or convert existing user accounts. While personal pages and business pages look the same, this new option is an improvement as businesses can now set up their account with their business name instead of a first and last name. All hoteliers should complete this process to access other features and tools developed for businesses.
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- Pinterest Website Verification: In addition to linking to the hotel website, hoteliers can also verify their website with Pinterest. By doing so, the full website URL will be displayed on the business? profile page and in search results with a check mark next to it. This feature further creates an official brand presence and encourages users to click and visit the website. You can verify your website by uploading an HTML file created by Pinterest to your web server or adding a meta tag from Pinterest to your website.
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- Pinterest Buttons and Widgets: To encourage your site visitors to view and engage with your Pinterest profile, implement the Pin It and Follow button to your website. More recently, Pinterest added Profile and Board widgets which you can embed on your site to display 30 of your latest pins or pins from a specific board. For example, hoteliers can create a pin board highlighting local attractions and embed a Board widget showcasing this pin board on the ?Area Attractions? page.
- Pinterest Web Analytics: Free and user-friendly, Pinterest?s analytics tool allows hoteliers to gain insight into how much engagement they receive on Pinterest, which content users find most interesting, and how many website referrals came from Pinterest. Metrics provided include pins, repins, impressions, reach, and clicks. Now hoteliers can determine, for instance, if more site visitors are pinning photos of their spa amenities or wedding venues, and provide more rich imagery targeting their customer segment?s interests.Pinterest Web Analytics currently only provide information about your content and only for sites that are verified. Furthermore, the available data only goes back as far as November 2012 when site verification was introduced or from the date you verify your website. Therefore, it is essential to verify your site on Pinterest as soon as possible and encourage users to pin images from your site. Also, in order to access Pinterest Web Analytics, users must switch to the new look.
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- Pinterest?s New Look: While the latest redesign retains the same general layout, pins are now larger and the navigation pane is now located in the upper left-hand corner of the site. The biggest change comes with the new close-up view of individual pins. When users click to view a pin, they will also see pins from the same pin board and pins sourced from the same website. Below, users will be served pins from other users who also pinned the image. This new feature makes it easier to find new related content. For example, a user looking at a pin of a dish offered at your restaurant can now see at a glance:
- pins of other dishes featured within the same pin board
- other hotel images that users pinned from your website
- images pinned by users who were also interested in the dish
Pinterest?s new redesign places content discovery at the forefront of a more streamlined user experience. Not only does this keep users engaged, but it increases the chances that they will see and engage with your content.
How can hoteliers leverage Pinterest?s new features and tools?
- Optimize your profile. Create a Pinterest business account or convert your existing user account if you haven?t already done so. Also, set the hotel logo as your profile picture, compose a compelling and keyword-optimized profile description, and link your Pinterest account with your Facebook and Twitter accounts. Remember to complete the website verification process as well. These steps will help you create a more official Pinterest presence while building brand awareness and driving traffic to your owned media.
- ?Promote your presence. Add the Pin It button to each of your website?s pages and implement the Follow button to encourage site visitors to pin your images and view your Pinterest profile for informative, creative, and inspiring content. Consider adding the Profile or Board widget to give visitors a sneak peek and further incentivize engagement that promotes viral awareness among other potential guests. Furthermore, promote your Pinterest content through other social media and marketing channels when appropriate.
- ?Do your research. Use Pinterest Web Analytics for valuable insight such as what type of content is most popular and which days of the week your content receives the most engagement. In addition, utilize the ?related pins? portion of the new close-up view to gain a better understanding of your target audience?s interests, and adjust your content strategy accordingly.
- ?Provide value and drive engagement. With Pinterest, the goal is to curate useful, share-worthy content that contributes to the growth of your online community and ultimately generates business leads. When creating themed pin boards and Pinterest contests, keep in mind what value it will provide for your target audience. For example, if your hotel is a popular venue for summer weddings, create a pin board highlighting wedding d?cor ideas inspired by summer. Always optimize your pin boards and pins with relevant keywords and a link to a related page on your website. Not only will this deliver SEO benefits, but it will also help your customer segments discover your content on Pinterest and your hotel website.
From the launch of business accounts to analytics and a site redesign, there is no doubt that Pinterest is making strides towards enhancing its value for users and brands alike. As this emerging platform continues to grow and evolve to provide a better user experience and greater marketing potential, hoteliers should leverage new developments while staying aware of new paid media opportunities. Today, Pinterest is much more than a virtual pin board. It?s a creative outlet, a recommendation tool, and a strategic customer segment research and engagement platform that can help set a hotel apart from its competitors when strategically integrated into the online marketing mix.
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About the Author and HeBS Digital
Victoria Hsia is Interactive Media Marketing Specialist at HeBS Digital, the hospitality industry?s leading full-service digital technology and marketing firm based in New York City (www.HeBSdigital.com).
HeBS Digital has pioneered many of the best practices in hotel digital technology and marketing, and direct online channel best practices and strategies. The firm has won over 250 prestigious industry awards for its digital marketing and website design services, including numerous Adrian Awards, Davey Awards, W3 Awards, WebAwards, Magellan Awards, Summit International Awards, Interactive Media Awards, IAC Awards, etc.
A diverse client portfolio of top-tier major hotel brands, luxury and boutique hotel brands, resorts and casinos, hotel management companies, franchisees and independents, and CVBs are benefiting from HeBS Digital?s direct online channel strategy and digital marketing expertise. Contact HeBS Digital?s consultants at (212) 752-8186 or?success@hebsdigital.com.
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Windows Blue can't fix Windows 8's rotten apps problem
Windows Blue may clean up some of Windows 8's rough edges, but it won't fix one of Windows 8's core problems: The apps it ships with are rotten.
Michael Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, pulled no punches when he was asked by Computerworld whether Windows Blue would help Windows 8.?Here's what he said:
To learn more and to read the entire article at its source, please refer to the following page, Windows Blue can't fix Windows 8's rotten apps problem - Computerworld Blogs
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