Best buys: 10 surprising sales (New York Daily News)
Temperatures are still reaching 70 degrees and we're weeks from Black Friday. But it's already time to start your holiday shopping.
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Marketing a Hotel Online In a Struggling Economy | By Sachin Suri | HVS (Hospitality Net)
In a struggling economy, businesses slow down. This is especially true for hotels as their growth is directly related to the health of the economy. Consequently, your marketing budget shrinks and you need to be careful about how to spend your marketing budget wisely. In other words, identify what marketing methods work, and what don't. It is more important than ever that you pay attention to ...
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"The disaggregation allows the customers to pay more for what they value" (eyefortravel.com)
Airline executives say it has become an accepted part of travel that the disaggregation of the legacy pricing bundling has provided travellers with lower air fares and the freedom to pay for what they want.
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Personal Finance: How to find good financial planner (The Sacramento Bee)
What's the best way to find a good financial consultant? I received a list of names and made a few calls. (Some) are expensive. How do you know which one will really do justice with your money?
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TUI sells shipping unit to concentrate more on its tourism operations (eyefortravel.com)
TUI is to sell its container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd for €4.45 billion to focus solely on tourism. The company's board decided to sell Hapag-Lloyd to a consortium based in Hamburg.
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Google rallies embattled travel marketers: media (eyefortravel.com)
Ninety four percent of travel executives have indicated that online advertising would provide the strongest return on investment compared to the other media in the next 12 months, according to the findings of a survey presented by JupiterResearch at Google's TravelThink event in New York.
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Working Mother's '100 Best' shows family-friendly has come a long way, baby (The Palm Beach Post)
Twenty-three years ago, when Working Mother magazine started evaluating companies for their family-friendly practices, the list was slim. There were probably about 10 firms on it, said Jennifer Owens, special projects director for the magazine.
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Wily students save money on costly college textbooks (New Haven Register)
Working two jobs while she attends Southern Connecticut State University doesn’t provide Lauren Kowtko with enough money to cover the cost of her textbooks.
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Scam Artists trying to make a buck (KMID Midland)
Our current economic crisis is bringing out the best in some people, as they try to help people. It's also bringing out the worst in others, as scam artists try to make a buck. This is bad. People are losing money at a time when the economy is already uncertain.
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Why Netflix May Be an Online Video Leader (New York Times)
I’ve been thinking a lot about how Netflix — that odd combination of Internet ordering, the post office and DVDs — may actually be one of the companies best positioned to take advantage of online video.
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