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A gold-medal performance by Whistler during the Paralympics will mean more than just a great party, tourism officials say.
It will also tell the world that the resort can handle any kind of visitor -- including those with mobility and disability issues, who spend some $13 billion a year in North America, they argue.
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Overall foodservice business activity still seems to be lagging, many companies report. But one aspect of the industry that has continued to gain momentum is the movement among foodservice operators to implement more-sustainable practices. From energy and water management to sourcing more products locally, the foodservice industry steadily has worked toward becoming more environmentally friendly
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Can you be a Rhodes Scholar and not read books? Did growing up digital produce the dumbest generation? Are screenagers multitasking, or do they have better acting working memory and better switching abilities than most?
This morning, Don Tapscott , author of Wikinomics and Grown Up Digital , invited ASCD Annual Conference attendees to meet the Net Generation. They’re the first generation "bathed in bits," and they’re lapping their parents in digital acquisition
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That was some party. But now that the first phase of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games is over, with the Paralympic Games on deck, it’s time to reconsider the impact of hosting the event.
It cost a lot of money, as much as $6 billion depending on who’s doing the counting, and studies of the economic impact of the Games suggest a payback in gross domestic product of anywhere from $2 billion to $10.7 billion — a decent return on investment at the high end, a dead loss at the other
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As I continue to speak before hospitality associations and management groups, I have come to believe that the focus of leadership in this industry must evolve with speed and clarity. My career in this industry began in independent family operated resorts in a small town in northern New England. The facilities were not exotic and they were beginning to show their age
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La pénurie de main-d’œuvre, le développement technologique et l’arrivée de la jeune génération vont provoquer, dans la prochaine décennie, un véritable raz-de-marée dans le milieu du travail. Si l’on ne veut pas se retrouver à l’arrière du peloton à regarder les autres nous distancer, on doit relever le défi du changement
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By QMI Agency
Last Updated: February 24, 2010 11:21am Forget California, Canada is now North America's premiere surf destination.
According to Outside Magazine, which recently released their 2010 Editor's
Choice Awards, Tofino, B.C. is the best surf town in North America.
The magazine included the west coast destination as part of its "51 Perfect
Things" which includes their favourite L. L
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Lizbeth Brito was frustrated with her hotel housekeeping job because her English wasn't good enough to interact with her co-workers and management.
But since Brito, a native of Mexico City, took part in a pilot project through NorQuest College, her English has improved and she got a promotion at the downtown Days Inn.
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To celebrate 20 innovative years providing life-changing travel experiences across the globe, Gap Adventures is launching the Create Your Own Adventure contest, the largest and most ambitious interactive competition in the company’s history.
The global online contest invites everyone from once-a-year vacationers to seasoned globetrotters to submit an itinerary for the tour of their dreams, virtually anywhere in the world, virtually any way they want
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The International Spa Association (ISPA) Foundation has opened the application process for the Mary Tabacchi Scholarship.
The scholarship was created in 2006 and named in honour of Cornell University Associate Professor Mary H. Tabacchi. It is open to all students interested in spa management, and the recipient will receive US$2,500 (1,805 euro, £1,577) towards their education
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