Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces today announced the second phase of their brand architecture exercise with the roll-over of 19 hotels to their new brand, Vivanta by Taj Hotels & Resorts, slotted in the 5-Star Upper Upscale segment. India’s largest hospitality group flagged off Vivanta by Taj Hotels & Resorts at a gala event at the brand’s marquee hotel, Vivanta by Taj – Whitefield, Bangalore. This follows the highly successful launch of their Upscale brand - The Gateway Hotel - exactly two years ago.
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Sydney has been transformed tonight into a colourful canvas of light with the launch of the third annual Vivid Sydney festival – the largest celebration of light, music and ideas in the Southern Hemisphere, from the 27 May – 13 June 2011.
Over 40 light installations were illuminated to mark the start of the festival including the amazing lighting of the iconic Sydney Opera House sails created by French design team SUPERBIEN.
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Svetlana Medvedeva, Princess Maxima Opens Keukenhof International Flower Exhibition.
Accompanied by HRH Princess Maxima der Nederlanden, Mrs Svetlana Medvedeva, spouse of the president of the Russian Federation, has officially opened the 61st edition of Keukenhof international flower exhibition in Lisse, The Netherlands. She was especially invited because this year's central theme is 'From Russia with love'. The opening ceremony was the baptizing of a newly bred tulip. Keukenhof 2010 is open for the public until May 16th.
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To meet its mission to teach busy families how to turn everyday meals into full-flavored dishes with just the right amount of spice, La Costeña has launched The Spice is Right Tour. The tour — an entertaining, educational and recipe tasting experience — will be featured at some of the nation’s most popular family festivals, and is sponsored by La Costeña, manufacturer of America's number one selling jalapeño.
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Turner Sports, CBS Sports and the NCAA announced today the newly enhanced NCAA March Madness on Demand (MMOD) live products to be launched for the upcoming 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. NCAA March Madness on Demand, produced by Turner Sports Interactive, will be available across multiple digital platforms, including online (http://mmod.ncaa.com), as an iPhone and iPod Touch app, and for the first time, as an iPad app. Among the new features, MMOD will offer improved live viewing with richer quality and larger format streams, a personalizable channel lineup feature, and live stats and social companion views.
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Ten percent of executives interviewed for the Robert Half Professional Employment Report (http://www.roberthalf.us/per) said they plan to increase the number of full-time employees in professional occupations in the first quarter of 2011, while 5 percent anticipate declines. The resulting net 5 percent¹ increase in expected hiring activity is down one point from the fourth-quarter 2010 forecast.
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In honor of Cinco de Mayo, the world’s greatest speed eaters recently battled in the Alamo City to claim victory in the La Costeña Feel the Heat Jalapeño Eating Championship Challenge. After ten fiery minutes, including a double overtime one-on-one challenge with the reigning champion, Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti emerged victorious by consuming 275 whole pickled jalapeños. The fourth annual challenge was a highly anticipated rematch between the reigning champ – five-foot-tall, 105-pound Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas – and Bertoletti, the mohawked, two-time title winner from Chicago. With a vengeance not seen since the Battle of the Alamo, Bertoletti regained the coveted title from Thomas. Both Bertoletti and Thomas set a new record for the number of jalapeños eaten at this annual competition.
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Kent Displays announced today it is expanding global distribution and developing new product features for the Boogie Board Paperless LCD Writing Tablet based on heavy demand. Kent Displays subsidiary Improv Electronics launched the Boogie Board tablet in the United States in January 2010. It is the first paperless writing tablet to utilize a pressure-sensitive, Reflex™ LCD from Kent Displays for its writing surface.
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The Healthy Home, a new book containing simple solutions for making your home healthier, was today released through Vanguard Publishing. Written by award-winning microbiologist Dr. Myron Wentz and USANA Health Sciences CEO Dave Wentz, The Healthy Home tackles everyday problems from chemicals in our household products to contaminants in our food and more. The authors will be traveling across North America on The Healthy Home Book Tour from March 25 to April 21, 2011 and are proud to donate all their proceeds to Children’s Hunger Fund (CHF), a nonprofit organization distributing food and other vital resources to children from impoverished communities worldwide.
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Ann Curry, co-anchor of NBC News’ TODAY, America’s number one morning news program; Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, America’s leading evening newscast; and everyone’s favorite feathered friend, Big Bird, star in 24-hour preschool television channel Sprout’s first PSA created for “Kindness Counts,” the network’s new multiplatform, prosocial initiative designed support the development of empathy in preschoolers. Marking the official kick-off of “Kindness Counts,” the PSA premiered this morning during TODAY.
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Six Flags Great Adventure, America’s largest regional theme park, today announced the addition of King Cobra, an intense and visually-stunning, racing tube slide, opening at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor in Summer 2012.
King Cobra promises one of the most extreme riding experiences in the industry while also delivering great spectator appeal. Complete with bold orange, black and yellow scales to resemble a massive cobra on both the interior and exterior, this slide tower will be the first of its kind anywhere in the United States. King Cobra’s unique configuration enables two tubes to race through a circular path with twists, turns and surprises through enclosed and open sections of the slide at speeds up to 32 miles per hour. The ride’s finale features a sudden, 25-foot plunge at a 50-degree angle with riders racing until the heart-pounding finish as they appear to be swallowed by the massive mouth of the cobra.
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Fans of The CW Network’s hit series “America’s Next Top Model” can have their own model experience in New Zealand, following the show’s trip to the breathtaking island nation in last night’s episode. Tourism New Zealand and Air New Zealand have announced a special offer for fans who find the backdrop just as stunning as the models featured in three episodes, the first of which screened last night with two more airing May 5 and May 12 at 8 p.m./7 p.m. Central on The CW.
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