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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When Super Bowl XLVI kicks off here at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 5, millions of Americans will be making predictions on the outcome. But a RiseSmart analysis shows that one of the most startlingly accurate predictors of Super Bowl success comes from the unlikeliest of sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) unemployment data.
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As part of an ongoing effort to help inspire high school students who do not think that college is in their future, the College Board today announced the launch of YouCanGo!, an interactive web experience designed specifically to engage those students for whom college seems out of reach. YouCanGo! offers a variety of simple and interactive tools that aim to inspire students to think of college as an option that is available to them.
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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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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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Bianor today announced a partnership with PR Newswire, the global leader of marketing and communications solutions, bringing PR Newswire’s customers’ multimedia news content directly to their connected devices, including internet TV and gaming consoles via Bianor’s iMediaShare application.
Bianor’s iMediaShare, the complete end-to-end push-to-TV platform, represents a great opportunity for users of PR Newswire’s broadcast and multimedia services, offering the interactive consumer the invaluable ability to access on-demand news content on a television, engaging their target audiences in a more dynamic way.
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Homeowners in Santa Clara County still can take advantage of a county rebate program that covers 80 percent of the cost of a home energy assessment, up to $800. However, because the program is for a limited time only while funds last, homeowners are urged to contact a participating contractor as soon as possible to schedule a home energy assessment and also qualify for additional incentives up to $6,000 through Energy Upgrade California.
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Today, DailyBurn™, a leading health and fitness program, unveiled a revolutionary, personalized fitness platform that delivers daily custom-designed video workouts using DailyBurn’s IntelliBurn™ technology. The new DailyBurn brings fitness to members’ fingertips, anytime, anywhere by streaming HD-quality custom workouts, personal result metrics, and nutrition and healthy living tools to users’ smartphone, computer, tablet or television every day.
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Fans of the Chicago Blackhawks and Chicago Bulls who cheered the teams’ first environmentally friendly “Go-Green” games on Sunday and Monday can make every day Earth Day by promoting energy efficiency.
Constellation Energy, the official energy provider for United Center and sponsor of the teams’ first green games this past weekend, invites Bulls and Blackhawks fans to continue their support for the environment by joining Constellation’s Earth Month Hero contest on Facebook. Fans are encouraged to upload images showing how they save energy.
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Como preparación para el 4 julio y los meses veraniegos, período en el cual aumentan los casos de intoxicación alimentaria, el Ad Council y el Servicio de Inocuidad e Inspección de los Alimentos del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos, en asociación con la Administración de Alimentos y Medicinas de los Estados Unidos (FDA) y los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC), prosiguen con su campaña de servicio público Familias Preparando Alimentos Adecuadamente a nivel nacional, el primer esfuerzo en multimedios diseñado para aumentar el grado de conciencia sobre los riesgos de las enfermedades transmitidas por los alimentos (o intoxicación alimentaria) en el hogar. Nuevos anuncios de servicio público (PSA), colocados en vallas, marquesinas de autobuses y otras localidades en exteriores a lo largo y ancho del país, están siendo distribuidos a medios informativos de todo el país y el spot televisivo “Chill” (Refrigere) se transmitirá a través de la cadena Checkout TV Network en 600 en tiendas de Walmart a nivel nacional.
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This February 18th marks The Advertising Council’s seventieth anniversary. Since 1942, the non-profit organization has been creating memorable campaigns aimed at improving the lives of the American people. Ad Council icons and slogans are woven into the very fabric of American culture. With campaigns ranging from