Downtown Disney hotels offer military discounts and Florida and Georgia resident rates for fall 2010

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Guests traveling to Walt Disney World Resort this fall might consider staying at one of the seven Downtown Disney hotels and taking advantage of their discounts. Located on Walt Disney World (WDW) property, but not operated by Disney, these hotels offer a convenient location and are less expensive than comparable Disney Resorts.

The seven Downtown Disney (DTD) hotels feature well-known brands:

• Best Western Lake Buena Vista Resort Hotel
• Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa
• Doubletree Guest Suites
• Hilton Orlando Resort
• Holiday Inn
• Regal Sun Resort
• Royal Plaza Resort

Located on or near Hotel Plaza Boulevard, most of the hotels are within easy walking distance of Downtown Disney Marketplace, WDW’s shopping, dining and entertainment area. They are also conveniently located near Lake Buena Vista’s Crossroads Plaza, which offers casual restaurants and shopping.

Downtown Disney hotels discounts for fall 2010
DTD hotels offer different specials, promotional codes and discounts throughout the year, particularly during Disney’s value season. Many hotels offer AAA discounts regularly, for instance, and DTD hotels also offer a DTD hotels “Win a Trip” contest for a 4-day, 3-night stay at one of the hotels.

It is not uncommon to find DTD hotels for rates below $100 a night during the fall, excluding holiday periods, and individual hotels will offer their own special promotions and discounts.

For fall 2010, the following discounts are being cross-promoted by all DTD hotels.

DTD hotels – Florida & Georgia Residents discounts: Residents of these states are eligible for up to 15% off the best available room rate, when booked directly at Downtown Disney hotels. Upon check-in, guests must present a valid Florida or Georgia driver's license or state-issued ID. Discounts may not be used with other offers, and black-out dates and other restrictions apply.

 

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Ecommerce Business Planning

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Building an ecommerce business takes preparation. If you take the time to plan, your chances for success will increase dramatically. Start by creating a realistic business plan. After composing your ecommerce plan it is wise to several experienced business advisors review your thought processes.

After fine tuning your business plan you can shift from the planning stage to execution: registering a domain name, choosing an ecommerce shopping cart solution, designing your logo and web site to appeal customers; setting up your credit card merchant account; and implementing your online advertising and web promotion plans.

In reality, building a successful ecommerce shopping cart business is complex and unlike any other project you have dealt with in the past. You must do considerable research and planning before implementing you ideas.

Small Business Ecommerce

Start-up Phase 1: What is needed to be competitive online? You need an ecommerce software to help manage inventory, product uploads, images, discounts, promotions, customer relationship management and online orders. You need a shopping cart program that can handle the tax, shipping and payment transactions. A number of ecommerce solutions will offer all of these components in one bundled package- making management and maintenance turnkey efficient. In addition, good ecommerce shopping cart solutions will allow for other plug-in programs to be integrated for the optimal online business. What's the right solution for you?

 

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Treasure Island Hotel and Casino

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Treasure Island, now known as TI to most, is a Strip casino with many hidden treasures. A paradise for adults, Treasure Island includes some of the hottest hang outs in town, a tropical pool, a variety of restaurants and Las Vegas' first resident Cirque du Soleil show.

Before even entering the casino, Treasure Island treats visitors and Strip passerby with the sexy (and free) pirate show, "Sirens at TI," in the lagoon in front of the property.

Inside, guests will find spacious guest rooms and 95,000-square foot casino with thousands of slot machines, a race and sports book, a poker room and plenty of table games. Treasure Island boasts a variety of dining options, from unique Mexican at Isla to Pan Asian at Khotan to Caribbean with a flair at Kahunaville.

After dark, head over to Christian Audigier The Nightclub for nightlife with a twist of Audigier's signature style or pick up tickets to the visually stunning "Mystere" by Cirque du Soleil.

 

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Riviera Hotel and Casino

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The Riviera Hotel and Casino enjoys a legendary past as one of the first top-notch Las Vegas hotels in the State of Nevada, known for its big name entertainment and friendly hospitality, as well as its worldwide name recognition. Having celebrated its golden anniversary last year, the historic Riviera is one of the State's premier destination spots offering the passion and excitement of nostalgic Las Vegas and the Rat Pack Era, combined with a modern day, multi-million dollar remodeling of rooms and convention facilities, bringing the property up to par with today's mega-resort competition.
Over 2000 refurbished oversized rooms offer maximum comfort and breathtaking views of the glittering Las Vegas Strip with its western scenic panoramas. Each accommodation has been attractively decorated, including all the important amenities Las Vegas has to offer for both leisure and business travelers. Our guests can also enjoy the Riviera's Convention Center, a self-contained full-service experience,all under one roof, serving tradeshows, conferences and major corporate and industry shows alike.

At the Riviera, we take pride in serving our customers in the tradition and style that made Las Vegas famous. Offering top value for your room, food and entertainment dollar with a personal touch is in what we take pride. Our repeat business is indicative of the many fond memories created by a trip to the Riviera Hotel and Casino, the Entertainment Center of Las Vegas.

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Deluxe Rooms
The Mediterranean South Tower features deluxe rooms that are our most spacious accommodations, offering a peaceful respite from the excitement that is Las Vegas. The Tower has 12 floors with amenities including refrigerators, hair dryers, optional irons and ironing boards, and Non-smoking accommodations are also available.

The Monte Carlo Tower is conveniently located between the Main Casino and the Convention Center area and like the Mediterranean has spacious, comfortable rooms which also include refrigerators, hair dryers, clocks, optional irons and ironing boards and either a King or two Double Beds. Many rooms are available with tables and chairs by bay windows. Non-smoking rooms are also available.

 

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Satellite TV Dishes Come In Three Flavors

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Which of the satellite TV dishes you use will depend on the type of service you want and the receiver you are using. The most popular Direct TV dish is the 18-inch round that works with a single LNB, Low Noise Blocker receptor, which collects the signal from the parabolic dish, with two outputs, It is commonly used in homes with two television sets, or more, which requires being able to watch two programs at the same time.

The cables from both outlets can be connected to two different receivers so as to be able to record one program while watching a second show, provided your receiver is equipped with a digital video recorder. Other satellite TV dishes you may choose is an 18-inch by 20-inch oblong with three LNBs and four outputs or a 22-inch by 36-inch dish that is used for World Direct Services, usually for Vietnamese, Chinese and Asian programming.

Four Satellites Used For Programming Signals

There are four satellites in geosynchronous orbit above the equator, which is why satellite TV dishes must be pointing towards the southern sky, at different longitudes, for different programming options. At 95-degrees, the satellite is used for the larger dish for World Direct Services.

The dual LNB dish only looks at the 101-degree longitude satellite while the three LNB dish will view one of the others, at 110 or 119-degrees. The triple LNB units are required for high definition programming as well as some local programming capabilities.

 

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Public Speaking Training Tips For Better Business Presentations To Culturally Diverse Audiences

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Audiences around the world are all different.

Cultural, social and religious differences impact on how people learn, take in information and interact with presenters.

After delivering 3 presentations to 1,200 Managers and Franchisees from the largest fast food company in the Philippines, these are my thoughts on how to make an impact with culturally diverse audiences.

This is the result of extensive feedback and practical knowledge of what works and what doesn't after delivering business presentations throughout Asia.

Here are 10 Tips on Delivering Better Business Presentations to Asian Audiences.

1. Do Your Research. Find out as much as you can about the country and organisation you are working with. Read guidebooks, travel magazines, search the Internet and use the local media to gain as much knowledge as you can about the cultural background and history of the people you are working with.

2. Use local language and key phrases as an icebreaker, welcome or to highlight important points. Modify the content of your presentation to account for local differences. For example, in my work in the Philippines I used a range of local 'Tagalog' (one of the two official languages) words in both my welcome and presentation to make points and this went down really well. Former US President JFK used "Ich bin ein Berliner" to great effect in Germany during one of his speeches.

3. Use local examples. Nothing goes down better when trying to explain a new concept than using a local example. This will make your presentation more relevant.

4. Get to know the audience. It is most likely you will be a foreigner and many in the audience may not know you very well at all. Meet as many people personally before the presentation as possible. When presenting let the audience warm up to you before throwing questions at them. I've noticed light-hearted bantering with the audience at the beginning of a presentation works well.

5. Speak slowly and clearly. For many Asians, English is not their first language. Speak with less of an accent and present more slowly than you would with an Australian audience.

 

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MORE THAN $1.2 BILLION: New Frontier sale sets record

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Purchase price goes where no Strip land has gone before

An Israeli-owned real estate investment group, in what is being called the most expensive large-site transaction on the Strip, has bought the New Frontier and its 36 Strip acres for more than $1.2 billion, the casino's current owner, Phil Ruffin, confirmed late Tuesday.

Ruffin said El Ad Properties, which controls several landmark New York City buildings, signed the purchase agreement last week for the hotel-casino site.

Ruffin, a Wichita, Kan., businessman who paid $167 million for the New Frontier in 1998, had been seeking an equity partner to help finance redevelopment of the New Frontier into a 2,750-room Swiss-themed resort.

He said a $100 million deposit on the deal arrived Monday.

"We're under contract, and that means we're doing the deal," Ruffin said. "We've been successful with the property, but it got to a point where it was better to let someone else come in and redevelop the site."

Ruffin had been in negotiations with El Ad since March. An Internet-based real estate Web site reported a deal had been struck to sell the New Frontier to El Ad for $1.5 billion on March 19, but Ruffin denied the reports.

Ruffin and gaming sources familiar with the deal said El Ad will close the aging Western-themed hotel-casino when the transaction is completed in 90 days. The 984-room New Frontier will be demolished, and El Ad will build a replica of New York's landmark Plaza Hotel on the site.

El Ad bought the Plaza in 2005 for $675 million and is remodeling the renowned property, which includes converting some units into Manhattan's highest-priced condominiums.

 

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