Le Meridien Amman, a member of Starwood Hotels and Resorts, concluded its one week bi-annual sales blitz on Thursday, September 30th, where associates visited repeated, new and potential accounts throughout the city of Amman. Over 30 associates from different departments took part in the sales blitz, including the food and beverage, rooms, engineering, reservations, security, human resources, finance and marketing. The five teams raced through Amman to reach destinations and cover as many appointments as possible, aiming at touching base with repeated accounts, solidifying ...

Fusion Glass Limited, which entered into administration on 27 September with the appointment of Joint Administrators Jason Baker and Geoff Rowley, partners at FRP Advisory LLP, the specialist restructuring, recovery and insolvency firm, has been sold for an undisclosed sum to Chelsea Artisans (Contracting) Limited. Fusion Glass, which designs decorative glass for large scale architectural projects and one-off commissions for clients including Berkeley Homes, Laing O'Rourke and Morgan Lovell, went into administration following the economic downturn in the construction ...

Interview with: Sheena Wilson, Global Head of Talent Strategy, BNY Mellon Inclusion for us is the glue that binds us together, says Sheena Wilson, Global Head of Talent Strategy at BNY Mellon. Diversity supports the company's business goals and helps create a more productive environment where uniqueness is valued - a fertile ground for meaningful contributions and outperformance. A speaker at the marcus evans HR Asia Summit 2010, taking place in Singapore, 10 - 12 November, Wilson talks about one of the concepts at the heart of BNY Mellon's success - diversity and inclusion ...

After signing more than 120 contracts in Egypt and GCC area, Arabian Centers Employment Services (www.jobsglobal.com) is pleased to announce the new agreement between leading FMCG & Hotelier companies in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates with a special emphasis on holding the recruitment processes inside and outside the Middle East branches. About the agreement: Arabian Centers is nominated as recruitment provider to those companies for 2010 & 2011 and also provide online and offline database with giving the ability for job posting over the website and on ...

TELES, the Berlin based Next Generation Networks and Access Gateway vendor has announced release 3.6 of its Class 5 software, adding a host of features and functions which enable full end-to-end SIP trunking so that providers can now seamlessly and transparently incorporate their PBX trunking customers and enable a clear and easy integration and migration to cloud-based telephony services. The latest version of TELES software now supports the full integration of an enterprise PBX to a TELES Class 5 softswitch for trunking, whilst adding value with numerous services such ...

Rising unemployment, the decline in the stock market and decreasing home values have impacted the lives of many Americans. This is especially true of senior citizens who live on fixed incomes and have lost a substantial portion of their retirement funds in the stock market. Gateway Funding ( http://gateway-funding.net ) Diversified Mortgage Services LP offers FHA reverse mortgages as a solution that can provide tax-free cash to senior homeowners. A reverse mortgage is a special type of mortgage loan where we convert your home's equity into tax-free cash. So, unlike ...

Each year, DDI Magazine, the leading publication for the retail design industry, presents the Portfolio Design Luminaries Award to outstanding individuals who have demonstrated unparalleled creative excellence, exemplary professional leadership and unwavering personal commitment to the retail design industry. In 2010, Andrew McQuilkin, Retail Market Leader for BHDP Architecture, received this prestigious recognition. In describing the award, the magazine states, "In the retail world, there are icons whose names everyone knows, and whose work and influence is ever admired. ...

Technicians and professionals from across Michigan will gather together for a technical seminar to learn about VMware, storage virtualization and business continuity. Red Level Networks will host the event on Thursday, October 21 at 11am, in collaboration with DataCore to show the process and benefits of storage virtualization and business continuity planning. Red Level, servicing small and mid-sized businesses, provides managed services and customized full service IT solutions, such as virtualization and disaster recovery. Virtualization allows businesses to move quickly ...

A woman and her 24 year old son in Albany, N.Y, were recently taken into custody for duping an 89 year old woman. The mother son duo reportedly poured a liquid drink inside the lady's car and told her that it was a leak from the engine which would cost her $1,400. A number of people especially the elderly are targeted by fraudsters looking to make easy money. "Repairing a car, needs a certain degree of specialization. A number of Calgary mechanics ( http://calgarymechanics.net ) look at earning easy money by duping people and inflating the estimated costs" says Mr.Mike ...

TV Armor (www.TV-Armor.com), manufacturers of the world's premiere TV screen protectors - crystal-clear, optical grade, acrylic shields to protect Plasma, LED and LCD televisions from damage, while maintaining the same vivid quality of high definition TV - is proud to announce an agreement with TigerDirect.com to carry its product line. "We're ecstatic to be offering TV Armor products on the best online destination for electronics," said TV Armor Vice President Tom Marker. "This partnership with TigerDirect.com is yet another validation of our product being of the highest ...

Canonical today announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 10.10 Server Edition for download on Sunday, October 10 -- making it easier to configure, update and run both in development and deployment environments of public clouds. gWith Ubuntu 10.10 Server Edition we continue to make Ubuntu the default open-source choice for cloud computing,h said Neil Levine, VP of Corporate Services at Canonical. gWe are adding features and functions that extend our lead in the public cloud and bridge the gap to hybrid and local computing environments. The infrastructure layer ...

Stuffed Animals Dogs site hosts products from DogBreedStore.com, which offered a special blog post on its site, giving tips to improve communication with dogs. DogBreedStore.com is attached to Calendars.com. Both are retail websites, but DogBreedStore.com offers a lot of dog-specific paraphernalia, including mugs, clocks, and coasters with nifty looking dog pictures on them. However, their stuffed animals are the cutest portion of their ordering menu. They have something for nearly every breed imaginable: Beagle, Collie, Boxer, Bulldog, Doberman, German Shepherd, Golden ...

After six years of publishing success, Healthy Times Newspaper is expanding it's influence to web-based radio. We are excited to announce the Healthy Times Radio (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/healthytimesradio) show and invite you to participate as a health professional. The move is a natural for Healthy Times (http://www.healthytimesonline.com), as the staff typically spends time each week interviewing print advertisers for features in the print editions of Healthy Times. Now they can kill two birds with one stone, so to speak, and publish the interviews as radio shows. ...

Inlite Research, the leading provider of barcode technology for document imaging, announces _b_PDF Imprint_/b_, the business process integration application that upgrades legacy applications with effortless barcode automation. Two major obstacles stand in the way of IT organizations that seek to implement image based business processes. The first obstacle is their unfamiliarity with barcode designs and how to apply them. The second obstacle is the difficulty of modifying so many existing applications to accommodate and to imprint well constructed barcodes on the appropriate ...

Archello, the international platform for professionals working in the built environment, will demonstrate two of its unique applications at the 22nd Design Biennale INTERIEUR 2010 in Kortrijk, Belgium. The demonstration will last the whole exposition, which is from 15-24 October. The Connection Badge demonstration will present Archello's networking and publishing possibilities for architects, designers and all other professions working in the building industry. A giant version of the Badge will be on permanent display at the expo. During the week, as manufacturers and ...

Sunseekers planning a stay in the fine accommodation Perth has available next month should be sure to check out the Mindarie Marina Beach Volleyball Pro tournament. The event will kick off on November 7th 2010 and is due to take place every Sunday, with some of the nation's best beach volleyball players set to show off their skills. Winners will battle it out for the prestigious title of King and Queen of the Beach in a contest that the organisers claimed has never been seen before at the marina. A specially designed "sand stadium" has been installed at the site ...

Soft rock legends Air Supply are bringing their Love Never Ends world tour to Malaysia for three gigs that will take place midway through next month. The dates will commence on November 15th 2010 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre's Plenary Hall, after which the band will move on to Penang and Sukpa. More than 60 live performances will be staged by Air Supply during the tour, which has been organised to celebrate their 35th anniversary in the music industry. Guitarist and singer-songwriter Graham Russell and lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock got together in 1975 ...

Brides and grooms everywhere can't get enough of photo booths, the hottest "must have" item for wedding receptions. DJs, photographers, videographers, event coordinators and even venues themselves, are all scrambling to find ways to incorporate this unique and new concept into their own services. In fact, many companies are now trying to join forces in order to capitalize on this fast growing industry and to provide their future brides and grooms with a one-stop solution for multiple services. One such alliance has recently formed with SnapShotz Photobooth Rentals ...

Trion:Z, the leader in magnetic and negative ionic technology, announced today it is distributing Necklace Lite Trion:Z products to athletes participating in the 2010 Ford Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. Trion:Z is distributing its patent protected necklaces to athletes from its booth at the "Ford Ironman Village". Nearly 400 triathletes participating in the annual Kona underpants run for charity were also outfitted with Trion:Z necklaces on Thursday, October 7. "Our necklaces are water resistant which has been a popular feature among the triathletes ...

In the newest NAMI Blog entry, Joyce Burland, director of the NAMI Education, Training & Peer Support Center, reflects on the growth of NAMI's Family-to-Family program and how such programs play a critical role in supporting families during a time when states mental health budgets are in jeopardy nationwide. Family-to-Family is a free, 12-week educational course led by trained family members who are experienced in caring for a loved one with a serious mental illness such as major depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. Program participants receive current information ...

Business Review USA, the top digital media source for American business news, gets an exclusive look into the creation and successes of Promojam, a campaign-linking, celebrity tweeting social marketing platform website that uses Twitter to increase a client's online visibility. Siblings Matt and Amanda MacNaughton are the founders behind Promojam and make custom promotions for their clients to share with their Twitter followers. Users tweet specialized links to receive free music downloads, access to discounts on products, enter to win contests, while at the same time, ...

In October's edition, Latino Business Review presents an interesting article about the growth of venture capital in Latin America as a model for emerging business financing. In this article, Norma Hernandez, EGADE professor, gives her opinion about this phenomenon in the region and projects a slow but steady growth of this practice. Also, Mercedes Konin, Director for Mapeo Promoters of CSR, talks about corporate social responsibility in Latin America. She explains about ISO 26000 and the efforts of ECLAC to establish the standards for social responsibility as another ...

Construction Digital, the top digital media source for global construction news and information reveals the benefits of green hospitals and details of the San Francisco Transbay Transit Center in the redesigned October issue. For the October cover story, we speak with Jeffrey Rich of Gundersen Lutheran to learn the benefits of sustainable health care facilities. "We have a duty to be good stewards of how we use energy, and try to produce or use clean energy," he says in the article. We also speak with Phil Williams, vice president of sustainability and technical systems ...

Business Review USA, the top digital media source for American business news, discusses Ford Motor Company's business strategies, the benefits of estate planning for the future, the rise of Promojam, and the latest edition of Apple TV compared to its competitors. The October cover story discusses how Ford Motor Company stands behind their motto, "Built to Last." Group Vice President Bennie Fowler discusses their forward facing plans and the integration of lean manufacturing within the business. Estate planning is also becoming a concern for many baby boomers who are ...

The industry known as corporate trade, or corporate barter, has existed for decades, yet it continues to perplex many at the highest levels of corporate America. For those corporations who engage corporate trade firms, they are able to sell their excess inventories at values far above what the cash market will bear, surplus real estate at above asking price and reduce their cash outlay for advertising, freight, printing and a host of other goods and services. In their new book entitled, "The 9 Insider Secrets to Winning at Corporate Trade", Evergreen-Partners identify ...