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...guarantees Woodroffe and the other budget hoteliers will hit their numbers. "Certainly niches are out there," says Alex Kyriakidis, global head of tourism, hospitality and leisure at industry consultants Deloitte. "But will they be a slam dunk success? The answer is no." They'll need to achieve year-round occupancy rates of more than 85% to be profitable, he says, which could prove a tough target in a segment of the market that is already competitive, and becoming more so. Established chains, such as the Hard Rock Hotels and Intercontinental's Indigo chain, are opening small-room, limited-service hotels...
...your own Facebook wall, Harvard chemistry graduate student Thomas M. Snyder can complete the average Sudoku puzzle—and he has an entry in the Guinness World Records to prove it. Snyder also had about this amount of time to dwell on his victory in the final round of the World Sudoku Championship, held two weeks ago in Prague. With just over a minute left on the clock, Snyder sat back while his contenders struggled away, and mused, “Wow, I’ve just won the championship.” The puzzles Snyder faces aren?...
...quick start in the top of the first, following singles by junior Jeff Stockel and captain Brendan Byrne with a left-center home run into the wind. Vance turned in a tough at-bat, going down 0-2 and fouling off several pitches before launching his first round-tripper of the season. “Stoeckel and Byrne had line drives off a guy who’s a pretty good, hard-throwing left-hander,” coach Joe Walsh said. “When [Vance] got down 0-2 I thought I should have bunted the runners over...
...England championships.” Things came together this weekend at the President’s Trophy, hosted by Boston University. Harvard totaled 60 points in the 16-team field, while Yale was close behind in second, scoring 65 points. St. Mary’s, Dartmouth, and Charleston rounded out the top five. Though BU, MIT and Tufts were all in the field, it was only the Crimson that was able to take advantage of the home waters. “I think it definitely helped,” sophomore crew Lauren Brants said of sailing on the Charles...
...down the flashlight, took hold of his mounted M-240 machine gun and commenced the warning shots. He says he fired first into the grassy area on the other side of the road, straight across the driver's field of vision, each bullet followed by a bright red tracer round so that they could be heard and also seen in the dark. When the car did not slow down, Lozano says he fired at the ground in front of it, then into the tires, then the engine block until the vehicle came to a halt ten meters away from where...