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...Tourism and Travel: California and New York - home to the country's two largest cities - both suffered dramatic declines in the number of visitors this fall. Hotel revenues in Manhattan plummeted in November, as did Broadway ticket sales. Atlanta, one of the nation's busiest hubs, experienced a drop in business travel. So too did Silicon Valley, which reported an increase in canceled corporate meetings. Restaurants in San Francisco are struggling as well; some predict they will close their doors completely in the new few months if conditions don't improve. The only upbeat tourism officials around are those...
...here is that most of the Fortune 500 boards require the boss to fly in the corporate jet. And why not? What's the point of achieving the big corner office, knifing all those people on your way to the top, if you don't have the ultimate travel ticket? You might as well stop at divisional vice president. That should be no less true for the Detroit Three. Ford boss Alan Mulally left an aircraft company, Boeing, to take the top job at the auto company - the man is used to big jets...
During the event, each ticket was given three minutes to introduce their campaign before fielding questions from Lam and the audience...
Throughout the evening, Schwartz, who has served terms on both the UC and the College Events Board, cited his seasoning, saying that his was the “only ticket that has advocacy experience,” and pointing to his prior dealings with College administrators...
...Ryan D. Zampardo, a senior in Mather House, the first difficulty in attending the upcoming presidential inauguration is getting a ticket. A Democrat from Michigan, he has contacted his local representative in Congress but has not yet received a response. But even if he succeeds, he will face a possibly more difficult situation than national politics: January 20, the day of the inauguration, is in the middle of the College’s final exam period, and Zampardo happens to have a test that day, one that counts for 40 percent of his grade for the class and may prevent...