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Yesterday, I visited Nation Ford High School in Fort Mill, South Carolina to talk to the Virtual Enterprise class about the cruise industry and the ins and outs of running an online cruise agency.   The Nations Ford Virtual Enterprise class, taught by Lou Anne Cornwell, chose to be an online Cruise Agency for their virtual business (great choice).   They interact in a virtual economy with the other Virtual Enterprise businesses from around the US.   I was impressed by how well this program is preparing students for the real world.  They have to write a business plan, write resumes, interview with local business leaders, develop websites, create commercials, and almost any other function that is required to run a business.   Checking out the Website I showed them how we market CruiseDeals.com online and how we use social media to interact with our customers and continuously provide free information to help make the cruising experience better for all cruisers.   I explained to them that Travel Agents provide value by using their expertise to match up clients with the perfect cruise based on the client’s preferences.    Vacations are in most consumers’ top 5 most expensive purchases and a good travel agent ensures that their client gets the most out of that investment.   After answering a few questions, I toured the class to review their website, 30 second commercial, accounting tools, invoices, brochures, and company policies. What I Learned: My fellow Travel Professionals, take this as your fair warning.  If this group of students is any indication of what the future holds you better step up your game.  15 – 20 year olds grew up on the internet and creating a professional website, editing video & pictures, using social media, maximizing mobile devices all come naturally to this generation.  Their strong base of technical knowledge will give them a huge advantage as technology development continues to move forward at light speed.   We have to adopt new technology quickly as it becomes available and push ourselves to continuously experiment and learn.  Prior to meeting the Nation Ford High School Virtual Enterprise class, I’d become jaded about high school curriculum.  I felt that US students graduate high school without basic real world skills like how to buy a house, how to write a resume, how to fill out their tax forms, and other basic finance skills.

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Nation Ford High School Visit, Recap

If you don’t already have plans for next weekend, check out our pick for the best travel deal. Today’s Next Weekend Away deal is for Denver, Colorado .  Travel Friday, May 14, and return Monday, May 17 to get this deal. How can you go wrong in a city where the mayor owns a whole slew of microbreweries

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Next Weekend Away: Denver, Colorado

Stay in luxury in one of London’s hot spots Come back from a long day in the office and enjoy a pleasant stay in the heart of Canary Wharf, Europe’s most vibrant and growing business district.

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Property Spotlight: Canary South – Bridgestreet

After five years in New York, the Vendy Awards have come to Los Angeles and what exactly are the Vendy Awards? The Vendys are a yearly street food cook-off that, since 2005, has determined the best street chef in NYC. It has become one of the greatest food events in New York

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The Vendy Awards Come to LA!

Media Release 5 May 2010: Mossel Bay Tourism Mossel Bay Project to Protect Youth During World Cup An innovative project by members of Mossel Bay’s community aims to provide a safe environment for young people during the long winter holidays that will coincide with the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Councilor Natasha Giles, who also serves on the board of Mossel Bay Tourism, hosted the Project Passion Holiday Club for about fifty children every June and July for eight years.

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Mossel Bay Project to Protect Youth During World Cup

Media Release 5 May 2010: Mossel Bay Tourism More Success for Mossel Bay Surfing Development Mossel Bay’s surfing development project – ‘Schools Surf Club’ – has started to pay handsome dividends for the youth of the town.

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More Success for Mossel Bay Surfing Development

Media Release 5 May 2010: Mossel Bay Tourism Mossel Bay Council, Local Businesses Team Up To Improve Security at The Point Mossel Bay’s Municipality, Mossel Bay Tourism, and the owners of The Point Hotel and the Point Village Hotel have teamed up to finance a pilot project that will improve security in The Point area ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and the 5-week-long, nation-wide winter school holiday that will coincide with the tournament. “The Point is one of our most important tourism destinations, but it’s become something of a hang-out for vagrants and beggars,” said Mossel Bay Tourism’s Marcia Holm

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Mossel Bay Council, Local Businesses Team Up To Improve Security at The Point

Opera houses across Italy are suffering from a strike organized by opera musicians and technicians in response to government-proposed changes to the management and financing of state opera houses. At the end of April, the Italian government announced a decree that would cut workers’ benefits up to 50% and prohibit opera house foundations from providing newly-hired workers with a fixed-term or permanent contract until 2013

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Opera Strike in Italy

American Airlines has finally reached an agreement with the Transport Worker’s Union – one that has been two-and-a-half years in the making.

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AA strike update: Agreement has been reached for mechanics

Kautilya Institute of Technology & Engineering & School of Management is situated in Jaipur. It is a prominent institute of technical and management education, which is promoted by JEC, Jaipur Society. Aim and Vision The Institute aims to empower students through education and training and to install confidence and a winning attitude in them.

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Kautilya Institute of Technology and Engineering, Jaipur, Rajasthan

As part of the ongoing improvement of TravelManager we’re always interested to hear from users on how they find the latest changes. So to make things easier here’s a few recent updates we’ve love to get feedback on.

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Latest Updates – Feedback Welcome

There comes a day (DAYS) in every food blogger’s life where you just want to hide your head in shame and/or stage fake meals so that people won’t find out what, exactly, you ate. Today = one of those days. It start out all well and good.

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What Not To Eat

We just got that research from http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/21/environment-cleanest-countries-business-iceland-cleanest-countries_slide.html?partner=yahoofr – Yale and Columbia ranked countries’ environmental performance based on a number of metrics, including water and air quality, habitat protection and the impact of the environment on the health of the population. European countries make up more than half of the top 30, while the U.S

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The cleanest countries in the World ..

I was recently introduced to Bar Southerly by a fellow Chigasaki dweller and was really pleased.  I had good fish and chips and the restaurant actually had malt vinegar – an absolute must for me.  The decor was relaxed and comfortable; kind of a beach style English pub.  The front opens so you can sit at a bar overlooking the street.  The owner is really nice and speaks pretty good English so if you get lost or are having problems reading the webpage you can call. Address:1-4-16-101 Tomoe, Chigasaki, Kanagawa, 253-0056 Map with Street View Phone: 0467-82-9981 Hours: 11:30-23:00, food -22:00, drinks -22:30 Closed: Tuesdays Menu Coffee, tea, soft drinks, alcohol Lunch fresh pasta lunch set 1,100yen (includes bread, salad and drink) Lunch pizza set 1,000yen (includes salad and a drink) Lunch fish and chips 1,100yen (includes bread, salad and a drink) Most regular menu items are under 1,000yen

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Great Fish and Chips at Bar Southerly

The LaserTones will be at Redbud Cafe on Friday, May 7 Look for Fresh and Local Music on Friday and Saturday evening: Friday,  May 7 – The LaserTones “unplugged” from 6:30 pm to 9:00-ish Saturday, May 8 – Nelson Broyal  from 6:30 to 9:00 Evening specials served every Friday and Saturday evening, from 5:00pm to 9:00pm: Redbud Cafe’s Daily Menu : Fresh and Local sandwiches, soups and salads Redbud Cafe’s hot sandwiches: Reuben, Italian Roast Beef, French Dip Redbud Cafe’s Famous gourmet burgers – see our Evening Specials Menu Deb’s delicioso cheese cake Fresh baked cookies and confections! *For printable version Dinner Menu: evening specials …and now on Friday and Saturday evenings you can shop next door at Brieger Pottery during cafe hours. Stop by and say Hi! If you would like to receive email updates from Redbud Cafe for weekly specials and Music Calendar updates, please sign up at the email subscription box in the left sidebar of this page!

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This Weekend at Redbud Cafe

Giovanni's Photo by Nikol Schiller The sly smile of a wooden swordfish carved into the double doors of Morro Bay’s popular Giovanni’s Fish Market & Galley invites both locals and tourists to experience the freshest catch of the day. This local haunt is just one of many Central Coast shops and restaurants that specialize in fresh seafood. Just called Giovanni’s by the locals, this restaurant and fish market sits right along the water next to the dock where local fishermen bring in their catch

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Best of Central Coast Seafood

During our recent trip to Japan, we made a point to make reservations for a Kaiseki dinner in Kyoto.   Kaiseki is a formalized, seasonal multi-course Japanese meal in which the food is prepared and arranged in a very artistic manner

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Kaiseki dinner in Kyoto (part 1 of 2)

Ningyocho Imahan 人形町今半 Ningyocho Imahan 人形町今半 Ningyocho Imahan 人形町今半 Chuo-ku, Nihonbashi Ningyocho 2-9-12 中央区日本橋人形町2-9-12 Tel. 03-3666-7006 11:00 – 22:00, no holidays www.imahan.com/e-guide/ningyocho_shop.html (English) Ningyocho Imahan is a branch of the Asakusa shop that opened in 1952

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Ningyocho Imahan 人形町今半

Picture Credit: frombottle2box.com Domino’s was rated worst pizza in America not too long ago which led to a complete change in recipe.  Do you  like the changes?  Listen below to see if the company is doing better or worse.

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Domino’s New Pizza: Better or Worse?

Everyone will be pouring Margaritas tonight in honor of Cinco de Mayo, but research has shown that Margarita’s originated in Texas!  Listen to Dave Thomson below to find out what other “Mexican” favorites originated in the US!

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Did Margaritas originate in Mexico?