A new survey released today by Expedia® found that more than 80 percent of football fans with tickets to an important game would travel an average of 554 miles to see their team play, and 40 percent of football fans would pass up a hot date or their own birthday party to go to a [...]
Online and catalogue retailer RedEnvelope makes holiday shopping personal and easy. From tokens of gratitude to expressions of love, RedEnvelope offers a unique and wide-ranging collection of thoughtful gifts for the holidays and everyone on your list — around the clock. This year, RedEnvelope offers more than 1200 gifts to choose from which means everyone [...]
The Make-A-Wish Foundation and national sponsors International Union, UAW and General Motors Corporation are celebrating a momentous wish milestone this month — granting the 10,000th wish of their decade-long partnership.
To mark this achievement, the 10,000th wish recipient, Brandon, 10, of Rodney, Mich., and his family will ride on UAW-GM’s float in America’s Thanksgiving Parade in [...]
Brides magazine will celebrate its 75th Anniversary by creating the Brides Mile High Honeymoon Suite at the Top of the Rock, Rockefeller Center’s historic observation deck. Designed by the Brides editorial team, the Top of The Rock will be transformed into a romantic and luxurious suite, where a deserving newlywed couple will be the first [...]
Mercy Ministries’ free-of-charge program serves a diverse population of young women from various socio-economic backgrounds, aged 13-28, who are facing a combination of life-controlling issues such as drug and alcohol abuse, addictions, depression, eating disorders and unplanned pregnancy.
In a recent independent survey of former residents of Mercy Ministries of America, 93% of survey respondents answered [...]
JetBlue Airways announces it received top honors in three categories in this year’s Zagat Airline Survey, including ‘Best Large Domestic Airline’ for economy-class seating, ‘Best Inflight Entertainment’ for domestic flights and ‘Most Eco-Friendly’ airline. In addition, the New York-based carrier ranked second in the survey’s ‘Value for the Money’ category, and third in each of [...]
In just over one year, Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas will make her long awaited debut. The ship, under construction at STX Europe in Turku, Finland, reached an important maritime milestone today when she was “floated out” — moved from dry dock to wet dock — to begin the final stages of interior [...]
Union Pacific will be the exclusive sponsor of the Abraham Lincoln bicentennial exhibition, which opens at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., February 12, 2009, in celebration of Lincoln’s 200th birthday. America’s 16th president, Lincoln was a great railroad advocate and is considered the father of the transcontinental railroad. He signed the Pacific Railroad [...]
This Thanksgiving, customers on JetBlue Airways can enjoy the convenience of checking one bag free, freeing up time to bask in a stress-free travel experience at the airline’s brand new terminal — T5 — at its home base at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). T5 offers a spacious check-in lobby, the largest [...]
Everyone loves to buy local! Buying local food is one of the biggest trends to hit the culinary world in years. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, farmers markets have grown over 60 percent in the past eight years and represent $1 billion in annual sales. Now, shoppers can conveniently buy local foods online [...]
Goodwill® Industries International has joined forces with CNN Heroes to recognize ordinary citizens whose extraordinary deeds are making a difference in their communities and around the world. Goodwill encourages everyone to vote and help choose which of the ten honorees will become the 2008 CNN Hero of the Year. Goodwill, along with other renowned nonprofits [...]
Michelle Obama’s recent statements indicating her intent to focus on work-life balance policies may be exactly what businesses need to face the coming economic downturn. And in a sign that the time is ripe for such a focus, the best-of-breed businesses are already heading in this direction.
“Smart businesses know their employees are in for some [...]
