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The Hamptons: Vacation in True Luxury

Each Memorial Day weekend, the summer season starts officially in the Hamptons, and with it comes the droves of movie stars and City dwellers looking to escape the heat and enjoy some of the breathtaking beauty of the State of New York has to offer. During the summer, largely as a holiday for the rich and famous, rubbing elbows with your favorite famous movie star or director has never been easier, if you spend your holiday weekend on the beaches the city has a breathtaking Hamptons.

Offers some of the best beaches in the world, the Hamptons are definitely be the place for exciting adventures on the sea. Although there it provided excellent opportunities sandy up and down the South Fork, East Hampton's Main Beach consistently rated one of the ten best beaches in the country and is ideal in the new Capital ratio of Long Iceland. This may of Martha Stewart, Steven Spielberg and Jerry Seinfeld own real estate in this trendy town, and you can certainly spot a few other celebrities, while along the clean, white sandy beaches of East Hampton as Wiborg Beach, Egypt beach to relax, and Georgics Beach.

Although the Westhampton area, including the incorporated villages of West Quogue, West Hampton Beach, West Hampton Dunes is considered to be a bit more like Long Beach, as the rest of the Hamptons, visitors can still always drive all of their favorite activities such as swimming, jet skiing, boating, surfing and sunbathing, the entertaining Pike's Beach. However, if you are an old money atmosphere and huge estates prefer water as a backdrop for your beach excursions, then Southampton and the Flying Point Beach is more your style.

For a low-key weekend away from the hubbub and noise of the party scene, set your compass for a holiday town like Amagansett and Bridgehampton. In quant Bridgehampton, enjoy before the popular Beach Mecox on a nearby vineyard, while in Amagansett, shopping in chic boutiques and restaurants are on the exquisite cuisine of the day. The night life is never boring here, either, as is the Amagansett home of the famous Stephen Talk House, a small, Standing only club where the likes of Paul McCartney and Paul Simon have been known to show up unexpectedly.

In addition to the popular Stephen Talk House, the home of the Hamptons many other forms of entertainment and night life. The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center is home to professional music, dance and theater throughout the year, while the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor will present up-and-coming next-honored classic plays on its stage. As soon as the sun can click on the Hamptons, visitors also posted a late night drink in the Cigar Bar in Sag Harbor, or try one of the super trendy bars such as the NV Resort in East Hampton will receive or Jet East in Southampton.

When look at Hampton popular attractions, there are two that always stand above the rest. Located in a mansion in 1845 by Benjamin Huntting a whaling-ship magnate, the Whaling Museum built in Sag Harbor is a tribute to the industry that the region set on the map. With samples of whale oil, whale jawbones centuries old, and the tools and weapons of whalers, The museum is a must-see on any trip Hamptons. The Montauk Point Lighthouse, was completed in 1796, was the first lighthouse in New York State are being built and is home many artifacts and historical documents. The best part of any visit is the climb to the 110-meter-high tower for a breathtaking panoramic view of the sea, the coast and breathtaking landscapes.

When the rush of summer dawns on the Hamptons, it's time, from the city and experience an atmosphere that, unlike everything It could have ever imagined, is preserved. Forget the tourist feel of a hotel and live like a local with Hamptons Vacation rentals in your favorite destination Surfside. A Hamptons rental surrounds You quant with the splendor and glamor of the area, along with the city feel, you can enjoy one of the summer so remember Atlantic in the most desirable accommodations along the ocean. For a fantasy weekend at one of the most beautiful, most exciting destinations in the world, begins to search for the perfect holiday home rental today.

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im going to manhattan in mid december for my birthday?

what luxury hotel would you suggest? what will the weather/snow be like? what winter activities would you suggest?

Though winters seem to be warmer here it will most likely be wet and dirty. I highly recommend packing weather proof shoes. There is no way to know if there is going to be snow yet wait until December if we have snow we have snow if not then no.
For winter activities there is ice skating in central park or Rockefeller center…central park is less crowded. But for the most part nyc is all about food, shopping, and going out. You can see the tree.

I have no idea about luxury hotels but there are nice ones near central park with great shopping around the area.

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Are these the actions of a true Christian?

Gov. Sarah Palin charged the state for her children to travel with her, including to events where they do not were invited, and later amended expense reports indicate that they were on official business. The costs included costs for hotel and to see commercial flights for three daughters to join Palin, like her father in a snowmobile race, and a trip to New York where the governor in a five-hour Conference and stayed with 17-year-old Bristol for five days and four nights in a luxury hotel. In total, the state Palin $ 21,012 for her three daughters '64 one-way and 12 round-trip commercial flights imposed since it took office in December 2006. In some other cases, she has charged the state for hotel rooms for the Girls. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081021/ap_on_el_pr/palin_family_travel

While I will not judge about others, whether they are "good Christians" or not, I'm totally in my rights to judge whether an elected official is corrupt … and Mrs. Palin is corrupt.

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Hotel 99! Newest hotel in New York City

Hotel 99 is one of the newest hotels in upper west side of New York City. The comfort and facilities there make a feel of home. The Broadway Hotel New York City is close to Julliard School, Fordham University and many popular night spots and restaurants, making it the perfect destination for people who love NY City. This hotel is a new boutique hotel for the budget minded traveler. Main features of this hotel are spacious and renovated rooms, rooms which share baths, groups facilities and meetings facilities, an upper west side location which is highly convenient, special rates for students, parents, faculty and much more. Comfort and quality are the main attractions here.

Our Broadway Hotel New York City is a new boutique hotel perfect for the customer for whom budget is the major concern. Newly renovated stylish and comfortable rooms are the attraction here. Both private and shared bath rooms are available. All rooms are well furnished and maintain international standards. Surrounding places give a marvelous look to the hotel and make it the traveler’s destination.

The hotel offers a 24-hour reception desk and a helpful, multi-lingual staff. With an extensive knowledge of New York City, the staff will assist you during your stay here; whether you need directions, business meeting or a great restaurant suggestion. Both single and shared rooms are available in the hotel. The hotel provides accommodation in a way to meet the needs of each and every customer and make them feel more comfortable in all ways. Different types of rooms such as double bed which share baths, twins with shared bath, doubles with shared bath, queen with private bath and doubles with private bath are available in the hotel.

Hotel 99 is conveniently located in such an area that it makes travelers reach all important destinations very easily. The hotel is quite near to the Central Park West Museum of Natural History and Symphony. The hotel attracts guests from around the world because of its affordable rates, cozy accommodations and its close proximity to numerous New York City attractions. If the visitors are new to the city, the location of the boutique hotel is ideal to accommodate the visit. Few of the famous tourist attractions placed near the hotel are, Rockefeller Center, Central Park, Symphony Space, SOHO, Battery Park, Wall Street and Greenwich Village. Others include Chinatown, Little Italy, the Statue of Liberty, South Street Seaport and the Brooklyn Bridge. The main motto of the hotel is to take care of its customers. If you come to NY City’s Upper West Side for business and need a comfortable and affordable place to stay in a good location, Hotel 99 is the best place for you. For the convenience of the customers the hotel additionally offers wired or wireless high speed Internet access also. This helps visitors from all over the world to contact their loved ones easily without going to a net café outside. Also the hotel improves the facilities and services day by day to meet the requirements of the customers.

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I live in New York city….very interested in writing articles, knowing what is happening around me.

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Low-cost redeye makes NYC weekend affordable

Easy redeye flights out of major California cities make a weekend in the Big Apple not only possible, but quite affordable.

And who can resist a trip to the Big Apple when you can do it for a few hundred dollars, lose just one day of work and be back in the office Monday morning telling travel tales like you were an A-list celebrity?.

But can a trip from California to New York really work in such a tight time frame? Do you really have time to see anything? Will it be a fun getaway or a gauntlet of stress-inducing hassles and deadlines?

We decided to try it out. Our late evening flight left from San Diego on Thursday, arriving about 7 a.m. Friday morning. Because of the late departure, we were able to put in a full day of work on Thursday and were only absent from the office on Friday.

The first thing you have to realize on your New York weekend is that not all airlines are created equal and it has to do more with legroom than anything else. We’re actually less concerned about service than we are about comfort — and a tight configuration of the seats can be quite uncomfortable. Some airlines simply configure their seats too close together to have any comfort at all on a red-eye flight.

Unfortunately, the airline we chose – mainly because it was the lowest fare at the time – was not the one with the most legroom. We flew Delta on one of their newer 737’s (Flight 748) and realized as soon as we sat down that there seemed to be less room than other airlines we had flown recently. Since most people try to sleep on a redeye, be forewarned – you won’t get much sleep if you are frozen in position for the entire five-hour flight time.

Of course the younger you are, the less you will be concerned about losing sleep. And even those of us who are older can generally make it up the next night – as we did, by retiring earlier than usual on Friday night.

But a Friday 7 a.m. arrival is ideal for getting a full day of sightseeing done in New York City. Be prepared for at least an hour in the cab if you’re arriving at Kennedy International as we did – it’s rush hour all the way into the city and Kennedy is located some distance away from downtown. Depending on flight schedules, LaGuardia or Newark may prove to be more convenient airports for your arrival.

Our cab dropped us off at our hotel – the Renaissance New York Hotel 57 at the corner of East 57th and Lexington, close to many attractions in the midtown area of Manhattan, and just a few short blocks from Central Park. Conveniently, the hotel allowed us to check in right away – a welcome gesture that enabled us to change clothes and freshen up before we began our first day of sightseeing. We also figured out right away we had chosen a great place to stay – the Renaissance New York Hotel 57 is one of Marriott’s first hotels being launched under the newly re-defined Renaissance brand. This particular hotel is a stylish boutique hotel that fits in with its neighborhood of art galleries and fashionable shops, and its comfortable rooms are designed and furnished to offer surprises to the prototypical Renaissance guest. That person, PR director Kathy Duffy explains, is a “discovery person” who looks for unusual out-of-the-way features and attractions.

When we visit a new city, often our first stop is the local visitor information office and New York was no exception. Since this is the Big Apple, nothing is done half-way and the visitor center at NYC & Company, just a few blocks from our hotel in midtown, is one of the best we’ve seen. The center recently underwent a $1.8 million renovation that includes a new interactive trip planner with digital NYC maps and up-to-the-minute event and venue information on attractions throughout the city’s five buroughs. We also picked up our New York CityPasses which include admission to a number of NYC attractions for between $59 and $79.

For us, the big question was where to begin? There are so many fascinating attractions in New York City you could spend weeks visiting and not run out of interesting things to do. Our challenge was to skim a few of the best off the top, knowing full well we would have to leave many “must-sees” for a future trip.

Just strolling the city, for us, was a great way to get started. Because our hotel was so well-located, it was just a short walk to sights like Rockefeller Center with its ice skating rink, holiday decorations and festive spirit. Nearby is the Radio City Music Hall as well as the Museum of Television and Radio. The expensive stores along Fifth Avenue also are close at hand.

Stepping onto the streets of midtown Manhattan, the energy is palpable as thousands of New Yorkers scurry about their daily business, a sea of humanity crowding the sidewalks while vehicular traffic is so congested that it often is just at a standstill. Everywhere you look are the yellow cabs that many city residents use instead of owning their own cars. And, of course, the subways are a popular and efficient way to get up and down the island.

We have to admit we may have seen one too many movies depicting the New York subway system as a dark, dreary, old repository of big-city low life, and were a little apprehensive about using the subways for our primary means of transportation. Since this was a family weekend, we also weren’t certain we should be taking our nine-year-old daughter in such places. But we’re happy to report our fears were greatly exaggerated.

The subway system in New York could use a little sprucing up, but it’s very functional and not at all intimidating. People of all ages and walks of life use the subway to go everywhere in the city and we were told by the city’s visitor office that the subway system is, indeed, quite safe. We ended up using the subway several times – once we figured out the ticketing, pricing and routing – to reach several points of interest in Manhattan that would have been pricy to reach by cab and too time-consuming to reach on foot. For $2.25 a ride, the subway is a bargain.

For example, we were told of a new walkway down in the Chelsea area that was proving quite popular with New Yorkers looking for an interesting stroll. We took the subway to a station near what is called the High Line, a former elevated rail line that has been converted to a walking path. It offers great views of the city, excellent exercise and is a gateway to the stylish row houses and trendy restaurants of Chelsea.

And so it went for our two days of sightseeing – identifying places we wanted to visit, figuring out where they were relative to the subways and then grouping our attractions for each subway destination. We managed to see a lot – the World Trade Center, the Statue of Liberty boat tour, the Museum of Natural History, Times Square, Central Park, the Broadway District, Chelsea, the Diamond District, and the Avenue of the Americas where major media and the country’s top corporations are headquartered. We experienced New York hot dogs, New York pizza, New York roasted chestnuts, New York deli food – in other words, before our Sunday morning departure, we had managed to take a huge bite out of the Big Apple.

AT A GLANCE

WHERE: New York City – basically the center of the universe.

WHAT: A weekend in New York City can be affordable and not burn a lot of vacation time. You’ll come back invigorated.

WHEN: Year-round, although dress really warm in winter. Even with subways at hand, you’ll be doing lots of walking.

WHY: It’s a unique experience, and great fodder for your Monday morning conversations around the water cooler.

HOW: For more information on a visit to New York City, contact NYC & Company at www.nycgo.com or phone 212-484-1200. For more information on the Renaissance New York Hotel 57, phone (212) 753-8841 or visit www.hotel57.com.

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Cary Ordway is a syndicated travel writer and president of Getaway Media Corp, which publishes websites focused on regional getaway travel. Among the sites currently offered by GMC are http://www.californiaweekend.com , which will help you travel California, and http://www.northwesttraveladvisor.com , covering northwest travel deals and other travel destinations in the Pacific Northwest.

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5 Star Green: An Eco Friendly Hotel in Manhattan

Can My Green Consulting Firm Benefit From A Virtual Office In Nyc?

Let’s say the you live in Chicago and you run an online consulting firm helping businesses go green. You work from a desk in your basement and advise other small businesses on how to go green and reduce their carbon footprint. Potential clients find you on the internet and you rely on social media marketing to keep the buzz going about your services. You work with clients throughout the world via the internet and telephone.

You have wanted to expand your business presence, with minimal investment. How can you grow your company? How can you expand your market? How can you attract clients in a new area? How can you do that instantly?

A New York virtual office just may be the ideal solution for you and your firm! Virtually overnight, you can go from a local based home business in Chicago to having a business presence in another major metropolitan area instantly, such as: Manhattan! Your company now has 2 locations! Imagine how impressive a New York office address would look on your website and business cards – alongside your Chicago address!

Your clients can send payments, orders, contracts, and correspondence to your Manhattan virtual office – we’ll keep your mail safe and secure and send it to you in Chicago in accordance with your predetermined forwarding schedule.

Need local New York phone and fax service to complete your Manhattan business presence? No problem! We can get them setup for you in a few hours. You can have a live operator answer your calls, a machine answer your calls (voice mail) or, we can even transfer your Manhattan phone calls directly to you in Chicago. You can receive faxes sent to your New York fax number right in your email inbox.

When the time comes that you need to visit Manhattan to meet with a client or vendor, you can rent office space to meet with clients on an as-needed basis. You can even have your lunch or breakfast meeting catered in the office.

Need a local hotel or restaurant recommendation? We can help you with ideas! Our knowledgeable staff is at your service. Our prime neighborhood is chock-full of first class hotels, chain hotels, and wonderful boutique hotels. Our neighborhood’s Michelin Stars sparkle amongst restaurants boasting top chefs, television chefs, and world renown chefs.

If a client drops by unexpectedly to see you, they will enter into a well-appointed office and be received by a friendly receptionist who will inform your guest that you are out on appointments, and take a message on your behalf. This message will be immediately sent to you so you may contact the guest who visited your Manhattan virtual office.

See how easy it is to open an office?… Super easy!

Keep doing what you are doing in Chicago and we at VH International Business Solutions will manage your Manhattan virtual office and business presence for you.

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VH International Business Solutions, Inc. Since 1990. Offering unbeatable service to individuals, small and mid sized local companies; as well as larger domestic and international firms seeking to establish a presence in the U.S., and particularly in the New York market. As the pioneer of offering Virtual Office services online in New York City, we are the leader and have the most expertise of working with local and global businesses when entering the New York marketplace. While others emphasize services, we emphasize service. Manhattan Virtual Office How can VH International Business Solutions help you? Tel: 1.212.627.8900 Fax: 1.646.861.6610 Since 1990.

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AD:Tech The 10th Annual is Over. What Was In It For Main Street?

There were over 12,000 individuals from all over the place pre-registered for the conference. The hotel was packed like I haven’t seen it since 1999.

On the first floor of the Hilton on 6th Avenue there is a bar with a huge seating area of tables and curved couches. It doesn’t open until 5-6 in the evening, during the day people use it as a place to sit while they are waiting for something or just killing time. There are always 2-3 tables in use.

During Ad:Tech every seat was taken – attendees comparing notes and connecting with their contemporaries to discuss ideas they’d just picked up in one session or another or from a vendor in the exhibit hall. You could feel the buzz, the energy!

The press/speaker/blogs room had been relocated to a room three times larger than before – a dead giveaway that this was going to be special.

The event’s opening keynote featured the head of the organization Drew Ianni, Chairman, Programming, ad:tech expositions, laying out their blueprint for the future of Ad:Tech as it expands its presence worldwide.

As he illustrated their growth strategy he alluded to the “bad old days” of just a few years ago. I remember attending one of those events – when it had been moved from a gigantic space the previous year and combined with another organization in a much smaller location and the luncheon could still have been held in a Manhattan apartment.

That was on the back-end of the dot com bust and conventional wisdom seemed to give Ad:Tech one more year before it would become a small part of another industry organization. To see the slides describing the strides they’ve taken and the plans they have in place demonstrates that the original “big idea” has come full circle. That with Ad:Tech as with business and life in general it all comes down to execution of the mission.

The keynote was to be delivered by David Lubars, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, BBDO North America.

I had not taken the time to read any of the pre-conference materials or promotion so I had no idea who the keynote speaker would be.

When I got to my seat in the second row and saw the name and title on the huge screen I remembered why I always sit up front. It’s to keep me from leaving early. Sitting up front means you can’t sneak out. Common courtesy keeps me in my place. Invariably I pick up something so I continue the practice.

While Drew was telling us about David – that he had come from Fallon, Minneapolis “where he was responsible for some of most memorable and out-of-the-box advertising campaigns including Citibank’s ‘Identity Theft’ series and BMW Films” – I was looking along the row in front of me trying to figure out which one of the blue suited businessmen has was.

I was familiar with these campaigns, as a TV viewer, so I was interested to see the guy who came up with them but not sure how this would translate to regular people like us.

Drew said that David had come to BBDO and had been charged with bringing a new, progressive way of thinking to an advertising agency once dubbed the “old guard”. More interesting.

But still, how would it be possible that someone from this huge ad agency, with clients who spend more on a single campaign than our readers on Main Street generate in annual revenues, have something relevant for people like us?

When Drew introduced David, instead of the staid businessman in a dark blue suit and shiny shoes I was looking for – an energetic guy wearing Dockers, a tee shirt with a long sleeve shirt open down the front and Timberland shoes (I think I recognized the soles) ran up the steps to the stage. I thought he was a audio engineer there to attach the lapel mike to the staid businessman in the dark blue suit and shiny shoes.

Imagine my surprise. This was David Lubars, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, BBDO North America.

The stage was set up like a TV interview show. Instead of a speech this would be a conversation. What happened was quite interesting and enlightening to, I’m sure, everyone in the room. Each of David’s comments were little ah ha’s that just made sense. The only thing that threw some people was when he referred to himself as “not being a Darren Stevens type of advertising man.”

BTW: For those too young to remember Darren Stevens was the character played by Dick Sargent in the early 70’s sitcom, “Bewitched” Darren and his boss Larry Tate were the prototypical gray flannel suited advertising executives of the time. There are still many just like them – their tried and true tactics still work. However, it’s being able to see beyond what has worked in the past that make David successful and his ability to bring along their clients into the new world of strategic brand planning in a universe defined by short attention spans, massive media proliferation and where the consumer is increasingly in control.

Drew, using the Barbara Walter interview style, sat down with David “to discuss the new media landscape, the continued power of the television commercial as well as the new opportunities and threats that are emerging thanks, in part, to new digital technologies, platforms and creative tools.”

David’s comments were reveling. Instead of taking the advice of his friends, to move to LA and start his own interactive boutique agency he decided to join BBDO in NYC – providing us our first ah ha – that it’s not about the medium. It’s about the message and delivering it in the most logical way.

At BBDO he would be able to work with clients to develop their big idea and with creative people with experience in every medium to work out the most logical way to get that message to their target audience. For him it’s not about the technology or medium it’s about the message. The medium is just the vehicle.

I his words, “Does it matter whether you use email marketing, forums, bulletin boards, blogs, focus groups, TV ads, online videos, etc.? No. Which method(s) depends on your audience and how you can reach them the easiest.”

What impressed me, representing Main Street, was that he was not a zealot for a certain solution, especially requiring a huge budget. His comments focused rather on the importance of having a big idea.

Those of us who are not particularly creative must rely on those who are for help with the insights that flesh out the importance of the big idea and then craft the solution that will, hopefully, make it a household name.

But we’re skeptics – since most of these experts see theirs as the solution of choice, and are willing to massage our big picture until it becomes a big picture that their service is uniquely suited to provide. (I’ll be telling you about my experiences along this line, when I spent two days in the exhibit hall. But that’s another story)

According to David, “When you have the big idea and an open minded team to consider how to make that idea relevant, the method you use to get that message to the right people will just feel logical.”

Once example of the big idea being promoted in the right way was so obvious I almost laughed out loud. You see I had witnessed it first hand – like so many others, but because it seemed so natural I dismissed the creativity associated with it.

Last weekend we had friends visiting us from Arizona. We met them at their Times Square hotel and took them to dinner at one of our favorite Italian restaurants, Mezzogiorno, at the corner of Spring and Sullivan Streets in SOHO, one of the cool neighborhoods in NYC everyone has heard about.

The streets are narrow and always bumper to bumper as the cars creep between Broadway and 6th. Ave. The occasional doubledecker bus makes the journey as well, just barely fitting between the cars parked on both sides of the streets.

And there are always lots of people strolling along the sidewalks. It’s a combination thriving little mini neighborhood, landmarked historic district, and tourist destination all rolled into one.

One merchant, it’s pretty expensive to have your store there, came up with a novel idea for promoting their business during the 12-14 hours a day they are not open – but when people are still going by their front door.

So when David mentioned this advertising strategy as an example of the big idea (for that merchant), one that did not require a Fortune 500 budget, being delivered in a way that just made sense – ah ha. I had just witnessed it. An idea was so simple, so cheap and yet so effective.

You see in most if not all neighborhoods in the City when the stores and restaurants close the last person out pulls down these horribly ugly gray metal grates over the entire front of the place.

Over time people tape pieces of paper with their message on them, about a lost cat or an opportunity to lose weight, or attend an event of some sort – which, when removed, leave the corners of the papers under the tape, or someone with a magic marker or can of spray paint will leave their mark. The owners will typically do nothing, unless it is an objectionable message, assuming that this is the natural order of things.

What we saw as we strolled through the neighborhood with our out of town friends was a merchant who, instead of accepting the way things have always been, used the grate to create an effective “billboard” that cleverly introduces their store to everyone who passes by.

Instead of an unbroken string of gray metal grates that make every store, dry cleaner, restaurant, and shoe repair shop look alike – now in the middle of the block one stands out. As we walked along we saw people look and point to it, one tourist took a digital photo for the folks back home. The point, everyone noticed and some will remember it.

David’s message that it’s about the idea – the delivery method will emerge based on that – not the
other way round – was perfectly illustrated.

Whether you work for a company with seemingly unlimited resources or are like the rest of us, it’s about performance – ROI. It’s not about a particular branded solution.

It’s about delivering the right message in the right way to the right audience at the right time. A message that makes people want to go out right now and get one for themselves!

David’s responses to Drew’s well crafted questions – that seemed to have the wide range of the audience in mind, set the stage for the entire event. The question was, would each subsequent session build on that keynote or not? Yep, the keynote was the tipping point for the event.

There were over two dozen break-out sessions during the next 21/2 days and we did our best to cover them. The panels in each session were made up of marque companies like CNN, AOL, and Frito Lay as well as one person entrepreneurs and everything in between. As always there were actionable strategies from every quarter.

We’ll be offering observations from those break out sessions we were able to sit in on over the next week or so. Be sure to join the discussion. We’d love insights and observations from you. The RSS feed link is in the Meta area of the nav bar.

In addition we’re going to do something we’ve never attempted before.We’re going to contact a select number of exhibitors whose products and services seem to have relevant applications to regular companies, companies spending their own money and not shareholders money, when they develop marketing and advertising strategies.

It will be interesting to see who responds who doesn’t – whose services are for people like us and who are interested in telling us about them in a semi non-commercial sort of way.

Stay tuned, add your comments, subscribe to the blog feed – get your trade association to do so as well. You won’t want to miss what’s coming! I guarantee it.

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Wayne Messick reports on how Main St. businesses can integrate technology to succeed in the 21st Century on

http://www.FamilyBusinessStrategies.com/and his commentary for business coaches and advisors at

http://www.wdm.net/blog

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Winter Park Lodging – Winter Park Hotels

Just a short drive west of Denver’s metropolitan area, vacationers and winter sports enthusiasts alike commonly find themselves taking in the breathtaking sights and scenery of Winter Park, Colorado. This hidden Rocky Mountain gem plays host to thousands of visitors every year in search of a getaway from the city or fun for the entire family – or some enjoy surrounding themselves in sheer natural beauty. Winter Park has so much to offer, including charming boutiques to shop in, exquisite dining or exciting festivals in the town center. No matter what you’re after, surely it can be found in Winter Park.

Nestled in the awe-inspiring peaks of the Rocky Mountains just 90 minutes west of Denver’s city limits, Winter Park is home to some of the most desired ski slopes in the continental United States. Commonly known as “Colorado’s Highest,” Winter Park holds the highest elevation of any incorporated town in the United States at 12,060 feet above sea level. Early on, initial settlements first sprung up during the construction of the Moffat Tunnel when a local merchant named “Doc” Graves built 26 tourist cabins, a café and service station. Recognized for the site’s beauty and sheer potential as a getaway location, Graves powered the small mountain village by means of a water wheel he installed at the nearby Vasquez Creek. Enjoying rare economic prosperity during the ominous Great Depression, the Winter Park Ski Resort opened its doors to patrons in 1939. Thousands flocked to Winter Park over the years simply to hit the slopes on the resort’s three interconnected peaks – Winter Park, Mary Jane and Vasquez Ridge. Despite the tourist buzz and years of success, it wasn’t until August 1, 1978 that Winter Park, Colorado was officially founded.

With all there is to offer, Winter Park lodging enjoys constant activity year round. During the winter months, Winter Park hotels are hubs for winter sport activity and excitement. But not just a ski town, Winter Park also boasts lots of warm weather activity including hiking, mountain biking, fishing and sight seeing. The town center also provides patrons with numerous shopping and dining opportunities.

No matter what you’re looking for, Winter Park is arguably one of the most accommodating vacation towns found throughout the Rocky Mountains. Winter Park lodging is warm and cozy and offers a wide array of vacationing choices. Anyone of the Winter Park hotels is sure to fit your needs. So whether it’s summer fun or winter sports activity, you’re sure to get your fill in Winter Park.

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The Beaver Village is your number one resource for Winter Park Lodging, reservations, group skiing, real estate, condos & more! Our Winter Park Hotels offer unsurpassed accommodations in the heart of Colorado. Contact us today for a ski vacation you will never forget!

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What is the cheapest and cleanest hotel in Manhattan area?

I’m considering visit NY, but I don’t want to stay in NJ, Brooklyn, Queens, etc..I would to stay in Manhattan but its very difficult to find any clean hotel and cheap at the same time..or relative cheap, I’m not looking for luxury but and don’t want fleas and rats either.

You can try some of the hostels in Manhattan. They are quite cheap and clean. Perfect to spend a night if you would be out for sight seeing most of the day.

http://www.hostels.com/us.ny.ny.html

I had stayed in hostel in China Town once while traveling in New York. It was very clean, staff was very friendly, and it was a convenient place to stay
Before you chose one read the reviews.