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Downturn Has Its Upside for Motorhome Rental Companies
General Manager of iMall Brands Ltd Motorhome Rental Division Rohan Marx said despite the economic downturn in their key markets of the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, bookings were up 70% of the same period on their Fetch Campervan Rental and Family Motorhome Rental websites. There has... - April 23, 2008 - RV Rental USA
National Directory of Catalogs 2008 Edition Now Available
In this 18th edition, the National Directory of Catalogs features detailed information on 12,230 of the top catalogs in the U.S and Canada. - April 23, 2008 - National Mail Order Association
"Texas Hold ‘Em" Tournament at Venus II
Raises $2K for Boys and Girls Club of Marshfield. - April 23, 2008 - Marshfield Boys and Girls Club
Holiday Travel of America (HTOA, Inc.) Celebrates Twenty Year Anniversary
Holiday Travel of America, a leader of the incentive travel industry, celebrates twenty years in business for their outstanding solid reputation for creating state-of-the-art travel packages that combine the highest value with the lowest possible cost. - April 23, 2008 - Holiday Travel of America
NARI Offers Public Service Announcement for May Home Improvement Month
New National Association of the Remodeling Industry PSA Informs Homeowners to Avoid Home Improvement Fraud. - April 22, 2008 - National Association of the Remodeling Industry
Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors® Gala Raises Nearly 150k for Charity; Proceeds Will Benefit GBBR Charitable Foundation
The Greater Baltimore Board of REALTORS® is announcing the success of its April 5th 150th anniversary gala, which raised more than $145,000 for the Greater Baltimore Board of REALTORS® Charitable Foundation. “We are truly overwhelmed with the results of the gala and the willingness... - April 22, 2008 - Greater Baltimore Board of REALTORS
NAFA Announces 2008-2009 Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs
NAFA Fleet Management Association is proud to announce the names of the new 2008-2009 Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs. - April 22, 2008 - NAFA Fleet Management Association
Independent Rescue Service and West Frankfort Rescue Join Forces and Begin Recruitment Drive
Regional search and rescue service joins forces with local EMS agency to better serve the local and regional community. The joint service is beginning a recruitment drive to bring in new rescuers before going operational. - April 22, 2008 - West Frankfort Rescue
Apollo CEO Young Entrepreneur Winner 2007
Apollo CEO Luke Trouchet won the prestigious Ernst & Young ‘Young Entrepreneur Of The Year’ Award 2007. - April 21, 2008 - Apollo Motorhomes
Planet Child of Cary to Host Book Signing with Margaret McCullers Kocsis
Planet Child of Cary will welcome pediatrician, author, and mother Margaret McCullers Kocsis for a book signing. Cary physician and mother will discuss her balanced approach to eating healthy, delicious foods that won’t leave you – or your children – craving junk. Dr. Kocsis will speak at Planet Child on April 22, 2008 at 10:00 AM where she will introduce healthy eating concepts from her book Savvy Eating for the Whole Family: Whole Foods, Whole Planet, Whole Life. - April 20, 2008 - Planet Child of Cary
Deputy District Attorney to Speak on Legal Document Assistant Registration, Compliance and Unfair Business Practices
The Alliance of Legal Document Assistant Professionals (ALDAP) is pleased to announce that Orange County Deputy District Attorney Tracy Hughes will present “Rogue Document Preparers: Unfair Competition and LDA Compliance” on Friday, May 30 at 12:00 p.m. at the Koll Center in Newport... - April 20, 2008 - Alliance of Legal Document Assistant Professionals
It Takes a ‘Dummy’ to Teach CPR; Maryland Automobile Dealers Association & Plaza Ford of Bel Air Donate Resusci Anne Training Mannequins to Darlington VFC
Emergency services workers at the Darlington Volunteer Fire Company in Harford County will be able to expand their community CPR education programs with the donation this week of new adult and child-sized training mannequins by the Maryland Automobile Dealers Association (MADA) and Plaza Ford of... - April 20, 2008 - Maryland Automobile Dealers Association
Honor Society Awards Three NSCS-Integrity Scholarships
Honor society, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars awarded three integrity scholarships to members from Rice University, The University of Kansas and UC-Berkeley. These $1,000 scholarships recognize students who've shown their commitment to integrity. - April 20, 2008 - The National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Chrysler Joins the List of Automakers at NAFA's Institute & Expo
Chrysler becomes the latest exhibitor for NAFA's upcoming Institute & Expo taking place May 3-6 in Salt Lake City, Utah. - April 20, 2008 - NAFA Fleet Management Association
UNC-Chapel Hill, Hamner Institutes Announce Partnership to Accelerate Basic, Translational Research
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences have signed a memorandum of understanding that will guide innovative collaborations in basic and translational research. Established with Carolina’s schools of medicine, pharmacy and public health,... - April 20, 2008 - The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
Diversity Alliance for Science Announces Panel Sessions for Inaugural Conference
Diversity Alliance for Science, Inc. (DA4S) (www.diversityallianceforscience.com) has announced panel sessions for its inaugural networking conference and expo scheduled for May 19-20 at the Westin Governors Morris in Morristown, N.J. The two-day event will focus on developing and integrating more... - April 20, 2008 - Diversity Alliance For Science, Inc.
VacationsFRBO.com Offers Industry-Leading "Dynamic Multi-Featured Listing" Capability for Vacation Rentals
VacationsFRBO.com, one of the Internet's most progressive vacation rental websites recently introduced "Dynamic Multi-Featured Listing" capability to its website. This allows multiple vacation rental owners to create a featured listing on the home-page, rather than the typical single featured listing. VacationsFRBO.com offers free vacation rental listings and is one of the world's largest free vacation rentals listings websites with over 17,000 postings. - April 19, 2008 - VacationsFRBO.com
Maryland Automobile Dealers Association Launches Child Car Seat Safety PSAs - www.mdauto.org Lists Dealerships with Certified Safety Technicians
With summer travel season nearing, the Maryland Automobile Dealers Association is calling on parents to have their child’s car seats checked by a certified technician. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that while 96 percent of parents believe they know how to install a... - April 19, 2008 - Maryland Automobile Dealers Association
i4cp Study Shows HR Pros Sing a Familiar Refrain: Where’s the Talent?
According to HR executives, the hunt for workforce talent is gaining in significance. In a recent study by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), HR professionals said that, while employers are increasingly driven to find and keep the best employees, the pool of high-performing talent is... - April 19, 2008 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Talvor Motorhomes Business Boom
Talvor Motorhomes’ rapid growth has made them the largest Australian recreational vehicle manufacturer in their class. Talvor’s 2007 expansions contributed to an incredible 1200% increase in manufacturing capacity over the last three years. The business doubled their production space,... - April 19, 2008 - Apollo Motorhomes
Luxury Link Partners with The Portofino Hotel and Yacht Club
Luxury Link, the world's premier online luxury travel resource, announces the addition of The Portofino Hotel and Yacht Club to their family of outstanding villas, spas, hotels, vacations and cruises throughout the world. Perched on a private peninsula in Redondo Beach, California, The Portofino... - April 19, 2008 - Luxury Link LLC.
Chicks with Checks Launches National Expansion
Chicks with Checks, a women's organization that combines social networking with a giving circle to raise awareness and funds for low profile, high impact non-profits through local chapters and an online community, is launching a national expansion campaign. - April 19, 2008 - Chicks with Checks
Special Care Dentistry Association Announces 2009 Board of Directors
Special Care Dentistry Association (SCDA) announces its 2008-2009 Board of Directors, effective May 1, 2008. Leading the SCDA Board as President is Janet Yellowitz, DMD, MPH, FASGD, DABSCD. Dr. Yellowitz is a graduate of Forsyth School for Dental Hygienists and holds a Masters degree in Public... - April 19, 2008 - SCDA
Special Care Dentistry Association Announces 2008 Award Recipients
Special Care Dentistry Association (SCDA) has announced the recipient of the 2008 Harold Berk Award is Dr. Arthur Nowak, Executive Director, American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. In 1992, the Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities established the Harold Berk Award with the cooperation... - April 19, 2008 - SCDA
Museum Store Association Presents Sallie Stutz with M Award
The Museum Store Association (MSA) has presented Sallie Stutz, vice director of merchandising at the Brooklyn Museum and former MSA board president, with the association’s highest member honor, the M Award. The M Award recognizes long-term dedication and loyalty to MSA through creativity,... - April 19, 2008 - Museum Store Association
PEphoto Installs Two HP Indigo Press 3050s to Expand Online Photobook Printing Operations
PEphoto has installed two brand new HP Indigo press 3050s. - April 19, 2008 - PEphoto
Sikhcess™ Launches ‘Bundles of Warmth’ Campaign to Help Ease the Suffering of Australia’s Homeless
Sikhcess volunteers in Australia plan to collect and distribute blankets, jackets, and other winter clothing items to homeless and needy in Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney. - April 19, 2008 - Sikhcess
Portable Storage Vendors Celebrate Earth Day
The National Portable Storage Association continues making moves to “green” the industry with a call to continue recycling portable storage containers. - April 19, 2008 - National Portable Storage Association
Advocacy Group Calls for Federal Tax Thank You Note - "It’s Just Good Manners"
At a press conference held this morning, the Institute for Liberty called on the federal government to issue a thank you note six months after taxes are filed, saying that the government ought to be thankful that the citizenry are fulfilling what many believe to be the price of... - April 19, 2008 - Institute for Liberty
InterContinental Mzaar Lebanon Wins Its 5th Jigsaw Piece
InterContinental Mzaar Lebanon, the country’s most popular mountain resort is proud to announce the winning of its 5th jigsaw piece for “Aim Higher”, making it the first InterContinental in Lebanon and within the 15 in the Middle East to reach such accomplishment. - April 19, 2008 - InterContinental Mzaar Lebanon Mountain Resort & Spa
American Cancer Society Study CPS-3 Looks to New Jersey for Participants
Cancer Prevention Study Gives Residents Chance to Have Direct Impact on Cancer - April 19, 2008 - American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Rahway NJ
MERJS Commercial Property Agency Ranks 26 Out of 150 West End London Commercial Property Agents in FOCUS League Report
FOCUS league report on commercial property availability and commercial property transactions has ranked MERJS as 26 out of 150 commercial office space agents based in West End London. - April 19, 2008 - Merjs Charted Surveyors
National MS Society Offers Tips for Starting Workplace Teams
The Eastern North Carolina Chapter of Multiple Sclerosis offers tips to organize teams during the May 3 event. Each team will consists of a captain and three or more group members. - April 18, 2008 - Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the MS Society
New Non-Profit, Informed Conscience, Aims to Increase Public Understanding of Homosexuality as It Relates to the Catholic Church
Informed Conscience, a newly established non-profit organization based in San Diego, California, was formed to increase public awareness and understanding of homosexuality, especially as it relates to the teachings of the Catholic Church. The goals of Informed Conscience are to: 1) Give Catholics... - April 18, 2008 - Informed Conscience
Bill Padgett Addresses Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women (TCREW)
Jill Wells Heath, president of Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women (TCREW) (www.tcrew.org), an organization which provides a forum for fostering relationships among commercial real estate women professionals in the Triangle market, has announced that Bill Padgett, chair of the Raleigh Citizen... - April 18, 2008 - Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women
Collages.net Launches Rewards Program Giving Photographers Premium Sites, Money Back
Collages.net recently announced the launch of their Rewards Program, a program that provides Collages.net photographers with special benefits, including monthly rebate checks as well as complimentary upgrades of all event and portrait sites to Premium. ”Our Rewards Program is a way for us to... - April 18, 2008 - Collages.net
Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Opposes Alcoa Relicensing
Justice Bob Orr, Republican candidate for North Carolina Governor, has publicly announced his opposition of Alcoa’s request to obtain a 50-year license to control, govern and sustain ownership of water flowing from the Yadkin River, one of the longest rivers in North Carolina. Justice Orr... - April 18, 2008 - Stanly County
Last Week to Register for Luncheon Featuring Bestselling Author Kathy Reichs
The Raleigh Professional Women's Forum (RPWF) (www.rpwf.net) will take registrations through this Friday for the 2008 Pages to Podium luncheon featuring bestselling author Kathy Reichs. The event will be held on Thursday, April 24, at the Brier Creek Country Club. Register online now at... - April 18, 2008 - Raleigh Professional Women's Forum
Anderson Township Thrift Store Announces Second Anniversary Celebration
The Peppermint Pig Thrift & Gift Holding Event to Benefit Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary. - April 18, 2008 - Peppermint Pig Thrift & Gift
BBB Announces Shredding Partners for Free May 3 Event
Proshred Security of Raleigh and Panther Shredding of Longwood are participating in the “Secure Your ID” on May 3 for BBB. Participants are asked to bring boxes of personal documents to shred properly. - April 18, 2008 - Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina
Apollo Motorhomes Acquires USA RV Rental Business
Apollo Motorhome Holidays announced today that it was purchasing RV Rentals Los Angeles-based Happy Travel Campers. Happy Travel Campers is a leading economy RV rental operator in the United States of America. Started in 1987 by Klaus and Gaby Hollerith, Happy Travel Campers has developed a solid... - April 18, 2008 - Apollo Motorhomes
Arcosanti Founder Paolo Soleri Speaks at Ecocity Summit
Throughout Earth Day Week in San Francisco, California, the 7th Ecocity World Summit will be convening an international community of inspired change-makers. Paolo Soleri, an internationally recognized architect, artist, philosopher, and Founder of ecocity Arcosanti, will speak and be honored with an award. - April 18, 2008 - Cosanti Foundation
Holiday Travel of America (HTOA, Inc.) Announces the Creation of a New Division Called Fasttrack Promotions
FASTTRACK Promotions and The Official NASCAR Members Club® Offer Free NASCAR® Club Membership and Resort Access Travel Incentive Package created by Holiday Travel of America. - April 18, 2008 - Holiday Travel of America
BrauHaus: A Modern Salon for Brows
Brow Design Redefined in Southern California - April 17, 2008 - BrauHaus
The Newest Cruise Planners Franchise, BabyLetsCruise.com, Capitalizes on the Benefits of a Large Company While Providing a Small Company’s Personalized Service
For the past 22 years, cruising has been the travel industry’s fastest growing segment. Founded in 1994, Cruise Planners has been a part of the growing cruise industry and currently has more than 700 franchises. Cruise Planners’ has Top Producer status with all the big name cruise lines. The large company has been ranked number one in the Cruise Only Franchises category by Entrepreneur Magazine for the past five years in the magazine's Annual Franchise 500 issue. - April 17, 2008 - Cruise Planners, dba BabyLetsCruise.com
Natureworks LLC Marks the Fourth Ingeo™ Earth Month with the Launch of the Ingeo™ Earth Month Creative Gallery Titled "Fantastic Natural Plastic" on Earth Day, April 22
A journey from today's reality of mass consumption and its environmental impact through a pop-up sustainable installation and designs by Chris Jordan and Bryan Robert Hamecs, eco-fashion preview by established designers, and a round-table panel on "How Responsible Innovation Comes to Everyday Life." - April 17, 2008 - Ingeo Earth Month
Medical Tourism Association Announces World's Largest Medical Tourism Convention in San Francisco, CA USA - September 9-12, 2008
Medical Tourism Association Announces the World's Largest Medical Tourism Convention in San Francisco, CA USA - September 9-12, 2008 with up to 1000 attendees and sponsored by over 5 Governments and with over 40 exhibitors. - April 17, 2008 - Medical Tourism Association™
Vacation Company Goes Wireless
Vacation Rental company in Hilton Head now offers free wireless internet in every one of over 280 properties. - April 17, 2008 - Vacation Company
World's Most Adventurous Honeymoon Launched This Week
U.S. company launches brand new itinerary that promises to be the "world's most adventurous honeymoon." Elements of the trip include spending the night on a deserted island, kayaking to outer villages, sky diving, wild boar hunting and white water rafting the deep jungle rivers. - April 17, 2008 - Fiji Adventures
NPSA Launches Series of Technical Studies
The National Portable Storage Association is conducting a series of technical studies to determine the wind load, snow load, and burn rate of containerized storage units. - April 17, 2008 - National Portable Storage Association