Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) Is seeking outdoor industry input for its Outdoor Retail of the Future Project, a multi-year initiative aimed at reinventing the outdoor retail experience. Working with IDEO, a world-renowned design ...
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Computerworld - Starbucks has dropped AT&T as its in-store Wi-Fi provider, teaming up instead with Google and Level 3 Communications to offer 10 times faster network speeds. The coffee shop chain said the changeover will start in August ...
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A rare 17th century Persian rug fetched a record breaking sum of US$ 33.7 million at an auction organized by the world's largest auctioneers of fine and decorative art collectibles Sotheby's. Sourced from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, ...
May 22, 2013 - A new leadership centre focused on sustainable living has resulted from the recent partnership of Hydro Ottawa and Christie Lake Kids. The Hydro Ottawa Sustainable Youth Leadership Centre, to be built at Belle Island on ...
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You may not know that the International Code Council (ICC) has deemed May National Building Safety Month, and that this week focuses on disaster safety and mitigation. To that end, groups including the ICC and the Insurance Institute for ...
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A billion Chinese each drank 1.4 liters of wine in 2011, or at least that’s how the average plays out. On the surface 1.4 liters doesn’t seem of much consequence — outpaced by America’s 11.2 liters of wine per capita ...
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NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies, has recently completed the refurbishment of its Central St Giles offices in London. The project included the creation of two state-of-the-art preview theatres for ...
UK - Hawthorn, one of the UK's largest suppliers of technical and event services has annouinced the acquisition of Anagram, another well respected supplier to the event, conference and exhibition industries. Currently employing more than ...
The multi award-winning Christie MicroTiles display solution was firmly to the fore throughout the 27th Goya Awards ceremony held recently at the Auditorium Hotel in Madrid. There were two T-shaped stands on stage where the winners received ...
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The recently concluded Australian International Furniture Fair (AIFF) 2013 was conducted in grand affair during the month of February at the Sydney Exhibition Centre, Darling and saw thousands of furniture enthusiasts from across the world ...
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The so-called "Internet of everything," the rapidly approaching world where objects from refrigerators to factory robots can talk to people and other machines, will create a massive business opportunity worth $14.4 trillion over the next ...
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Event production and audio-visual specialists Anagram used an Avolites Ai Media Server to replicate the atmosphere of the underground sewer lair of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Part of the relaunch of the cult TV series, Nickelodeon ...
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Mark Henderson was named Best Lighting Designer in this year's Whatsonstage.com Awards. The awards ceremony was presented by the Whatsonstage.com theatre news website at a lavish concert on Sunday night. The Whatsonstage.com Awards is the ...
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UK - Hawthorn celebrated their 25th Anniversary by welcoming over 500 clients, guests and staff to its Leicester Head Office, 16 February 2013. Hawthorn applied its own event expertise to transform their facility into a swanky party ...
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CORNING — Perhaps the most famous artifact at the Corning Museum of Glass is the first failed cast for the giant mirror blank the company made 80 years ago and which is still used in the deep space telescope at Mount Palomar ...
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