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On 23-24 January 2007 EyeforTravel will in holding their inaugural CRM in Travel conference in San Francisco. This event see speakers from highly-successful travel companies gather to debate the latest trends in CRM, Loyalty and Customer Service.

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Hawaii Lawmakers Seek Gas Prices Answer
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Did you know your library card has the power to keep more paper and plastic out of production? Consider the following from the folks at www.IdealBite.com: More than 1.6 billion books are purchased in the U.S. each year. Most inks used by printing houses are petroleum-based. Save paper and oil by borrowing your books and other media. Movie rentals can be $5 a pop, a CD costs about $15 and a new hardcover might cost $25. Why pay when you can borrow these for free at your local library? Zenaida Serrano Continue…

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There have been five substantial aftershocks in the area near Japan’s Kuril Islands following the 8.2 magnitude earthquake at 6:23 p.m. Hawaii time Friday evening that resulted in a tsunami watch bein…

Over the past two decades, retail titans at the top of their industries — Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Best Buy, Costco and Macy’s — opened their first stores in Hawai’i and drastically changed what long had been a more provincial shopping landscape in the Islands.
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Average room rates top $136, up 8 percent. Orange County hotels saw fewer guests in November as the average occupancy rate dropped to 69.2 percent, down 5.4 percent from 2005, PKF Consulting reported today.

No lightning bolt for economy 
Jan. 13 (UNION-TRIBUNE): While tomorrow’s playoff matchup between the Chargers and the New England Patriots is a big game on the road to the Super Bowl, it is not expected to deliver a big economic punch for local businesses. No one is expecting a bonanza, whether it’s SeaWorld, the San Diego Zoo, hotels and motels, restaurants or the Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego’s downtown party zone.

In Psalms 127:3, it is written: “Children are an heritage of the Lord.”
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A new Element hotel will be built as part of the Chandler Piazza mixed-used development just east of Chandler Fashion Center, on the southeastern corner of Frye and Ellis roads. Continue…