Archive for: September 2011

If you’re running Google AdWords campaigns, then you have probably heard of (and are hopefully using) ad extensions.  If you aren’t familiar with them, you should be.  Ad extensions enable you to enhance your paid search ads by connecting additional …

Shortly after starting my SEO career and creating my online moniker, I have registered annsmarty.com domain name. I have never been able to find a good use of the site though – speaking about myself has never been something I’ve …

It was once “Google vs Microsoft vs Yahoo.” Today, the picture has changed to something more like “Google vs Bingahoo vs Apple.” In case you missed it, Google is now in battle with Apple in almost every field; they both …

Its been a pretty good year for Marty Belz, the president and CEO of Peabody Hotel Group. On Saturday, Dec. 11, the Peabody Orlando hosted the Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association annual gala while celebrating its grand reopening after …

From New York Times:Real Estate Mogul Paul Milstein Boosted Times Square Paul Milstein, who used profits from the family flooring business to build a real estate empire in New York City, distinguished by major projects begun in uncertain neighborhoods and …

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The Foundry Bar at The Chattanoogan, a Benchmark Hospitality property. This is an exciting time for the beverage industry, with lots of positive changes occurring, says Mary Watson-DeLauder, chief sommelier for Benchmark Hospitality International, a Houston-based firm specializing in management …

Google provides a lot of big-name services — in fact, depending on how you qualify a “service,” there are over a hundred items that you could add to this list. However, these have varying levels of success and get various …

From BloombergBusinessweek:Gaming Spend Down 23%, Hotel Revenues Up 21% Finally, there’s some good news for Atlantic City after four years of slumping revenues: Even though fewer people are coming to the nation’s second-largest gambling resort, they’re spending more cash on …

Are you tired of turkey yet? By now we should all be just about done with turkey sandwiches and leftover sweet potatoes. But using up all of the extra food is one of the best parts of Thanksgiving.