Lifetime Free Listings on www.bobzio.com

Little Rock, AR (PRWEB) February 21, 2012

Arkansas vacation rentals and cabin rentals are in high demand on http://www.bobzio.com. Bobzio.com is a co-op of vacation rental owners, home exchanges and area services. Bobzio.com announces free lifetime listings for owners of Arkansas vacation rentals who list their properties on Bobzio.com

Each owner will get unlimited photos, video upload, interactive reservation calender, Google map and email contact form. Soon, all owners will be able to accept credit card payments without fees. Travelers will also have insurance against loss of deposits. All of this is without fee for a lifetime property listing.

Bobzio.com is only several months old but is growing fast. More users are discovering the advantages of searching for rentals based on activities such as golf, theme parks, scuba diving and any activity imaginable, including surfing. Bobzio.com, being a co-op, is owned by the members. The ownership role will be determined when the first 20,000 have joined. There will not be a better time to get in on an opportunity like this that could save up to $ 1000 each year in subscription costs. Jump on board. The sooner the better.

Here is a link to a YouTube video showing how easy it is to start a listing: http://youtu.be/qOwKNH0c7Gg.

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Sidney, NE (PRWEB) February 16, 2012

Cabela’s Incorporated (NYSE: CAB), the World’s Foremost Outfitter® of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, announced today plans to open three next-generation stores and relocate its Winnipeg, Canada, store in 2013.

THREE NEW NEXT-GENERATION STORES

Construction is scheduled to begin on next-generation stores in Columbus, Ohio; Grandville, Mich.; and Louisville, Ky., in the summer of 2012 and Cabela’s expects to open each location in spring 2013. Ranging from 80,000- to 88,000-square-feet, the stores will be built in Cabela’s trademark style with an exterior of log construction, stonework, wood siding and metal roofing. Large glass storefronts will allow customers to view much of the stores’ interior as they approach the building.

Cabela’s next-generation layout is designed to maximize product assortment and availability while surrounding customers in the outdoor experience with wildlife and outdoor memorabilia displays. The Columbus, Grandville and Louisville stores will feature a Gun Library, Bargain Cave and Fudge Shop, among other features unique to each location.

The 80,000-square-foot Columbus store, Cabela’s first in Ohio, is expected to employ up to 175 full- and part-time employees. Most will come from Columbus and the surrounding area. It will be located in the Polaris Centers development at Gemini Parkway and Interstate 71, which includes Costco, Cambria Suites, Toys R Us, Babies R Us, Hobby Lobby as well as Polaris Business Park and numerous hotels, restaurants and other national retailers.

The 88,000-square-foot Grandville store will be Cabela’s second in Michigan, joining the Dundee location. Located on the east end of the Rivertown Mall retail corridor in a new retail center, the store is expected to employee about 200 full- and part-time employees. It also will feature a Boat Shop.

The Louisville store, Cabela’s first in Kentucky, will be 88,000-square-feet and is expected to employ approximately 200 full- and part-time employees. The facility will be located in the Old Brownsboro Crossing development near the Summit Lifestyle Center along Interstates 265 and 71. The development includes Costco and Lowe’s, as well as restaurants and medical offices.

“The loyalty of our online and catalog customers made this happen in all three regions,” said Cabela’s Chief Executive Officer Tommy Millner. “We couldn’t be more excited to bring the retail experience to Columbus, Grandville and Louisville, areas where people are passionate about the outdoors and embrace the Cabela’s lifestyle.”

NEW LOCATION FOR WINNIPEG STORE

The Winnipeg store will be moved from a 44,000-square-foot location in the Polo Park district to a new 80,000-square-foot structure at the intersection of the Sterling Lyon Parkway and Kenaston Boulevard. It will be part of a new retail development that will include IKEA and other retailers. Construction is scheduled to begin this spring and Cabela’s expects the store to open in spring 2013. Featuring Cabela’s next-generation layout, the store will offer an aquarium, Gun Library, Fudge Shop, museum-quality wildlife displays, animal mounts and thousands of outdoor products.

Cabela’s will create up to an additional 110 full- and part-time positions by relocating the Winnipeg store. Currently, the Winnipeg store employs approximately 100 full- and part-time employees. Cabela’s expects the new location to employ up to 210 full- and part-time employees. Most will come from Winnipeg and the surrounding area.

“This location is better situated and better sized to serve the market area, which abounds with thousands of loyal customers,” Millner said. “It’s a huge undertaking, but this will give the people of Winnipeg a memorable retail experience each time they walk through the door.”

Cabela’s stores showcase thousands of products, including hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, boating and wildlife-watching gear, as well as clothing and outdoor-themed gifts and furnishings. The company is famous for its strong brand and world-renowned reputation for delivering quality merchandise, value and legendary customer service.

Cabela’s typically attracts experienced outdoor enthusiasts as employees, who join a family of employees known for their excellent customer service skills and detailed knowledge of outdoor products.

Cabela’s currently operates 34 retail stores in the United States and Canada.

About Cabela’s Incorporated

Cabela’s Incorporated, headquartered in Sidney, Nebraska, is a leading specialty retailer, and the world’s largest direct marketer, of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor merchandise. Since the Company’s founding in 1961, Cabela’s® has grown to become one of the most well-known outdoor recreation brands in the world, and has long been recognized as the World’s Foremost Outfitter®. Through Cabela’s growing number of retail stores and its well-established direct business, it offers a wide and distinctive selection of high-quality outdoor products at competitive prices while providing superior customer service. Cabela’s also issues the Cabela’s CLUB® Visa credit card, which serves as its primary customer loyalty rewards program. Cabela’s stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CAB”.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release that are not historical or current fact are “forward-looking statements” that are based on the Company’s beliefs, assumptions and expectations of future events, taking into account the information currently available to the Company. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the Company’s statements regarding opening three next-generation retail stores in spring 2013 and opening a new Winnipeg retail store in spring 2013. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or financial condition to differ materially from the expectations of future results, performance or financial condition that the Company expresses or implies in any forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the level of discretionary consumer spending; the state of the economy, including increases in unemployment levels and bankruptcy filings; changes in the capital and credit markets or the availability of capital and credit; the Company’s ability to comply with the financial covenants in its credit agreements; changes in consumer preferences and demographic trends; the Company’s ability to successfully execute its multi-channel strategy; the ability to negotiate favorable purchase, lease and/or economic development arrangements for new retail store locations; expansion into new markets and market saturation due to new retail store openings; the rate of growth of general and administrative expenses associated with building a strengthened corporate infrastructure to support the Company’s growth initiatives; increasing competition in the outdoor segment of the sporting goods industry; the cost of the Company’s products; political or financial instability in countries where the goods the Company sells are manufactured; increases in postage rates or paper and printing costs; supply and delivery shortages or interruptions, and other interruptions or disruptions to our systems, processes or controls, caused by system changes or other factors, including technology system changes in support of our customer relationship management system; adverse or unseasonal weather conditions; fluctuations in operating results; increased government regulation, including regulations relating to firearms and ammunition; inadequate protection of the Company’s intellectual property; material security breaches of computer systems; the Company’s ability to protect its brand and reputation; the outcome of litigation, administrative and/or regulatory matters (including a Commissioner’s charge we received from the Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in January 2011); the Company’s ability to manage credit, liquidity, interest rate, operational, legal and compliance risks; increasing competition for credit card products and reward programs; the Company’s ability to increase credit card receivables while managing fraud, delinquencies and charge-offs; the Company’s ability to securitize its credit card receivables at acceptable rates or access the deposits market at acceptable rates; decreased interchange fees as a result of credit card industry regulation and/or litigation; the impact of legislation, regulation and supervisory regulatory actions in the financial services industry, including new and proposed regulations affecting securitizations and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; other factors that the Company may not have currently identified or quantified; and other risks, relevant factors and uncertainties identified in the Company’s filings with the SEC (including the information set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, and Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 2, 2011), which filings are available at the Company’s website at http://www.cabelas.com and the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Given the risks and uncertainties surrounding forward-looking statements, you should not place undue reliance on these statements. The Company’s forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Other than as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Seattle, WA (PRWEB) February 14, 2012

The New Year brought with it a great first quarter for the economic sector. The Health Industry is still leading the way by adding over 31,000 jobs last month alone, according to the latest numbers released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). 13,000 of those new positions were opened up within hospitals and ambulatory services. (bls.gov, 2/2/2012) Job forecasting experts expect that this trend will continue, as jobs in health care, as well as manufacturing, engineering and Internet technology are all on the rise. (daytondailynews.com, 1/21/2012) However, in both the private and public sectors, the medical field showed the highest growth of any field over the past two years; almost doubling that of manufacturing positions with 22 percent of the share. (bloomberg.com, 2/2/2012)

According to the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. (CG&C, Inc.), “It is not unusual to see a job-cut surge [at the] start the year. Historically, January is the heaviest job-cut month, averaging 101,084 announced layoffs between 1993 and 2011. For the second consecutive month, even the government sector saw relatively few job cuts, a welcome trend in a sector that averaged 15,255 job cuts per month in 2011.”

The nation witnessed exceptional financial losses during the recession, resulting in almost seven million jobs cut in just a few years. However, not every field was feeling the pinch. The medical industry was experiencing an extraordinary transitory period that helped to create entirely new industries within industries. Healthcare administrators were beginning to anticipate the rapid and extreme influx of the aging baby boomer population into what is already an over-taxed system. That, coupled with a growing need to upgrade and develop their internet technology and especially Electronic Medical Record database systems, forced the whole Healthcare system to begin heavily expanding their employment base. Over five and a half million medical and assistance based positions are still expected to be newly created by 2020, according to the estimates released at the beginning of February from the BLS. This job growth alone will make the Healthcare field the single largest job creator in the nation. (bloomberg.com, 2/2/2012)

Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. in New York explains, “These jobs are going to literally explode over the next two decades. The first baby boomer just turned 65 last year; so when it comes to health-care jobs in America, we haven’t seen [anything] yet.” (bloomberg.com, 2/2/2012)

“It’s inspiring to see people with such renewed optimism. Now is definitely the time to get back out there and see what new opportunities are available,” advises John Burkhardt, Managing Director of MedZilla.com. While most industry experts are cautioning workers not to overlook popular internet social sites for potential leads, employers are still saying that social media has only been responsible for a small percentage of their new hires. Online job boards were touted as being the real supplier of employment leads; accounting for almost 20 percent of employment placement. That outmatched even personal referrals by almost four percent.

According to the Wall Street Journal’s Marketwatch, job boards have really proven themselves as the major resource for employers and new hires alike. But social media shouldn’t be disregarded, merely used carefully and purposefully in order to optimize its effectiveness. (marketwatch.com, 2/2/2012) Medzilla.com is one of the notable and essential resources for healthcare, pharmaceutical, and bio-tech employment information on the internet. Their employment experts connect real qualified and skilled workers with top industry employers.

Burkhardt explains, “Social media is a great way to reconnect with old contacts and let them know where you are in your job search. However, even though these outlets can provide great ways of connecting to employers, it’s important to make sure you’re paying attention to how you’re connecting in order to get the most out of your online presence. The Healthcare industry is expanding at an unprecedented rate. The jobs are there; but it’s important to make sure you’re looking in the right places and that the right people know you’re looking.”

The BLS expressed its own projections of the Medical industry in their news release just last week. “Of the 22 major occupational groups, employment in healthcare support occupations is expected to grow the most rapidly (34.5 percent), followed by personal care and services occupations (26.8 percent), and healthcare practitioners and technical occupations (25.9 percent). One-third of the projected fastest growing occupations are related to health care, reflecting expected increases in demand as the population ages and the health care and social assistance industry grows.” (bls.gov, 2/1/2012)

Charles Roehrig, the Director for the Center for Sustainable Health Spending, a nonprofit for the Altarum Institute in Ann Arbor, Michigan believes that medical industry employment “may provide greater stability than factory and building-related work, which tends to fluctuate more with economic conditions.[..] Every 10 jobs in health care ultimately generate an additional 12 elsewhere in the U.S. economy, so without the industry’s hiring growth, the unemployment rate would have been 9.5 percent in December, instead of 8.5 percent.”

Michael Spence, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics in 2001, and a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, explained in an interview last month, “To fully address unemployment and income-distribution issues, the U.S. needs more effective investment in skills, education, infrastructure and technology.” According to the BLS, the fastest growing jobs in the medical field are a combination of skilled positions, as well as opportunities which, while requiring a high school diploma, are willing to train workers on the job as well. This kind of job assortment is precisely what Spence believes is the essential quality of steady employment growth, and the vital component to a lasting economic recovery. (bloomberg.com, 2/2/2012)

“The key here is not merely basic job creation; but having employment accessible to a wide variety of workers,” says Del Johnston, Manager of Client Relations at MedZilla.com. “While the largest growing opportunities may be in areas requiring a minimum of an Associate’s Degree, like nursing, there are opportunities for anyone with a willingness to be flexible and learn new skills on the job. For example, home health aides are one of the fastest growing areas in the Medical field. Those positions only require a high school diploma, and depend heavily on experience learned on the job.”

About MedZilla.com:

Established in mid-1994, MedZilla is the original and leading web site to serve career and hiring needs for professionals and employers in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medicine, science and healthcare. The MedZilla jobs database contains about 7,500 open positions. The resume database currently contains over 295,000 resumes with 26,500 less than three months old. These resources have been characterized as the largest, most comprehensive databases of their kind on the web in the industries served.

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The Big Island Revealed app for iOS

Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) February 13, 2012

Crystal Springs Software, LLC announces the immediate availability of a new travel eBook application, the Big Island Revealed for iOS, available for download on the iPhone App Store. The Big Island Revealed iOS app is a candid, humorous guidebook app designed for the iPhone. It comes with an interactive GPS-aware map that was made specifically for the guidebook. The app is fast and easy to use and works offline without the need for a cell signal. It also works on the iPad and iPod touch.

For planning a vacation to Hawaii, this app has an outstanding Where to Stay chapter. Reviews of hotels, condos, inns and hostels are enhanced with aerial photographs that show exactly where each property is located and the reviews identify places that are “Real Gems”, or “Solid Gold Values”.

The Activities and Adventures chapters make putting together daily plans a breeze. Activities range from ATV’s to Ziplines, including outstanding sections on Golf, SCUBA, Caving, Horseback Riding, Ocean Tours, Fishing and Hiking.

The Dining chapter has great recommendations for different types of restaurants and price ranges. All restaurant reviews are done anonymously and the reviews are candid and refreshing. The restaurants most highly recommended by the author are rated as “ONO”, the Hawaiian word for best, or delicious.

The Sights and Beaches chapters make it easy to tour the island and the Introduction chapter provides a background on the history of the island. The author rates the best sights and beaches as “Real Gems” or “Not to be Missed”. The Sights chapters are organized as driving tours and the Favorites feature provides a way to organize your itinerary.

One of the most innovative and helpful features of the app is the ability to tap anywhere on the map to see a custom view of the guidebook with entries from all chapters assembled dynamically for a particular location. Just tap the “Locate Me” button, then tap the map to see “What’s Nearby”. This is easy, convenient and powerful, and it reinvents the guidebook as a location-aware mobile app.

The Big Island Revealed app is based on a travel app platform developed by Crystal Springs Software, LLC, located in Palo Alto, CA. This is the third generation of the platform, which combines a custom, interactive, offline map viewer with an eBook viewer designed specifically for travel guidebooks. This platform was also used to develop the best-selling and critically acclaimed iOS apps, Maui Revealed and Kauai Revealed. The “Hawaii Revealed” series of books include the best-selling books, The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook, Maui Revealed, The Big Island Revealed and Oahu Revealed by longtime Hawaii resident Andrew Doughty. These books are published by Wizard Publications, Inc., located in Lihue, Hawaii.

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We added a new celebration to our slate of quirky holidays this year: Squirrel Appreciation Day, complete with a squirrel cake and squirrel-suited mascot.

Columbus, OH (PRWEB) January 31, 2012

If the time has come to hold a review for a new advertising, public relations, digital, or integrated agency, or if you are looking to employ an agency for the first time, the selection process can be daunting. The significant investment of choosing an agency of record (or choosing an agency to complete project work) along with the great potential for return on that investment, require that you choose the firm that best knows how to help you reach your target audience with messages that will resonate with them.

How do you choose the optimal communications partner? The advertising, digital, public relations and media experts at Fahlgren Mortine provide eight questions to ask, gleaned from their collective years of working in client service – and on the client side:

1. Are the people who work at the agency happy to be there?

This one may be a bit unexpected, but if you think about it, you’ll realize how important the culture of an agency can be – what kind of work are you going to get out of a group that spends their days in a state of unhappiness? The life of an agency associate involves being at your every beck and call, and that means long hours at the office, working from home late at night and cancelled vacations, courtesy of an unexpected development on the client side that calls for a real-time fix to meet today’s real-time world. That’s a lot of hours spent together. If the people at your agency aren’t happy to be there, they’ll likely have one foot out the door, producing sub-par work along the way. Use an agency visit as a chance to observe the culture: are associates friendly, do they occasionally take the chance to blow off some steam and express their creativity? Do they all dress up for Halloween and parade around the mall near their office, scaring disbelieving shoppers? Celebrate Squirrel Appreciation Day? Those last few might just be us, but the importance of some occasional fun is far-reaching and applies to all agencies. In fact, Fahlgren Mortine was recently named a finalist for PRWeek’s Small Agency of the Year, and our emphasis on culture played a large part in our nomination.

2. Do you like the people who work at the agency?

Again, these are people that you’re going to be spending a lot of time with. More importantly, people upon whom you are depending to bring you success. Make sure you’re compatible and you trust the associates at the agency. At Fahlgren Mortine, we have gone as far as organizing a kickball tournament with one of our long-standing clients, complete with uniforms and a trophy. But don’t let all that fun distract you from the great work we’ve done for them, including thought leadership initiatives that have resounded globally, webcast programs that have produced a 5,000 percent ROI, and PRSA Silver Anvil recognition.

3. What do their current clients think of them?

You may want to ask your potential agency for a list of a few current clients as references; from these references, you can learn a great deal about how the agency works with its clients, including how they keep clients satisfied (or not) for the long term (see number five, “Can they wow you beyond the honeymoon phase,” for more).

Here are some key questions to ask provided references:

How would you rate your relationship with the agency, on a scale of one to ten?
What, if anything, do you feel is missing from your current agency’s work?
What’s unique about this agency that made you choose them over others?
Looking back at the agency’s original response or proposal to you, have you received everything you expected from the start?

4. What do their past clients think of them?

Similar to number three above, you can also ask for clients that the agency lost in the past calendar year, and a reason why. This may shed some light on potential future problems and help you avoid them.

5. Can they wow you beyond the honeymoon phase?

Sure, any agency can pull together a stunning RFP response that exceeds all of your wildest expectations, but what really matters is the long-term success of the relationship. Here are some factors to consider when evaluating a potential agency:

How often will you and your agency team meet?
Can they promise a regular communication schedule? Who will be your contact?
Do they perform a client satisfaction survey? Ask to see a summary of the results.
What awards can the agency boast of having received? Specific industry awards and awards issued by publications are judged by impartial panels. They pit firms and their work against one another, both locally and nationally, and consistent awards indicate a creative and effective agency.
What is the length of the agency’s average client relationship? The industry-wide average is 12 months – do you really want to perform the search all over again in a year’s time? Look for an agency with a long average as one indicator of satisfied clients.

6. Do they have strong expertise in various industries?

Your business is complex, and your agency needs to know all there is to know about the products or services, the regulations, the success factors, the quirks, the media, the competitors, the audience; the list goes on. In short, they need to know everything about your multifaceted industry so that they can best start the conversations you want to have with your unique publics, and then keep them going. Take a look at the agency’s client roster and their past work. Do they indicate that this is an agency that’s willing to immerse themselves in issues that may not be easy to understand?

7. Do they walk the talk?

An agency that is trying to convince you that they can effectively promote your business with the latest social media tools should be doing the same to promote their own business. Do a search of the agency on various popular social media sites and see what results you find. We stay active on our Facebook page, LinkedIn group page and Twitter handle and blog, and are always exploring the latest players in the social media scene.

8. Do they offer integration among different marketing offerings?

If you need one type of marketing and communication service, you probably also could use a variety of other communications offerings. Check out the benefits of working with a full-service agency. The collaboration among public relations, digital, advertising and media offerings can yield truly synergistic results (as well as efficiencies of cost). A full-service agency can produce cohesive work to support multiple needs. Add to that the ability to consolidate your contact with just one team, and you’re saving both time and money.

About Fahlgren Mortine

Columbus, Ohio-based Fahlgren Mortine, winner of the 2011 Bulldog Reporter Small Agency of the Year award and a current finalist in PRWeek’s 2012 Small Agency of the Year award, is one of the nation’s largest independent marketing and communications agencies with 2010 revenue of approximately $ 20 million and locations in Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton, Cincinnati and Toledo, Ohio; Parkersburg and Charleston, W. Va.; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; and Denver, Colo. Fahlgren Mortine provides a full-service offering to clients in 29 states from California to Connecticut, with industry specializations in automotive, business-to-business, consumer packaged goods, education, financial services, healthcare, retail, technology, and tourism and economic development. Capabilities include social media, digital services, advertising, public relations, research, branding, creative and design. For more information, please visit http://www.fahlgrenmortine.com.

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Delray Beach, FL (PRWEB) February 06, 2012

Artistbrushstrokes.com, the most trusted global online source for Dynasty® / Black Gold® artist brushes and Beauty Strokes® cosmetic brushes, is celebrating its 7th anniversary on the web this month. By the end of 2011, Artist Brushstrokes’ global customer base grew to over 2,500 individual customers and corporate clients. To ensure that the needs of Artist Brushstrokes’ customers are being met during this continuous period of growth, a strategic decision was made to team up with Amazon.com to manage complete order fulfillment for its US based customers. This change in business model has allowed the Artist Brushstrokes team to focus on enhancing the overall customer experience, expand product brand presence in international markets and continue to introduce new brush products to customers in the arts, craft, hobby and cosmetic brush industries.

“We are extremely grateful to our new and longtime customers who have maintained a loyal patronage to our company, products and services year over year. We are very optimistic in 2012 as we continue to establish new customer relationships across North America and around the globe,” says Laurent Pierre, Sr., Brushstrokes’ Vice-President, Sales, Field Operations, and Alliances.

The consolidation last year of the Your Beauty Strokes, LLC cosmetic brush company into Artist Brushstrokes has allowed for the effective cross-utilization of resources necessary to remain competitive in the marketplace. Global customers can access the entire product line of artist and cosmetic brushes from one domain. Also a centralized toll free number provides direct access to reach Customer Care Associates who are knowledgeable about both the Dynasty® / Black Gold® artist brushes, as well as the Beauty Strokes® professional cosmetic brushes.

Artist Brushstrokes has also re-established international shipping capabilities, in addition to the completely revamped wholesale brush program. Brushstrokes’ global customer base can leverage Brushstrokes’ competitive prices directly on Artistbrushstrokes.com and have the opportunity to receive even deeper discounts on brush products through the wholesale brush program.

“Our newly redesigned website truly incorporates the needs of our entire global customer base. Our international customers can place their orders directly from Artistbrushstrokes.com. Our wholesale customers now have the entire selection of over 1,000 artist and cosmetic brushes to diversify their retail product offerings. And finally our corporate customers have specialized areas to order securely and seamlessly in a self-service manner,” explains Carmen Alexandra Pierre, Brushstrokes’ Chief Marketing Officer.

Looking forward in 2012, Artist Brushstrokes remains on a continuous quest to exceed its customers expectations, and will continue to increase value to its customers with every transaction made. Despite of the rising costs of virtually everything globally, Artist Brushstrokes is happy to consistently pass on savings to its customer base through monthly promotions, deep discounts, and free shipping offers.

To learn more about Artist Brushstrokes, visit http://www.artistbrushstrokes.com.

About Artist Brushstrokes, LLC

Artistbrushstrokes.com is the web’s most trusted source for Dynasty®, Black Gold® and Beauty Strokes® brushes. We offer the entire line of Dynasty® & Black Gold® brushes to suit the needs of a wide range of individuals from professional artisans, craftsmen/craftswomen, hobbyists, to school children of all ages.

Artist Brushstrokes also feature a full line of professional cosmetic brushes through the Beauty Strokes® brand for individual consumers, professional make-up artists, beauty salons and spas around the globe.

Corporate clients enjoy a comprehensive selection of brushes to meet a wide range of business requirements. Some of the industries that are currently served include: arts & crafts, cosmetics, automotive, manufacturing, aviation, boating, medical, optical, education, and technology.

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Newburyport, Mass. (PRWEB) February 03, 2012

Speedboard USA and Zurn Yacht Design announce its exclusive partnership to build high-performance stand-up paddleboards (SUP), delivering better hydrodynamics, aesthetics and athletic performance for avid paddlers, cross-trainers and SUP enthusiasts.

Zurn Yacht Design, headed by design authority Doug Zurn, has launched more than 150 distinctive power and sailing yachts, resulting in an intense knowledge of water craft rigidity, flex and behavior. Zurn brings advanced computer design tools to allow for state-of-the-art mold fabrication, which translates into accurate and high quality boards.

With plans to hit New England retailers in early spring, Speedboard will offer a variety of boards that maximize glide and improve the paddle experience. A 4.2M Elite (14’), 4.2M Elite Lightweight (14’), 4.9M Unlimited Lightweight (16’), and a 6M Unlimited Elite (20’) board are among those presently being planned for release.

“Doug Zurn designs beautiful boats with art, tradition, efficiency, and technology at his side,” said Bob Blair, Speedboard founder. “He offers a fresh perspective that we haven’t found in the paddleboard market. Speedboard is confident that this partnership will raise the bar in the product marketplace.”

“Because Speedboards are aimed at the performance side, we offer advanced designs that combine space age materials with a unique perspective of the sport and the needs of the athlete,” said Zurn. “Strong, yet agile…light-weight, yet forceful.”

Based in Newburyport, Mass., Speedboard began testing its prototypes in July 2009 by entering SUP races throughout the United States. Speedboard paddler Will Rich debuted a Speedboard/Zurn design by winning the 2011 Halloween Narrow River Stand-up Paddleboard Challenge, Men’s Division, in Narragansett, R.I., and the 2011 Thanksgiving Day SUP Race in Gloucester, Mass.

About Speedboard USA

Combining 50 years of performance paddling, mixed with boatbuilding tradition and space age materials, Speedboard USA designs lead the next wave in SUP adventure. Read more at http://www.speedboardusa.com.

About Zurn Yacht Design

Founded in 1993, Zurn Yacht Design engineers traditional aesthetics with modern technology. Zurn’s abilities span all aspects of design and engineering, from the initial sketch down to the most intricate construction detail. Read more at http://www.zurnyachts.com.

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Vero Beach, FL (PRWEB) February 02, 2012

John’s Island Real Estate Company is pleased to announce the addition of Michael Merrill to their dynamic sales team.

Merrill has lived in Vero Beach, Florida for six years. He is passionate about the John’s Island community and looks forward to his new position. Merrill brings unique combination of private club management and business knowledge to ensure a complete understanding of his client’s needs.

Originally from Middlebury, Vermont, he is a graduate of the Northfield Mount Hermon School and of Gettysburg College where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Management. Prior to joining the John’s Island Sales Team, Merrill served as the Golf Professional at RedStick Golf Club in Vero Beach and Miacomet Golf Club on Nantucket Island. He was also a PGA member. Merrill has been a Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch in Palm Beach, Florida for the past four years.

“We are delighted to welcome Michael to the John’s Island Real Estate team. Be sure to stop by our Condominium Open Houses this weekend (Thursday, Friday & Saturday from 2-4:30 p.m.) and meet Michael” states Bob Gibb, owner and President of John’s Island Real Estate Company.

Since 1969, John’s Island Real Estate Company has specialized in John’s Island properties exclusively. They are the only Vero Beach real estate company inside the gates of John’s Island with their entire sales team living on-site, year-round. Named one of “America’s Top 25 Golf Communities” by Travel & Leisure Golf, John’s Island offers a family-oriented, ocean-to-river golf setting with three championship golf courses, 18 Har-tru tennis courts, professional croquet & squash, health & fitness center, new Beach Club and over three miles of private beaches. Call 772-231-0900 for a private tour. Open 7 days a week.

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Santa Clarita, Calif. (PRWEB) January 30, 2012

After more than 27 years in the cruise industry, most of it representing Princess Cruises and Cunard Line to travel agents, Vice President of Sales Lee Robinson is setting sail into retirement at the end of March.

Robinson is a well-known figure throughout the industry, having passionately promoted cruising and cruisetours to travel agents since joining Princess in 1985. A familiar presence at conferences, trade shows and industry events, he has been a tireless supporter of travel agents. In addition to having traveled millions of air miles crisscrossing the country meeting with agents, he has overseen the North American sales force helping agents build their Princess and Cunard business.

“I met Lee 14 years ago when I was working as a consultant for Princess,” said Jan Swartz, executive vice president of sales, marketing and customer service for Princess Cruises and Cunard Line. “We worked closely together on the creation of our new customer service center, which helped to achieve major growth goals for Princess, and I’ve continued to admire Lee’s optimistic attitude, his commitment to our company and his many professional relationships throughout the industry. While we’re very sorry to see Lee leave, we’re tremendously happy that he can realize his retirement dream to spend more time with his family, and we wish him much luck in this next exciting chapter of his life.”

First joining Princess Tours in Seattle as a special projects manager, he spent several years in sales and marketing for Tour Alaska and Royal Hyway Tours before becoming director of group sales for Princess Tours in 1988. In 1992 Robinson become western regional sales director for Princess Cruises, relocating to the company’s Los Angeles headquarters. The next year he was promoted to vice president of field sales and, when Princess moved its customer service center to Santa Clarita, California in 1997, Robinson assumed responsibility for the new operation as vice president of reservations and customer service.

In 2000 he left Princess to serve as vice president, sales for American Classic Voyages, and in 2002, moved to Cunard Line where he oversaw sales for the legendary line as well as for Seabourn. Robinson played a key role in the successful launch of Queen Mary 2 in 2004. His Cunard position brought him full circle as he returned to California later that year when the Cunard sales force was combined with Princess’.

Robinson began his career after earning degrees in business administration and hotel and restaurant administration at Washington State University. He subsequently joined Holland America Westours where he managed two of the company’s Alaska hotels.

“I’ve been extremely blessed to have had such a wonderful career in an amazing industry,” said Robinson. “And even better than getting to represent vacations that dreams and memories are made of, are the dedicated, professional people I’ve met throughout my career many of whom, I’m happy to say, have become lifelong friends.”

He and his wife, Catherine, are retiring to his native Washington, where he looks forward to fishing and gardening at his home in Port Ludlow on Puget Sound and spending time with his family.

About Princess Cruises:

One of the best-known names in cruising, Princess Cruises is a global cruise and tour company operating a fleet of 16 modern ships renowned for their innovative design and wide array of choices in dining, entertainment and amenities, all provided in an environment of exceptional customer service. A recognized leader in worldwide cruising, Princess carries 1.3 million passengers each year to destinations around the globe ranging in length from seven to 107 days. The company is part of Carnival Corporation & plc.

For further information contact:

Julie Benson, jbenson(at)princesscruises(dot)com, 661-753-1530

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A screenshot of a page from Gunyah.com spotlighting short breaks in the Bahamas

Nassau, Bahamas (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

Over the weekend, the TravelMole Caribbean Web Awards 2012 singled out several websites for their excellence in online travel. Although it did not receive top honors, Gunyah.com, the online marketplace for authentic local travel experiences and short-break holidays and vacations, was shortlisted in the Tour Operator category.

Unlike most travel awards, the Caribbean Web Awards 2012 focused on the websites that represent the travel companies, not the travel companies themselves. According to the Caribbean Web Awards website, special attention was given to best practices in online marketing with an eye toward recognizing websites with excellent graphic communication, superb online copy and salesmanship, and laudable examples of strategies and techniques for enhanced site conversion.

Through its recently launched online presence, designed with all of this in mind, Gunyah offers memorable short-break package holidays and vacations managed by a dedicated network of passionate people all around the world. With locals in every destination and a clear responsible travel policy, Gunyah is more in tune with what makes a truly authentic local travel experience.

“We wanted to convey the authenticity and inspiration of our short breaks from the moment users started researching their trips, something that combined the spontaneity of independent travel with the comfort of a package holiday,” commented Luke Ford, CEO of Gunyah, about the unique look and feel of Gunyah.com. “The experience begins from the moment they start corresponding with our local operators. We wanted the navigation functionality to be simple and so it’s search by destination, but we also wanted to include a search by experiences for those looking for, for example, diving or a cultural break. We were thrilled to have been shortlisted.”

At the present time, Gunyah lists 170 short breaks in 46 countries with an additional 600 contracted or under construction. Gunyah is working with 83 local partners in a total of 78 countries. The short breaks – all of which consist of carefully selected accommodation, tours and activities – average four to six days in duration, but can also extend to 12 days.

“We are only at the early stages with product development in the Caribbean, but this attention from the Caribbean Web Awards provides us with even more motivation to include more fascinating destinations in the region,” added Ford. “We have some amazing experiences in San Salvador, Bahamas, with diving, fishing, nature and eco walks, history and adventure, something for everyone! Our local partners in the Bahamas deserve credit for all of their hard work developing such unique experiences.”

The TravelMole Caribbean Web Award winners were announced on the eve of the Caribbean Marketplace held in Nassau, Paradise Island, Bahamas. In their second year, the awards were run by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association in association with TravelMole, one of the largest online travel trade communities in the world, and LeadGenerators, the UK’s specialist online marketing agency for the travel industry.

The awards were presented by TravelMole’s Graham McKenzie, who praised the shortlisted websites but called for a stronger focus on online marketing within the Caribbean: “With the obvious exception of the shortlisted sites, the general standard of nominations were very poor and for the benefit of all really needs to improve. The importance of a good online presence for all tourism businesses cannot be overstated and at this time many do not make the most of the opportunities presented.”

About Gunyah

Gunyah offers hundreds of package holidays, vacations and tours in countries all around the world, including developed markets in North America, Western Europe and Australia, and emerging-market economies across Africa, Asia, South America and elsewhere in Europe. Gunyah’s goal is to evoke an authentic experience through each package by connecting travelers to the people, communities, food and culture of each destination.

For more information, visit http://www.gunyah.com or contact Luke Ford, luke(at)gunyah(dot)com.

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