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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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Or what about an elegant restaurant that has a dress code prohibiting shorts? Instead of turning someone away, a restaurant staffer escorts him to a private closet that has “loaner pants.” A couple of hours later, the happy patron pays his $200 tab; he will return to the restaurant nine times the next year.

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The Right Conversation About Sustainable Living

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Babcock visited Bonton for the first time in 2011. That would require (based on the USDA’s definition of a food desert) constructing a new supermarket in every square mile of every major city without one. The food they produce is sold to both Bonton residents and local Dallas restaurants. More tactically, it’s Bonton Farms.

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

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There’s also something particularly poignant about sitting down to a table set for one in an unfamiliar restaurant amid the sound of strange accents and clinking glasses. Bleisure travel, it would appear, is definitely a thing. However, for some business travellers (and even their partners) there is a middle ground.

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AZVAs Podcast 4: Professionalism In and Outside of the Office

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Tara and I took this episode’s theme to heart and made sure that portions of it were recorded in numerous locations: her office, my office, a local restaurant, and in Phoenix Arizona. Contents: Discussion on the challenges and changing definition of professionalism whether in or outside the office.

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Dave Cairns SVP of CBRE |Unlocking Urban Potential: Repurposing Office Spaces for Sustainable Development

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In 2011, the Department of justice in the US indicted the two largest online poker websites for tax evasion, money laundering, and a whole whack of charges, and consequently made it illegal for the US. But they really appreciated the fact that they could go to a nice restaurant and have a bigger per diem and that sort of thing.

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ClickUp vs. Trello: Which is the best project management software?

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Trello was first imagined in 2011 as a list-making and collaboration tool by the New York software company, Glitch. It’s the equivalent of a restaurant that only offers a few menu items but really knocks those dishes out of the park as a result. It’s definitely a bit overwhelming until you figure out how its hierarchy works.