Teams from 21 hotels in the New Orleans area competed Thursday in bed-making contests, mop-bucket shuffleboard and other contests as part of the ninth annual Housekeeping Olympics.
The event is sponsored by the Crescent City Hotel Executive Housekeepers Association, in conjunction with the Greater New Orleans Hotel and Lodging Association.
Overall winners in the competition were Hilton Riverside, first place; Astor Crown Plaza, second place; and St. James Hotel, third place.
The team from the J.W. Marriott hotel was named grand winner in the bed-making contest.
Friday, July 29, 2005
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Olympic Lottery Launched
The first lottery game to raise funds for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics is to be unveiled.
The National Lottery has to raise £1.5BN for the Games.
To this end, a new scratch card game will be launched today.
Sebastian Coe, Chairman of London 2012, will be joined by Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell and other of gold medal winners to launch the game.
In addition to the scratch card, there will also be internet-based as well as themed around one-off events such as the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Olympic organisers are keen to screw as much money out of people as possible, whilst they are still enthusiastic for the idea of holding the Olympics in Britain.
Once the reality of the costs and disruption sets in, it will be far more difficult to raise money.
The National Lottery has to raise £1.5BN for the Games.
To this end, a new scratch card game will be launched today.
Sebastian Coe, Chairman of London 2012, will be joined by Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell and other of gold medal winners to launch the game.
In addition to the scratch card, there will also be internet-based as well as themed around one-off events such as the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Olympic organisers are keen to screw as much money out of people as possible, whilst they are still enthusiastic for the idea of holding the Olympics in Britain.
Once the reality of the costs and disruption sets in, it will be far more difficult to raise money.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Munich Remembered
Steven Spielberg's next film has been given itss a title: Munich.
DreamWorks and Universal, which are co-financing the movie, announced the name Monday for thriller, which covers the aftermath of the killings of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany.
Eric Bana (Troy) stars as a Mossad agent who leads a secret Israeli squad assigned to assassinate 11 Palestinians suspected of planning the killings. Munich co-stars Geoffrey Rush, Daniel Craig and Mathieu Kassovitz.
The film is due out Dec. 23.
DreamWorks and Universal, which are co-financing the movie, announced the name Monday for thriller, which covers the aftermath of the killings of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany.
Eric Bana (Troy) stars as a Mossad agent who leads a secret Israeli squad assigned to assassinate 11 Palestinians suspected of planning the killings. Munich co-stars Geoffrey Rush, Daniel Craig and Mathieu Kassovitz.
The film is due out Dec. 23.
Monday, July 25, 2005
Beijing On Target
There are still over 1000 days left until the start of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
However, China is well on target to be ready long before that. Eight of the 11 new venues planned for the Beijing Games are under construction, the rest will started before the end of this year.
Liu Qi, president of the 2008 Beijing Olympic organising committee, said:
"Preparations for the Beijing Olympics are going according to schedule and progressing relatively smoothly..All the venues will be finished in 2007, and surrounding roads and bridges will also be completed on time,".
However, China is well on target to be ready long before that. Eight of the 11 new venues planned for the Beijing Games are under construction, the rest will started before the end of this year.
Liu Qi, president of the 2008 Beijing Olympic organising committee, said:
"Preparations for the Beijing Olympics are going according to schedule and progressing relatively smoothly..All the venues will be finished in 2007, and surrounding roads and bridges will also be completed on time,".
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