Recently released market study: City Travel Briefing – Shanghai – Inbound tourism to Shanghai was affected in 2009 by the global economic crisis, which resulted in only modest 1% growth of arrivals and a 5% decline in terms of tourist revenues. However, 2010 is expected to be a record year for both inbound and domestic [...]
JAIL CALLS having a contest for friends of FaceBook! – Jail Calls, a New Jersey based company that helps friends and families of inmates receive lower priced collect calls from prisons and jails is running a contest for those that like FaceBook! It is really simple and easy. It will cost a customer absolutely nothing. [...]
New Market Research Report: Malaysia Tourism Report Q3 2010 – BMI remains bullish about the long-term prospects for Malaysian tourism, which continues to benefit from strong government support and a relatively secure and stable political situation. The country offers a range of tourism options, from meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE) travel to beach holidays, [...]
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Hampson Industries PLC Names New CEO for Tooling Operations – 19 July 2010 – Farnborough International Airshow (FIA), Farnborough, Hampshire, UK Hall 1, Stand B15 Hampson Industries PLC (“Hampson”), an international aerospace and precision engineering, tooling and aerostructures group, has named Don Stockton as Chief Executive Officer of its industry leading tooling operations, effective June [...]
college football rankings
The 2010 College Football season will open with Alabama sitting ranked in the number one position of the USA Today Coaches Poll. Alabama defends it number one ranking finish in 2009 after beating Texas in the NCAA National Championship game.
The final poll results had the Crimson Tide getting 55 first-place votes out the possible 59 votes available from the American Football Coaches Association panel.
The four remaining first-place votes went to the number 2 ranking team Ohio State Buckeyes. The first-place votes push the Buckeyes ahead in the rankings of Florida at No. 3 and No. 4 Texas.
There are some interesting notes for this years rankings and opening games. No. 5 ranked Boise State will open the 2010 season playing the No. 6 team Virgina Tech.
With TCU getting the No. 7 ranking and the No. 5 ranked Boise State, they hold the highest preseason rankings for conference schools who do not recieve automatic bids to the BCS games. The first time ever since the Bowl Championship Series system was put into place in 1998. Prior to this years poll, no such school had opened the season ranked higher than 16th.
The Crimson Tide face a tough schedule even with the returning running back Heisman Trophey winner Mark Ingram. Alabama is scheduled to play Penn State ranked No. 14, Arkansas ranked No. 19 and the No. 4 Florida Gators all within the first five weeks.
It should be noted that Southern California is ineligible for the poll due to the banning from bowl games this season from NCAA sanctions.