Word: hotels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...offer this service for free as part of the monthly access charge. Sandee and Mark Larkin, owners of the Harrison, a small bed and breakfast located in Waxahachie, Texas, turned that to profitable advantage. Last year the Larkins were looking to increase business and draw weary travelers to the hotel's steps. Mark's brother suggested Big Planet (www.big planet.com) an ISP, based in Provo, Utah, that, for roughly $500, helped the Larkins set up www.harrisonbb.com a site with among other things an address and telephone number. In one year, bookings have increased 20%, and one online business customer stayed...
WAKE UP, LAZYBONES Tired of waking up to an irritating alarm clock or even more irritating talk radio? Jazz up your morning routine with a wake-up horoscope, inspirational saying or your own good-morning message instead. mrwakeup.com offers a free hotel-style call service that gives you the time, weather and choice of greeting. For custom messages, just type in a brief sentence to be read aloud in a synthesized voice. Then select the time and date, enter your phone number and wait for the call. The catch? You have to listen to an ad first thing...
...Bowie-damaged indie pop, it all manages to work. Each listen reveals a new depth to the construction. The less focused interludes last just long enough to make you appreciate the hooks when they finally do snag hold. The Olivia Tremor Control, like their more normal friends Neutral Milk Hotel, manage to make a strange and beautiful album with enough complexity for the biggest music snob and enough fun for the casual listener...
...Bowie-damaged indie pop, it all manages to work. Each listen reveals a new depth to the construction. The less focused interludes last just long enough to make you appreciate the hooks when they finally do snag hold. The Olivia Tremor Control, like their more normal friends Neutral Milk Hotel, manage to make a strange and beautiful album with enough complexity for the biggest music snob and enough fun for the casual listener. R. Adam Lauridsen
...reporter, she said, was woken up at 2 a.m. in his Belgrade hotel, detained and interrogated by Yugoslav police for a story he had written. He was finally abandoned at the border, miles from his hotel...