Word: ifa
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...followed by others in Luton, England, and Budapest. EasyHotel has also inked a deal with Dubai's Istithmar Hotels to open another 38 in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia. Meanwhile, a third Yotel may open as soon as year-end at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. Kuwait's IFA Hotels and Resorts, which is providing financial backing for the Yotels, "wants to expand very, very fast around the world," Woodroffe says. Clearly, the pace of change is picking up speed in the once-sleepy hospitality industry. These days, if you snooze, you lose customers...
...worked so hard both in his individual training and as a captain. He really motivates everyone...he’s such a great role model for everyone on the team, I know everyone couldn’t be happier for him.”His season had culminated in IFA and regional victories before he led the squad into the national competition with 11 fencers as a long shot for a title repeat.But success was not assured entering that weekend’s competition, as he faced some stiff competition.The opposition included Notre Dame fencer Patrick Ghattas, who had finished...
...USFCA Coaches’ Poll. The youth movement has been led by Goldfeder, who has fenced much of the spring season with a nagging thumb injury on her weapon hand. The Rochester N.Y. native, apparently unfazed by the handicap, placed first in this past weekend’s IFA Individual Championship for women’s foil as Harvard won its third consecutive IFA three-weapon title. “You never know what even an experienced fencer is going to do for you in the first year,” Brand said. “But in this case...
...Hobey Baker, and the Naismith all pale in comparison. In last year’s storybook season, one prestigious medal eluded the decorated Harvard fencing team: the Iron Man, the oldest consistently awarded trophy in collegiate history, bestowed upon the top foil squad at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) Championships each winter. At Saturday’s edition in Lawrenceville, N.J., the squad checked off its final to-do item with a men’s foil victory and added wins in the combined men’s and women’s, the women’s three-weapon...
...entire women’s team jumped into the Penn pool,” Anne Austin, other co-captain of the women’s team, recalled. “[But] while the meet with Princeton was the most important part of the weekend, the 108-year-old IFA competition was also important for us as both individuals and a team. We managed to take 7 of 9 team trophies...