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What makes a city beautiful? Every city is beautiful in their own unique way. Seattle is just like any other city to visit, but what makes it unique is not just that is called the Jet City due to the influence of Boeing. Downtown Seattle is interesting to visit through the year there is always something different each time. Downtown Seattle is full of sight, sound and smells to enjoy in different parts of the year. Walking through downtown from far away the space needle is visible with the…

An airline’s business model is a description of the value the company delivers to targeted customers and of how it configures resources internally and externally to achieve this (Holloway (2012). Tretheway (2004) states that from 1945 to end of the 20th century, the world’s airline industry built a product that offers passengers to fly seamlessly to almost any other part of the world by purchasing a single ticket. However, to develop this product, airlines had to invest costly systems and…

the actual night rate and not the advertised night rate. If they will really like the accommodation, they won’t mind paying the actual night rate which is slightly more than the advertised rate. This trick is being used by 10% of the Hosts Request Methodologies Airbnb stands unique among its competitors and there are various features that analyses customer data through Data Analytics Technologies. There are different room request methodologies in Airbnb and these uniquely collect data on…

Titanic, is really a touching love story. The Director of the film is James Cameron. The main actor is Leonardo DiCaprio. Both the rich and the poor are on board. The ship clashes against an iceberg. The passengers give priority to female gender and children. This calamity strikes at the middle of the film. The ship is thought to be unsinkable. However when it hits an ice burg, it tragically sinks. Hearing people cry like folks while floating on water is so emotional. The tide draws breath and…

My journey began in July of 2013 at the world’s largest Airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Airventure. Over 10,000 aircraft and over 500,000 people attend this event yearly. It is a spectacular experience where I have made life long friends, and wonderful memories. I was volunteering at the Activities Center for EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) when I was troubled by acute neck pain and an elevated heart rate of 150 bpm. At first I thought nothing of it except when I made an attempt to walk…

On May 27, 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was officially open to the public.The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge that connects San Francisco with Marin County.It was the longest suspension bridge in the world until 1964 when the Verrazano Narrows Bridge was built in New York.It is the only route that connects San Francisco with Marin County and about 112,000 cars cross it every day.That concludes to about 41 million cars a year. During the early 1800s to early 1900s, the only route to…

Successful firms intentionally align the three components of the IS strategy triangle. According to Pearlson & Saunders, collectively a firm's business, organizational, and IS strategy must be synchronized to carry out their business objectives (2013, p.24). In the case of Air Canada they took several unique approaches to align their strategy such as outsourcing, introducing innovative technology, organizational restructuring, and effective resource management. In particular, Air Canada…

relive and learn about the final voyage of the Loch Ard. In 1873, a sailing vessel called ‘Loch Ard’ was built by two companies: Charles Connell & Company and Barclay, Curdle & Company in Scotstoun, Scotland. This prodigious boat belonged to the Loch Line group. Indeed, this company owned many sailing vessels, which traveled between Great Britain and Australia. In addition, Loch Ard was a colossal boat at this time with three masts, an overall length of 263 feet and a tonnage of 1693 tons. On…

infamous Titanic, it was just about same length and instead of leaving from Europe on its maiden voyage, it sailed from New York. This great vessel was able to hold up to 1,200 passengers and had an average speed of 25+ knots and was built by the Cunard Line out of Southampton, England. Although its sister ship the Titanic sunk years before, the Lusitania was set to sail across the Atlantic Ocean during the time there was a major threat lurking about the waters. The threat of submarines became a…

Our part one article with the first five weirdest coincidences in history really made you wonder if fate really does have a say in the happenings of the universe. While these coincidences were insanely ironic, our part two is even better! If you thought the first set were mind-boggling, just wait until you see the top five weirdest coincidences in history, waiting for you below! Number Five: Halley’s Comet. Mark Twain left his legend behind as he died at the age of 74. The weird part, though,…