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Segments:
- 5:02 Listener E mails and Business Talk – Jim lets it rip as he riffs on listener comments on real estate, general business topics and the economy.
- 5:10 Real Estate Capital Markets – Jim and Kevin Miliffe – Director of Capital Markets at The Aztec Group, Inc. discuss current trends in the real estate capital markets. The flavor of the month is Multifamily.
- 5:20 Hospitality and the Web – GET A ROOM!
- Bob Deiner is the co-founder and President of getaroom.com, which was recently awarded the best booking hotel site by frommers. In 1991 he co-founded, together with his Cornell Law School colleague Dave Litman Hotel Reservations Network, which became hotels.com. They created the merchant model for booking hotel rooms and launched one of the first travel sites on the web in late 1995, hoteldiscount.com. They took hotels.com public in early 2000, in one of the most successful IPOs ever. Bob served as President of hotels.com from inception to late 2003, when it merged with Interactive Corp and Expedia. As a leading travel industry expert, Bob is a frequent source for news organizations including the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, and CNN as well as a recurrent guest on hundreds of major radio stations across the country. Getaroom.com provides travelers a state-of-the-art lodging website (www.getaroom.com) which offers travelers the lowest hotel rates on the Internet. Clients calling its toll-free call center at 800-HOTELS-8 (800-468-3578) can also receive the benefits of unpublished pricing, with hotel rates typically 10 to 20 percent less than published rates on its site and other internet sites and as much as 50 percent less. There is full disclosure about the property at time of booking including the hotel name and exact location. Getaroom.com offers accommodations at national chain and independent boutique properties in major destinations in the U.S. and Europe. We discuss innovation in the travel industry.
- 5:30 Computer Technology
- Peter Casas- President of PDC Technologies – Peter is a technology entrepreneur. He owns several technology related business. He will be discussing the value of working with a firm like PDC Technologies.
- 5:40 Executive Health and Wellness
- Lolly Green MSW is a Social Worker. She will share a thought of the week with our community. This week she discusses how to give yourself a quick burst of positive energy when you need it most!
- Victor Franks, Ph.D. – has spent the last 13 years on Fisher Island as a massage therapist, trainer and wellness consultant for the captains of industry and finance. Author of AquaBliss: the Zero-Gravity Solution, Dr. Francs is a knowledgeable and clear voice in the jungle of conflicting information regarding your personal health and well-being. He is a Ph.D. in Naturopathic medicine. We discuss how to optimize your posture while you sit at your desk.
- Matt Gold – Professional Chef for the executive on the go. This week Matt tells us how to prepare fish tacos – brining southern California and Hawaii to South Florida.
- 5:55 Jim reads rants about issues that get under his skin! OH BOY!
