Monday, November 29, 2010

Muskoka Getaways

The Couples Resort
&
Algonquin Spa

Canada Select 5 StarOntario Canada Spa

"Romance Should Always be so Tempting"

Calming, Time to Slow down & Relax, enjoy your own Wood Burning Fireplace!

1st Class, Awarded - 5 Course Gourmet Dining
Booking On-line. November Packages from $69 pp/n, INCLUSIVE with a 5 Course Dinner & Breakfast in Bed or served - Click Here

Take a Holiday Vacation in Canada at Ontario's 5 STAR. Ultra Luxury in Algonquin Park Muskoka Region, Romantic Couples Resort with 5 Course Gourmet meals Included. Muskoka's 1st & Only 5 STAR. Canada's 1st & Only 5 STAR Couples only Resort. Leading Spas of Canada member. We like to excel so that your mini getaway, holiday or vacation will be considered your "gem", a gem to share stories of (not all stories), with your friends when you return home again.

Here, at this exclusive Ontario resort located in Algonquin Park Muskoka Region, we combine the ultra luxury of one of Canada's finest holiday vacation resorts with the pristine nature of Ontario's majestic Algonquin Park. We are like a Luxury Inn and Spa with way too much to do. Endless nature and sports activities, see our 'winter soft adventure' and 'green soft adventure' web links. Pampering Organic Spa treatments see our 'Algonquin Spa" web link. 5 Course Gourmet dining by our Team of Chefs, 1st Class with crystal, linens and Silver cutlery see our 'Gourmet Dining' web link.

Catering to only 46 couples with about 80 Staff members allows us to treat you right. An intimate romantic interlude for two designed to rekindle the passion while connecting with refreshing nature. Great for Anniversaries and Birthdays. Great for Honeymoons as we are a Canada leading destination for having the most luxurious Honeymoon in Canada, so also the best in Honeymoon in Ontario. 'Just Needing Too' getaway we have rates so low in the late fall through the winter and spring you will decide to make us your cottage away from home. Cottage life here will be a perfect holiday vacation with out the work.....imagine it now.
"It is here that couples come to relax, embrace love and find the time to share an adventure. This is quite literally the hottest place to be in all four seasons, with 10 saunas, 27 walk-in steam rooms, 21 walk-in euro-showers, 23 outdoor hot tubs and 48 in-room Jacuzzi tubs each in front of a wood burning fireplace."

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Haliburton Cottage Resort - Canada Vacations in the Country

Haliburton Cottage Resort - Canada Vacations in the Country

Water toys Holidays with Kids Haliburton Resort - The Loralea Country Inn Resort is your family getaway and Ontario cottage rental location, a cozy weekend holiday spot for great Canadian Holidays with pets while enjoying your winter family vacation and summer fun on the beach.

All Seasons - Enjoy a romantic stay in studio cabins or a summer break in our two and four bedroom country cottages. This family resort is open winter, fall, spring and summer, plan your weekly summer vacation for families in July and August and romantic weekend getaway cabins for couples on Halls Lake in the Haliburton Highlands region of central Ontario Canada.

A Quiet Country Resort - Vacation with Kids - Four acres surrounded by huge white pines, oak, maple and birch trees located on crystal clear Halls lake which is one of the deepest, great for swimming, boating and fishing for lake trout and small mouth bass. Activities on site - badminton, volleyball, horseshoes and shuffleboard.

Child Friendly Beach Sandy and SafeOntario Resort offering comfortable pet friendly cottages for rent in Ontario, most with fireplaces for those romantic get aways, prompt service and good old fashion hospitality at an affordable price. We provide clean cabins and weekend cottages to rent for couples to enjoy your leisure time away from work and the city life. We encourage a quiet relaxing atmosphere while on your weekend holiday resort stay which is located near recreational activities that would make any summer family vacation 2010 or winter break a time to remember, giving quality time with parents, relatives, friends and children.



Reunions and Group Vacation with Kids - The Loralea is your finest reunion holiday spot for groups of 25 to 35 people, when you rent the whole family resort this gives us the flexibility to cater directly to family reunions, winter retreats and group country vacation in Canada - close to Algonquin Park, Santa's Village and the Haliburton Forest Reserve.
Why Stay at the Loralea

* Country Cottage Rent Canada's Vacation spot with petsSmall cozy Ontario Resort, group activities and not over crowded
* Halls Lake is 3 miles long, deep, clean and peaceful
* Easy to find, country living but close to shopping
* We're noted for a relaxing atmosphere not loud parties
* Plenty of activities on site - Canoes and paddleboats
* Close to hiking, snowmobile, ATV and mountain biking trails
* No central firepits, we all have our own in Spring, Summer and Fall
* Clean cottages and cabins and we expect the same in return
* Safe swimming for children, sandy beach area for summer fun
* Fishing and boat docking, boat for rent from local marina
* Screened dining tents
* Pet Friendly Resort but rules apply for comfort of all

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Office Furniture

The survival strategy for office-furniture dealers during the recession can be boiled down to one word: diversify.

From the biggest dealers to smaller firms, the key to generating revenue has been pursuing new clients in different ways.

Dealers have been forced to adapt throughout the industry because of weaker demand.

Total U.S. sales of office furniture dropped 29 percent last year, to $9.23 billion, its lowest level since 1994, according to the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturer’s Association in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

“The dealers that are most successful are the ones well-diversified and who went into this downturn with a strong balance sheet,” said Chris Bates, president of the Office Furniture Dealers Alliance in Alexandria, Virginia.

For W.B. Mason, a $750 million company, the downturn was a chance to build up its staff and prepare for the eventual rebound.

Overall sales last year were flat, a big departure for a company accustomed to annual growth rates of 20 percent to 30 percent. Sales figures include office supplies other than furniture.

“Being around over 100 years, we’ve seen the cycles,” said Chris Giannetti, a W.B. Mason branch manager in Albany, New York. “When the cycle is down is when you prepare yourself. It’s always going to come back. Get all the people in place to be ready to handle the influx of business.”

Over the past year the company hired an interior designer, an experienced saleswoman, a sales manager, and support staff to aggressively go after larger, “contract furniture” deals.

Those are projects that involve more than just supplying desks, chairs, and file cabinets. The clients are starting with a blank slate by redesigning offices or moving into new space.

“We had the opportunities [in the past] but we didn’t have the infrastructure in place to support it correctly,” Giannetti said. “We just didn’t have that contract team in place.”

W.B. Mason invested about $100,000 to retrofit a furniture showroom in Albany. The company also added a 5,000-square-foot section at its warehouse for used and scratch-and-dent furniture.

Officials saw an opportunity in the used market because many clients didn’t know what to do with their old furniture. Now W.B. Mason resells it for pennies on the dollar, generating a new revenue source.


Read more: http://www.portfolio.com/executive-style/2010/08/03/recession-prompts-office-furniture-suppliers-to-offer-new-services/#ixzz150gyeGhR