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Preferred Hotels & Resorts was founded by 12 North American hoteliers in 1968, originating as a referral organization for hotels. [3]In 1981, the association rebranded under the name Preferred Hotels Worldwide, and ended the personal referral system previously used for membership.
Dr. Paul Pimsleur, a professor and expert in applied linguistics and a founding member of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), [2] wrote the original five courses: Speak & Read Essential Greek (1963), Speak & Read Essential French (1964), Speak & Read Essential Spanish (1966), German Compact (1967), and Twi developed for the Peace Corps (1971).
Paul Pimsleur (October 17, 1927 – June 22, 1976) was a French-American linguist and scholar in the field of applied linguistics.He developed the Pimsleur language learning system, which, along with his many publications, had a significant effect upon theories of language learning and teaching.
RIU Hotels & Resorts is a Spanish family-owned hotel chain. The company's business is focused on the holiday hotel sector and over 70% of its establishments offer an all-inclusive service. As of 2014, it was the 30th largest hotel chain in the world. [4] As of 2020, it had 98 locations in 19 countries, 31,270 employees, and 4.9 million ...
Amadeus IT Group, S.A. (/ ˌ æ m ə ˈ d eɪ ə s aɪ ˈ t iː /) is a major Spanish multinational technology company that provides software for the global travel and tourism industry. It is the world's leading provider of travel technology that focus on developing software for airlines, hotels, travel agencies, and other travel-related businesses.
Trivago claims to be the world's largest online hotel search site, comparing rates from over 1 million hotels and more than 250 booking sites worldwide. [ citation needed ] Since their majority shareholder is Expedia, the effort is to direct bookings to their sites by way of various "adjustments" to how other sites' rates are perceived.
RapidShare was founded by Christian Schmid in Mulheim, Germany, initially as ezShare later Rapid Share, a file hosting service for his RapidForum web forum hosting services. [2] In 2004, he started the company RapidShare AG, which went online in August 2004 [3] then moved its premises to Baar, Switzerland in 2006. [4]
Iberostar Group is owned by Spanish Miguel Fluxà Rosselló, the third generation heir to a shoe-making business. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Iberostar's head office is in Mallorca , Spain, and hotels that operate under their brand name are located in the continents of Europe, North America, Latin America, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and Africa.