StudentCity.com is a spring break travel and event management company headquartered in Peabody, Massachusetts in the United States. It was founded by two student entrepreneurs Mario Ricciardelli and Gary Templeton in the late 1990s in Boston, MA. It is part of the First Choice - TUI Travel student travel sector.
This firm is reputed to be the first company that automated spring break travel online and is the only company that offers all-comprehensive packages for spring break travel. The company has a wide range of travel destinations within its portfolio and services the US student market. This company also pioneered the concept of having celebrities join students for spring break and add to the entertainment value of the trip. It recently launched a new web 2.0 website with additional features and community elements.
Beginnings
In 1987, Mario Ricciardelli partnered with fellow Babson college student Ross Goralnick partnered with a local travel agency to gain access to gain access to an airline computer terminal for booking airline reservation for Babson students for their dorm-room business Take-A-Break Student Travel. Their company generated over $100,000 of revenue in the first six months. Upon graduation, Mario continued with the business and the company sold over $2.5 million in college spring break travel. To take advantage of operational and customer synergies, Take-A-Break Travel merged with a small East Coast competitor Gary Templeton who also specialized in the same college spring break business. In 1998, Take-A-Break merged with a West Coast company that specialized in the summer graduation trip business. The ensuing entity was named Class Travel (CTA). After a year, Mario and Gary rejoined again and created StudentCity.com.
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This firm is reputed to be the first company that automated spring break travel online and is the only company that offers all-comprehensive packages for spring break travel. The company has a wide range of travel destinations within its portfolio and services the US student market. This company also pioneered the concept of having celebrities join students for spring break and add to the entertainment value of the trip. It recently launched a new web 2.0 website with additional features and community elements.
Beginnings
In 1987, Mario Ricciardelli partnered with fellow Babson college student Ross Goralnick partnered with a local travel agency to gain access to gain access to an airline computer terminal for booking airline reservation for Babson students for their dorm-room business Take-A-Break Student Travel. Their company generated over $100,000 of revenue in the first six months. Upon graduation, Mario continued with the business and the company sold over $2.5 million in college spring break travel. To take advantage of operational and customer synergies, Take-A-Break Travel merged with a small East Coast competitor Gary Templeton who also specialized in the same college spring break business. In 1998, Take-A-Break merged with a West Coast company that specialized in the summer graduation trip business. The ensuing entity was named Class Travel (CTA). After a year, Mario and Gary rejoined again and created StudentCity.com.
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The Duck Man is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. He is a member of the Canting Crew, a group of beggars, and is regarded as the intellectual of the group. He is unaware of the fact that he has a duck on his head. As a boy, he messed around in boats. Somebody obviously wants him killed, as the price on his head at The Assasains Guild is $132,000.
The Duck Man appears in several of Pratchett's books, including The Hogfather, The Truth, and Feet of Clay.
The Duck Man appears in several of Pratchett's books, including The Hogfather, The Truth, and Feet of Clay.
Within New Orleans' 350.2 square miles of area, it has 140 + hotels in operation. These hotels range from boutique hotels like the Lafitte Hotel or the Queen & Crescent Hotel, to large tower hotels like the Hilton or the Sheraton.
Since the city is small, it is hard to find a hotel that is far away from an attraction or tourist destination. Many hotels are attractions themselves, like the Hotel Le Cirque, who has an exterior light display, or the many plantation homes that rent out rooms themselves.
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Hurricane Katrina
During Hurricane Katrina, many hotels served to house government headquaters, news stations, police entities and the newly homeless and desolate. These hotels continued to house Katrina victims for a series of months, thanks to FEMA vouchers.
Now, years after the storm, a large number of hotels have performed vast rennovations, with new hotels now on the way. The Trump International Hotel and Tower is expected to be the tallest building in the Crescent City's skyline by the year 2009.
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Since the city is small, it is hard to find a hotel that is far away from an attraction or tourist destination. Many hotels are attractions themselves, like the Hotel Le Cirque, who has an exterior light display, or the many plantation homes that rent out rooms themselves.
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Hurricane Katrina
During Hurricane Katrina, many hotels served to house government headquaters, news stations, police entities and the newly homeless and desolate. These hotels continued to house Katrina victims for a series of months, thanks to FEMA vouchers.
Now, years after the storm, a large number of hotels have performed vast rennovations, with new hotels now on the way. The Trump International Hotel and Tower is expected to be the tallest building in the Crescent City's skyline by the year 2009.
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The Boom Boom Room is a nightclub in downtown Windsor Ontario, Canada. Founded by brothers Remo and Renaldo Agostino in October of 2005, the club is described as being Windsor's only world class nightclub. Their website claims that the club has been quite an attraction amongst clubbers across the globe. Multiple world class DJs like Benny Benassi, Deep Dish, Carl Cox, and Max Graham have DJed. Benny Benassi is slated to return to the Boom Boom Room for his third time in May of 2008.