text:
Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY)
F3Q09 Earnings Call
March 10, 2009; 9:00 am ET
Gary Burnison - Chief Executive Officer
Steve Giusto - Chief Financial Officer
Gregg Kvochak - Senior Vice President
Andrew Fones - UBS
Tobey Sommer - Suntrust
Ty Govatos - C.L. King
Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird
Kevin Mcveigh - Credit Suisse
Ladies and gentleman thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Korn/Ferry International conference call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later we will conduct a question-and-answer session. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.
Before I turn the call over to your host, Mr. Gary D. Burnison, let me first read the cautionary statement to investors. Certain statements made in the presentation today will constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Although, the company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Actual results in future periods may differ materially from those currently expected or desired because of a number of risks and uncertainties, which are beyond the company's control. Additional information concerning such risks and uncertainties can be found in the company's annual report for fiscal 2008.
With that, I'll turn the call over to Mr. Burnison; please go ahead sir.
Gary Burnison
Well, thank you and good morning everyone. It goes without saying that this is one of the most difficult economic environments that the global business community has ever faced. The speed, in which companies have reduced their outside spend for all services has been absolutely unprecedented. In fact it was just six months ago that we achieved the highest revenue in our companies nearly 40 year history.
Although, we remain the leading brand in the industry, we've not been immune from a turbulent market that is affected virtually every company conducting business today. The question for us however, is not just to report on the climate, but to tell you what we're doing about it. So, let me comment on our operating philosophy during this turbulent period.
Number one; we're going to preserve our top line capacity and we are going to remain aggressive in the market. Two, we are going to proactively position ourselves to create a great company that links a client's strategy to its most pressures resource, it's workforce. A company that can not only help clients finds great talent, but as importantly help them more effectively and efficiently deploy, development, retain and reward their workforce.
Next, we are going to accelerate through the economic turn. The strongest companies make their best moves in tough markets. We're going to continue to focus on a transformational strategy and we are going to remain consistent in our decision making. We are not going to run below deck in tough times, just as we didn't over extend ourselves during periods of economic tailwinds.
Ultimately, we are going to continue to make the best decisions for our shareholders, clients and colleagues. Lastly, in this unprecedented environment we believe that the primary financial operating metric for our business is cash flow. As defined by EBITDA plus stock-based amortization expense.
Since September 2007, when this credit crisis began we started tapping the breaks in response to an uncertain market. We moved swiftly, planning to reduce our annualized operating expenses by over $200 million.
For the quarter our fee revenue was $136 million. It was down about 27% on a constant currency basis. FX did have a significant impact in the quarter. We achieved $0.08 pro forma EPS with a 4.1% operating margin that reflects the effects of our cost saving initiatives that we talked about on the last call and Steve will get into more detail on that.
In December, as we reported on our second quarter earnings call, we indicated that businesses and clients significantly curtailed outside spend and people initiatives and as a result new business at Korn/Ferry fell off shortly in November. Since that time, on a regional basis, December through February was relatively flat in the Americas, while EMEA and Asia Pacific deteriorated slightly.
On a positive note, I'm pleased to report that our leadership in talent consulting businesses are performing capably and actually grew in the quarter they were up 14% over the prior year and 2% sequentially. In fact alarming our business had one of its best months ever in December.
We think this trend indicates that clients may feel more need for advice on leadership capabilities that are required to succeed in a down market, and I believe these results illustrate that our diversified strategy is working. We're going to continue to scale this business.
Revenues from our Futurestep outsourcing business declined more than our executive search service during the quarter and that reflects the tremendous global reductions in the mid-level workforce. Although that market has been hard hit and you read about it everyday in this downturn, there is a marked increase in activity and interest for our RPO team worldwide, in particular governments are becoming interested in the RPO Solution as they look to fill rolls created by the demographic trends as well as the stimulus packages around the world.
As an overall percentage of our business, Futurestep and the leadership businesses represent about 28% of the top-line. We are going to use this time as an opportunity, an opportunity to create change and to further our strategic agenda. We're going to continue to further institutionalize our go-to-market strategy to outperform the market. We're going to create a more consultative solutions based business model to drive integrated revenue growth and we are going to refine our operating model to deliver positive cash flow.
We've always been an entrepreneur organization, pursuing new opportunities and following our clients. During the quarter, our industrial market has built on two initiatives we launched last year around sustainability and infrastructure. In addition, our governmental sector has made considerable progress this quarter. We just secured preferred provider status in the United States with the GSA for most of our services.
An aggressive and collaborative go-to-market approach with Futurestep is under way to capture areas addressed by star, TARP and the stimulus package. Illustrating our strategy, in an effort to drive growth from our global and regional accounts we have established a new initiative called the office of the chief executive premiere client partnership.
Its primary objective is to further develop an integrated market approach focusing on our top client opportunities across all of our businesses, in other words to align the top opportunities that we have with the resources of this company. I'm excited about it and it's going to unlock new areas for cross introductions.
Another acceleration and change strategies are client advantage program. We launched in last fall in response to the market and the goal of that program is to increase awareness to create a broad based systematic awareness of all of our talent management solutions, both internally and with clients and prospects.
We launched a series of client advantage programs during the quarter for companies struggling with tough issues during this time such as compensation design, morale, and leadership development. As a result, clients are engaged and our consultants are collaborating more than ever to build awareness of all of the firm's solutions.
As we steer through this economic turn in the road, one thing remains the same. That is our industry leading brand. It continues to be resilient and steadfast in the face of unprecedented headwinds. Our trusted brand is a permission brand that will continue to elevate and extend through strategies such as the scaling of a new on boarding solution or the K/F institute, the client advantage program that I talked about earlier, as well as our CEO on board practice, which landed several prestigious opportunities during the quarter led by the New York Fed president and CEO search.
We obviously remained committed to delivering unparalleled solutions and service. The K/F way that we've talked about in the past, deals are driving consistency and quality in client excellence across all of our businesses. That was further validated this quarter when we posted our highest client satisfaction scores ever. We completed the roll-out of our new information platform, which is an integral part of the K/F way as well.
These are indeed tough times. You can pick up the newspaper, look at the Internet, watch TV, but we believe that our orientation has to be to capitalize on the opportunities that the environment presents, to accelerate and transform ourselves as the premiere global provider of talent management solutions.
In the short term, we're going to remain diligent in our efforts to preserve our top-line capacity. We'll remain aggressive in the market and maintain positive cash flow businesses. We're going to use this market as an opportunity to refine our business model, to push the envelope, to drive culture change and to create shareholder value. To embrace innovation that will be incorporated in our go-to-market and client service approach for years ahead.
Our employees around the world and our management team have faced cycles before. In fact seven years ago, we as a company faced the greatest challenge in our 40 year history without the strength of today's balance sheet and diversified solutions and we later went on to outperform the market. The global economic crisis is not self inflicted, but I assure you that when the economic clouds clear; we're going to come out at a stronger than ever well positioned for scale and much closer to our clients.
At this time I'd like to turn it over to our CFO, Steve Giusto. Steve.
Steve Giusto
Thank you, Gary and good morning. This has been a challenging quarter. After more than five years of sustained growth and successfully executing, despite a modest global slowdown in the last 18 months. In our third fiscal quarter, the macroeconomic environment became much worse and we were finally caught up in the crisis.
As it's evident across virtually every industry and geography there's been no where to hide, our salvation is that we have one of the most liquid, well capitalized balance sheets in the industry giving us the financial strength to withstand the blows delivered by the economy.
This quarter's results include two separate issues unrelated to our ongoing operation that I want to identify now. First as previously announced, we did reduce the size of our global headcount during the quarter resulting in a restructuring charge that I will detail later.
Second, during the quarter we recorded an impairment charge related to equity investments we hold on behalf of our employees as part of a long-term deferred compensation arrangement and I will discuss that charge in the balance sheet section of this call, but now let's discuss operations.
As Gary stated fiscal '09 third quarter fee revenue was a $136.2 million down over 30% from the prior year's third quarter and down 28% sequentially. While some portion of that revenue decline is due to holiday seasonality and fee revenue fell-off only 27% year-over-year on a constant currency basis, most of this very rapid decline was due to a sharp reduction in economic activity late in November that is yet to recover.
As we mentioned in our last quarterly call, we had begun reducing the size of our infrastructure more than a year ago in anticipation of a slowdown and then we accelerated the downsizing in this third quarter. By taking these actions quickly and aggressively we have been able to retain a reasonable level of operating profitability in the third quarter despite the steep revenue decline.
Earnings per share for the quarter were $0.08 per share before the cost of downsizing and the impairment charge. For the quarter we had a GAAP loss of $0.52 per share. Fiscal '09 third quarter operating earnings were $5.6 million before a $16.8 million restructuring charge. This represents a 73% year-over-year decline in operating earnings.
Given the dramatic market conditions in which we are operating, management believes the most relevant operating measure current is the company's ability to maintain or generate cash. We measure this internally using the metric of EBITDA plus non cash stock compensation.
During the third quarter of fiscal 2009, we generated $12.8 million of cash flow as measured using this metric. In order to align our cost structure with lower revenue expectations, we reduced the global headcount of the firm and consolidated certain real estate. These actions are expected to save and annualized approximate $60 million in operating expenses.
The costs of making these reductions totaled $16.8 million. Included in this total is $3.3 million related to consolidating a few office locations which were not contemplated in the estimated costs we described last quarter. The remainder represents separation obligations to the people who left the company during the third quarter.
Approximately $5.5 million of the restructuring charge was paid in cash before quarter end. The remainder represents future payments that will be made primarily in the fourth quarter, the costs of our restructuring reduced earnings per share by $0.24 per share net of tax.
To give you further data on our downsizing let me now discuss headcount. The number of executive search consultants at the end of the quarter was 497 down 38 consultants sequentially from the second quarter of fiscal 2009. Revenue per consultant was $850,000 for the quarter down 34% year-over-year.
Now let me review the business segments in a little more detail starting with executive recruiting. Fiscal '09 third quarter fee revenue reached $116.6 million, a decrease of $56.4 million, or 33% year-over-year and $43 million or 27% sequentially. All executive recruiting operating regions declined versus the third quarter of fiscal '08. Fiscal '09 third quarter North America fee revenue was $67 million, down $27.8 million or 29% year-over-year and 27% sequentially.
The toughest markets were consumer goods, financial services and technology with somewhat better results in life sciences and healthcare. Underlying market conditions in Europe were weak in our third quarter. Europe fee revenue declined 34% or $15.9 million versus the third quarter of FY '08 to $30.4 million. On a sequential basis Europe decline 25%. In particular the U.K., France and the Middle East suffered during the quarter.
In the third quarter of this year Asia-Pac revenues were $13.6 million, a decrease of 46% over the prior years fourth quarter and off subsequent buy about 36%. Particularly hard hit were Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and India where business was more than half. In South America fiscal '09 third quarter fee revenue decreased by 15% year-over-year and for the quarter South American revenues reached $5.7 million.
Fiscal '09 third quarter executive search operating earnings before restructuring charges were $16.3 million, off by $12.8 million or 4% year-over-year and down $10.3 million or 39% sequentially. Consolidated executive search operating margins was 14% versus 16.8% in the comparable quarter a year ago. Executive search absorbed $11 million of the restructuring charge.
Now let's turn to Futurestep; Futurestep's fiscal '09 third quarter fee revenue dropped over $8.5 million or 30% versus the third quarter of fiscal '08, and $9.5 million or 33% sequentially to $19.6 million. Geographically business was weaker in North America than the rest of the world. Futurestep's fiscal '09 third quarter operating loss was $2.5 million.
Operating loss represented 13% in the quarter as revenues fell faster than it was possible to lower costs. Futurestep absorbed $5.8 million of the restructuring charge and continues to lower headcount with the goal of being cash flow neutral or better by the first quarter of fiscal 2010, but given the speed at which revenue has declined even aggressive initial cost cuts were not adequate and we expect that Futurestep will not be profitable in the fourth quarter and will burn modest cash on an operating basis.
Now let's turn to the balance sheet. At quarter end, our worldwide cash balance was $289 million, up approximately $12 million sequentially even though we paid $12 million for the acquisition of LORE and $5.5 million in separation costs. We had a strong quarter of cash collections. Including on our cash are certain marketable securities we own in trust for those employees who are participants in a deferred compensation plan.
These assets, mainly mutual funds are classified as available for sale, and must best be carried at the lower cost of market. Because of the extent of decline in the overall stock market many of these securities have market values well below their original book value.
When market values changed, we adjust both the assets and the related liability. Adjustments of the liability, we owe participants are recorded in compensation expense. Adjustments of the market value of the assets are initially recorded as a reduction of stockholders equity.
Then to the extent the reduction in asset value is determined to be other than temporary, we must record an impairment charge through earnings. Because the mutual funds market value has been significantly blow market for more than six months, in the third quarter, we recorded such a charge totaling $15.3 million or $0.36 per share.
This adjustment has no effect on our operations, does not impact our liquidity and has no net effect on our balance sheet as it causes in effect a reclassification within the equity section. As I said at the inception of my comments, we face a tough market with a strong and liquid balance sheet.
Let me now comment on our outlook for the final quarter of the fiscal year. As we stated in our press release, revenue visibility in this market environment is poor. We have confirmation data from February and the first week of March. Presuming, that confirmations continue at the same pace as the first five weeks of the quarter for the remainder of our fiscal year, revenues in the fourth quarter would be approximately $110 million.
We cannot predict whether confirmations will continue at that pace and our actual revenues could differ from this extrapolation. Because this extrapolation is lower than revenues in the quarter we just reported, we are taking additional steps to lower our cost structure with the goal of remaining at least cash flow breakeven on an operating basis in the fourth quarter and throughout this rough market period.
At cash flow breakeven, we would not be profitable on either an operating income or net income level and in order to bring the cost structure down we expect to incur an additional $10 million to $13 million of separation cost that will be recorded in the fourth quarter. To the extent either our revenues are worse than the extrapolation or we cannot reduce costs quickly enough we could fail to remain cash flow neutral for the quarter.
I'd like to finish our remarks with a personal comment. During this past November my family was faced with a significant medical issue which is ongoing. Given the remarkable and challenging times the company has is facing, I cannot with good conscious provide the company with the level of effort and commitment required, while also balancing the level of commitment I must provide my family at this time.
I am therefore accepting a new role with Korn/Ferry as senior strategic advisor to the CEO and I'm relinquishing my responsibilities as a proxy officer and as the company's Chief Financial Officer effective no later than the end of our fiscal year.
I'm enthusiastic about the opportunity to help Gary steer the company through these choppy waters, even if in a reduced role and I'm appreciative that Gary and our Board of Directors have agreed to this arrangement and are supportive of my family and me in a very challenging period personally.
That concludes our prepared remarks. We would be glad to answer your questions.
Question-and-Answer Session
(Operator Instructions) Your first question comes from Andrew Fones - UBS.
Andrew Fones - UBS
Yes, thank you, and Steve I'm very sorry to hear the personal news. If I could start, I was wondering if you could just talk a little bit about typical seasonal trends. November through February and the typical pick up that you would see in the new year, whether the comments you've made about stabilization, January to February looking at the trends year over year, i.e. You've seen an actual pick up in the number of confirmations in February or whether this was an actual stabilization in terms of number of confirmations in February from January --?
Gary Burnison
Well, this is not a typical seasonal period. We clearly suffered worse during November, December and January than has been the case in past years and the stabilization that we saw towards the beginning of this new quarter is difficult to extrapolate to the rest of the quarter.
Normally, our fourth quarter is extraordinarily strong and so you would expect in a normal environment that there would be certainly stability, if not strong growth through the fourth fiscal quarter of the year, but I think that's pretty difficult to predict at this juncture of the economies.
We saw a level of decline in November into the end of the calendar year that was steeper and quicker than probably any time in the company's history, and I think if you parse some of the information that's out there on our primary public competitor and then other private companies in this sector, it's clear that the entire industry is under siege and that clients are broadly pulling their horns in very rapidly.
So, we are optimistic about the long term prospects for the business, but we are cautious about the near term and as we said Andrew, we are trying to do our best to maintain cash flow neutrality or better in this very rapidly evolving environment , but it's tough out there right now.
Andrew Fones - UBS
Yes, to kind of clarify that point. Was this stabilization in the actual number of confirmations in February in that year-over-year trending confirmation? It sounds like it's in the number of confirmations?
Gary Burnison
Yes, that's a fair assessment.
Andrew Fones - UBS
Could you tell us based on, if you hit the guidance number in Q4 what you would expect to pay out in bonuses at the end of the year?
Steve Giusto
Well that's completely depended upon the profitability, Andrew as you know for the full year and so we have to wait and finish up the quarter, drive hard and we'll come to that conclusion like we always do after the fourth quarter and going through the year end process.
Andrew Fones - UBS
I am just trying again rough sense of the cash impact in terms of bonus payments at the end of the year, if you were to hit the cash neutral estimate for Q4.
Gary Burnison
Again, we are going to wait until we go through the end of the year. I will tell you that this company is very well capitalized so I don't think that bonus payment is not going to materially move that conclusion. Last year, I think we paid and you guys can correct me, I think our bonus expense was something like $155 million, in that neighborhood. Obviously given the economic environment this year it's going to be less than that.
Andrew Fones - UBS
Okay thanks and then just one final, in terms of the additional restructuring that you will be taking. If you could perhaps give us some help in terms of thinking about how that might impact the consultant account in the different regions. Thanks.
Steve Giusto
Well, obviously what we are trying to do is size the infrastructure for our projected revenues and as we said it's tough to project revenues in this environment, but we are taking a similar level of reduction in headcount in the fourth quarter that we took in the third quarter.
We are doing it as quickly and as humanely as we can. Part of the difficulty in terms of predicting results for the fourth quarter is it does depend in some measure on how quickly we are able to make these changes to the size of the infrastructure and we are going about it now, but this is a people business and as Gary said in his remarks, what we are trying to do is retain as much revenue potential in the business as possible and so the choices that we need to make around people are challenging and ongoing and reflective of the environment.
Your next question comes from Tobey Sommer - Suntrust.
Tobey Sommer - Suntrust
Thank you, just a couple of questions. I was wondering if you could characterize what demand was like at the C level and contrast it with demand is like below the C suite. Thanks.
Gary Burnison
Thanks Tobey I mean it's a very, very broad question, and C suite can be open to interpretation as to what that is. I would say generally speaking that given the banking system and the crisis that surrounds the world banking system, that CEO's around the world have become extremely cautious and because that safety net isn't out there necessarily, have really hoarded cash and that is consistent around the world.
In terms of large cap companies, the hiring activity has been significantly reduced; at the middle market there is still activity. With respect to your question on "C-Suite," however that's defined, versus lower down in an organization; it's probably true to say that at the top of the house there continues to be activity and as you go down in an organization that activity decreases significantly.
Tobey Sommer – Suntrust
Thank you very much for the context. Just a question about pricing, with this kind of industry wide, as you said unprecedented steep and deep fall-off, are you seeing any behavior from the limited group of global competitors in terms of pricing in the kind of general construct of how the business is conducted?
Gary Burnison
No, it goes back to that Tobey, literally it goes back to a little bit of the same answer. At the high end, you really don't see much price sensitivity. As you go down, through an organization, it definitely becomes more price sensitive. Our average fees, we're about $90, $91,000 this quarter, the same as last quarter up from $55,000, 18 quarters ago. So, we are happy that it held in the quarter and our goal is to continue to move that up and that's where one of the big opportunities for us is.
Tobey Sommer - Suntrust
Just wondering if there are anything you are feeling from competitors who perhaps don't have the same strong balance sheet that you have, to be able to be a little stricter on the price.
Gary Burnison
You hear stories right, but I would say that in terms of something to respond systematically without generalizing, no.
Tobey Sommer – Suntrust
One last question, any reversals or bonus accruals that impacted the financials in the quarter and would you expect any in the forecasted quarter for April? Thanks.
Steve Giusto
We lowered the amount of bonus we accrued in this quarter, but we did not reverse any accruals of bonus. So, consistent with the level of profitability that the business was generating, we obviously accrue based on that run rate of results, but no material reversals of anything.
Your next question comes from Kevin Mcveigh - Credit Suisse.
Kevin Mcveigh - Credit Suisse
I wonder if you could just dissect the cash balance a little bit Steve. The $289 million, how much is available and we don't know the specific range for the bonus to pay out, but just kind of the component to the cash if you could?
Steve Giusto
Well, included in that total as I mentioned are certain amounts that we hold in trust for our employees and we disclose that in our public filings, that's about $60 million. The remainder is available for operations and that includes the amount that we might pay out in bonuses at the end of the year and that includes amounts for working capital and then we have a significant excess over those two demands that we continue to maintain.
So, three or four quarters ago we would hear from the Street that we were over capitalized and what were we doing with the cash and we said at the time that we thought it was prudent to remain over capitalized and we feel very good that we're in that position currently, because it provides us a significant cushion to operate in this difficult economy. We think that the amount that we have in excess of our day-to-day needs is adequate to provide liquidity through this tough period.
Kevin Mcveigh - Credit Suisse
That's helpful; and Steve if you could frame out, obviously there's going to be another restructuring charge. What type of revenue run rate are you taking the SG&A down to as you think about obviously first; and then the second, what type of run rate would that be going forward?
Steve Giusto
Well, we gave you an extrapolation of our current level of confirms and it's difficult to give guidance obviously in this environment, but if you look at where we think revenues are coming out for the quarter and then if you listen to our thoughts around stabilization, you can conclude that that's more or less the level of revenue that we're sizing the business for.
You can't get too far out ahead of this and cut revenue potential out of the business, that would be folly and that would be contrary to our goal of preserving the brand and then accelerating out of this economic slowdown. So, we're sizing the business as efficiently as we can to our expected revenues and our expectation is that while the business has been hurt during the last quarter and a half or so, that we will find bottom relatively soon.
Your next question comes from Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird.
Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird
I had a question with regards to Asia Pac, what was the constant currency revenue growth rate there?
Steve Giusto
Hang on one second Mark and Greg is here with us, we'll get it.
Gregg Kvochak
Constant currency growth rate Mark, you're talking sequentially or…
Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird
Gregg Kvochak
Year-over-year would have been down 41%.
Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird
Do you sense that you're maintaining market share in Asia Pac or doing better or worse? It seems like that area has dropped off pretty dramatically.
Gary Burnison
It has. I will tell you that the quarter is obviously impacted by the Chinese New Year and events like that. Yes, we believe that we are absolutely maintaining market share. Our team for example, on the Mainland China is as strong, stronger than any other team. We've been there for 13 years Mark, and our sense from the leaders in Asia is that there is an increased level of activity. China has been strong and I think that the overall fall-off reflects the global economic crisis from Australia to Japan, to the United States, to Europe.
Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird
Yes, I clearly appreciate the economic fall-off. As you know we can compare various companies operating over there and it just seemed a little bit steeper without being too obvious about what I'm speaking of, but has there been any change in your leadership over there?
Gary Burnison
No, we have taken the approach Mark for now, seven years a very consistent decision-making, and when it comes to acquisitions, when it comes to adding people, I think you know our principals and we've applied that consistently. There have been some others that you know have taken a little bit different route and I think that explains some of the difference that you are alluding to.
So, we're going to continue to do what we've done over the last seven years. We are going to add talent into the company, continue to extent and elevate the brand, look for transformational opportunities that give our consultants reasons to talk to clients throughout the whole year, and that's the game plan.
Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird
It looks like despite the revenue shift, you were able to maintain a pretty decent level of profitability over there. Is your cost base over there a little bit more adjustable, than say what it is in Europe or how should we think about…
Gary Burnison
Before Steve answers that question, I was going to say that, Mark to your question its one thing to look at the top-line and talk about share, but the other is the bottom-line and I think our team in Asia has done an incredible job navigating through these waters with respect to profitability.
Steve Giusto
Yes Mark, I would say that traditionally since I've been at the company, Asia has been one of our most profitable operations and that's how Gary and I measure success is profitability so and certainly it is a more flexible operating environment than is the case in Europe.
Europe for any services firm, is the most difficult place to adjust cost, because the laws and regulations of the various countries in Europe make that more challenging. So, when you look at the three major regions in which we operate, our ability to adjust the size of the infrastructure is most inhibited in Europe and that's where we would probably have the greatest challenge in terms of maintaining our goal of cash flow breakeven or better.
Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird
To what extent do you think you will be able to make adjustments in Europe?
Gary Burnison
Well, we will. We will make adjustments. It's just whether the speed at which we would like to make change will marry up with the hurdles you have to go over in certain countries in Europe to make those changes. So, we will make changes, it just maybe first of all less speedy than we would like and it maybe more costly than we would like, so both of those have an impact in the short run on our profitability.
That said, there are markets in Europe that we expect to be much bigger overtime and so part of our thinking through this process is consistent with what we've said for the entire company, is to retain a level of revenue potential in very important markets in Europe, perhaps with the knowledge that we could have modest cash losses in those markets, but that it's important for the long term strategy of the firm.
Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird
Could you talk to what extent Europe is a little bit different now in terms of the way it's structured than it was during the last downturn, particularly with respect to the variability of compensation for the individuals over there?
Gary Burnison
Well, in terms of going back now eight years Mark, I mean we have modified as you know the developmental and compensation model of the company overall, whereby the first filter is profitability and then the second filter is regional performance and the third filter is not only what you drive for the company, but how you do it and so that's been consistent now for seven years or so.
In terms of, if you look at the salary levels across the board not just Europe, I think those are really if you talk on the search business they're more advances treated as draws against total fee billings or total bonus potential. I think that's probably reflected wage growth if anything over the last seven years.
If you look at our leverage structure on the search business overall, again, that's been something that we've deployed rather consistently. So, I don't think there is any real significant change over the last say, six years, six and a half years. There probably are some changes though going back seven years to where the company was managed previously.
Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird
What was the bonus accrual for this quarter?
Steve Giusto
$8 million.
Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird
Okay, and can you talk just a little bit and obviously it's a very challenging time; in terms of how are you going to assess what a steadier state or more normalized level run rate level would be? How are you going to go about that process?
Gary Burnison
Well it's really, number one, I think it's the banking system globally is under siege and that has to get fixed, it has to get stabilized, banks have to lend for companies to really start to invest and for there to be economic growth and I think that is what we are looking for first and foremost.
Our own assessment and I hope we're wrong, but our own assessment is that we are several months away from the banking system getting rationalized. Then there's a period of time, a lag after that by which banks are lending and capital is flowing and the companies are making investments. So, that is first and foremost in our minds as we are operating the business Mark and then also following our clients.
As you know in the search business, if you take the United States, one proxy for the business is unemployment and the college educated unemployment rate, you can look at that as well, but first and foremost we really do believe that it's credit and the flow of capital for small and big companies to invest.
Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird
It sounds like from those comments that you are not going to make any long term decisions based on what you are currently seeing until you see some signs of stabilization on those elements first. Is that a correct interpretation of what you just said?
Steve Giusto
Well, when you say long term decisions such as…?
Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird
Long term to medium term; well in terms of staffing levels, expense levels, things of that nature.
Steve Giusto
Yes, I mean look, our long term destination here hasn't changed at all. We are going to create top of mind brand and human capital, multi-billion dollars diversified HR solutions business.
The strategy essentially revolves around giving our consultants reasons to talk to clients throughout the whole year to broaden the conversation. That absolutely has not changed and we are going to continue to again. I think it's very important to have consistent decisions, whether the winds are blowing against you or you have tailwinds and we're going to continue to deploy consistent decision making.
We will continue to add talent into the company. We are continuing like we've done for many years to systematically look at investments; look at reasons to talk to clients and that's going to continue. Now certainly you do in making those decisions need to be mindful of the short term operating environment, but in good times you have to be mindful of the long term operating environment. So, we are going to continue to be consistent here and I think that's what we've shown.
Your next question comes from Ty Govatos - C.L. King
Ty Govatos - C.L. King
Yes, one technical question. If the $110 million in net revenues were to continue and annualized that, what would you aim for in consultant count?
Steve Giusto
Well Ty, one of the things that we've tried to do as we mentioned is keep as much revenue potential as possible and so most of what we have done in terms of headcount reductions has been in the leverage of the firm. So, in the support functions, etc., but also as we noted during the call, we have had a net reduction in partners of about less than 10% and we would have to continue to look at the level of staffing that we have worldwide.
I think it's a little too broad a question perhaps for us to answer on a call, because you would have to do it market-by-market, and as I said just a moment ago there are certain markets where we would accept modest amounts of cash burn because of our long term goals in those markets and there are others where we would not and we are literally going through that on a person-by-person basis and on a market-by-market basis.
So, I don't know that I can specifically give you a number of consultants but to the extent that we remain at a run rate consistent with the extrapolation in the fourth quarter, our headcount is pretty much in line on it for the partners.
Ty Govatos - C.L. King
Okay. The other question is a little bit more theoretical and you've alluded to it. Once you get below those top five or six big search firms as a dramatic flow off in players and one of the things I remember at the bottom of the market last time is that you started to get more knocks on your front door from some of these senior consultants. Have you started to see that yet or is it still too early in the game?
Gary Burnison
We are absolutely; I mean yesterday I had six interviews. Again Ty, we have consistently deployed this strategy and so we are looking to continue to build out this company in all three business lines and you've seen some of those boutiques that have gone out of business in this kind of environment and we thank goodness we've kept the dry powder, because our balance sheet is rock solid and the point in keeping the dry powder was to use it in times like these. So, yes we have.
Your last question comes from Tobey Sommer - Suntrust.
Tobey Sommer - Suntrust
Thank you very much. My question has been answered.
Gary Burnison
Well, listen I first of all, the company's thoughts and leaderships teams thoughts go out to Steve and his family. This is clearly a challenging time for him and I look for his continued support. These are challenging times and we are going to absolutely orientate ourselves to taking the volatility that surrounds us and to really have the view that this is too good of an opportunity to waste.
We are going to absolutely continue to further institutionalize our go to market strategy. We are going to create a more consultative solutions based business model and we are going to refine our operating model to deliver positive cash flow during this unprecedented time.
In this time, I'm so proud to be the Korn/Ferry colleagues that we have around the world and I thank them for their continued support and dedication and I thank our shareholders for being with us in good times and some more challenging times. So with that, thank you very much for your time today and we'll talk to you next time. Bye-bye.
Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen this conference will be available for replay for one weak starting today at 11:00 am Eastern Daylight Time and running through the day March 18 at midnight.
You may access the AT&T executive playback service by dialing 1800-475-6701 and entering the access code 990365. International participants may dial 320-365-3844 and enter the same access code 990365. Additionally the replay will be available for play back at the company's website, www.kornferry.com in the Investor Relations section. Again everyone, we thank you for joining us today. You may now disconnect.
Copyright policy: All transcripts on this site are the copyright of Seeking Alpha. However, we view them as an important resource for bloggers and journalists, and are excited to contribute to the democratization of financial information on the Internet. (Until now investors have had to pay thousands of dollars in subscription fees for transcripts.) So our reproduction policy is as follows: You may quote up to 400 words of any transcript on the condition that you attribute the transcript to Seeking Alpha and either link to the original transcript or to www.SeekingAlpha.com. All other use is prohibited.
If you have any additional questions about our online transcripts, please contact us at: email@example.com. Thank you!


text:
Baked Cajun Shrimp
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 15 mins
This is an easy and quick recipe for a midweek meal. The flavor is spicy but yummy. I use Emeril's Creole seasonings for the cajun spices. I love to serve this over rice and with a green vegetable or salad.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 lbs shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1⁄3 cup olive oil
- 1⁄8 cup butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons cajun seasoning
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons parsley, minced
- 1⁄4 teaspoon thyme
- lemon wedge, as garnish
- In a bowl combine olive oil, butter, soy sauce, honey, cajun seasonings, lemon juice, thyme and parsley. Mix together well. Set sauce aside.
- Lay out shrimp, in single layer, in greased baking dish. Pour sauce over top of shrimp and turn shrimp to coat well. (you can do this up to 2 hours in advance).
- Bake in, preheated 400 degree oven, for 10-15minutes.
- Garnish with lemon wedges.
Most Helpful
Great shrimp and exactly what I was yearning for. I couldn't find my Cajun seasoning so I substituded with Pistol River Mushroom Cajun seasoning. My shrimp turned out with a lot of kick that was find with me. I baked for 10 minutes and my shrimp was a little tuff. Watch your cooking times. I will be using the sauce to marinade some chicken wings tomorrow. Believe they will turn out great.
Outstanding! We love anything Cajun and these we just what I was looking for in flavor, ease of preparing and I got compliments from everyone eating so I guess you could say they loved them as much as I did! Thanks!
Yummy! I made this exactly as directed, using Louisiana spice blend. The soy sauce added great flavor, although I think that it takes the shrimp to a more asian flair. Either way, it's very simple to make, and quite yummy! I served it as an appetizer. Thanks for sharing your recipe.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Sennheiser MX 686G Sport earbuds review: These workout earphones make few sonic compromises
These wired earbuds aren't innovative or exciting, but they deliver excellent sound.
Yurbuds Leap Wireless review: These earbuds stay in your ear—no matter what
Yurbuds' 'twist-lock' technology isn't the most comfortable means of keeping your earbuds in your ears, but it works.
12 times when texting is a terrible idea
It pains me to admit this, but sometimes texting is not the best form of communication.
15 things you've forgotten how to do thanks to your smartphone
Smartphones: Not making you smarter.
10 situations where you should really leave your phone in your bag
Don't be rude! Nobody wants to see you take a selfie at a funeral.
12 things you miss about your dumbphone
Your fancy new smartphone is far better, but there are still a few things about your dumbphone you wish you could go back to.
11 ways your phone helps you out of awkward situations
Smartphones can be the source of a lot of social mistakes, but they can also help you avoid awkward moments.
10 little reasons you're glad you don't use iOS
These reasons for loving Android may seem trivial…but the little things add up.
10 things Android had before iOS
iOS users like to brag about how their platform is making waves. More like riding the waves created by Android!
Oops, you downloaded malware on your Android phone
Is your Android device suddenly spamming you with ads? Maybe you shouldn't have downloaded that one-star Flappy Bird knockoff.
8 great reasons to root your Android phone right now
To root or not to…just do it, okay?
The coolest headphones of CES 2015
This year's crop of headphones are multi-taskers.
Harman shows off multi-room speakers and gesture-controlled headphones at CES
If you're looking for extra functionality, Harman has it.
Sengled's smart bulbs are multi-taskers
These light bulbs are much more than just sources of light.
Articles by Sarah Jacobsson PurewalNext Page


text:
Go To Section
CREW, John (c.1598-1679), of Steane, Northants and Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mdx.
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Family and Education
b. c.1598, 1sts. of Sir Thomas Crew† of Nantwich, Cheshire and Steane by Temperance, da. and coh. of Reynold Bray of Steane. educ. G. Inn, entered 1615, called 1624; Magdalen Coll. Oxf. matric. 26 Apr. 1616, aged 18. m. c.1623, Jemima, da. and coh. of Edward Waldegrave of Lawford Hall, Essex, 6s. 2da. suc. fa. 1634, cr. Baron Crew of Stene 20 Apr. 1661.2
Offices Held
J.p. Northants. 1634-49, 1656-d., commr. for defence 1642, assessment 1643-8, 1657, Jan. 1660-1, sequestration 1643, execution of ordinances 1643, accounts 1643, levying of money 1643, appeals, Oxf. Univ. 1647, militia, Northants. 1648, Northants. and Westminster Mar. 1660, drainage, Great level of the fens 1649, visitation, Oxf. Univ. 1654, scandalous ministers, Northants. 1654, statutes, Durham college 1656, oyer and terminer, Midland circuit July 1660.
Member, committee of Both Kingdoms 1644-8; commr. for treaty of Uxbridge 1645, abuses in heraldry 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, bishops' lands 1646, scandalous offences 1648, trade 1655-7, relief of Piedmontese Protestants 1656; Councillor of State 25 Feb.-31 May 1660.3
Crew's grandfather was a tanner of Nantwich, who put his two sons to the law. Both became Speakers of the House of Commons, a record which remains unique. Crew, a moderate Parliamentarian in the Civil War, was imprisoned at Pride's Purge. Though summoned to Cromwell's 'Other House', he never took his seat. He returned to Westminster with the secluded Members, and moved the resolution condemning the execution of Charles I.4
Crew was returned for Northamptonshire for the third time at the general election of 1660. It is probable that most of the 19 references in the Journals are to him rather than to his son. He derived additional political weight from the part played by his son-in-law Edward Montagu I in the Restoration. His only known speech was unfortunate; Samuel Pepys records on 29 Apr. 1660 that, according to Montagu, 'Mr Crew did


text:
5 posts tagged with carbonneutral.
Displaying 1 through 5 of 5. Subscribe:
"Guilt is good! It's the flip side of empathy."
The Paris-based magazine Télérama have published a conversation between Thom Yorke and author/activist George Monbiot. Yorke is a professed fan of Monbiot's writing, and throughout the interview, the two men discussed climate change.Throughout the conversation, Yorke and Monbiot discuss how they've responded to climate change in their day-to-day lives—becoming vegetarian, Radiohead's carbon neutral touring initiative, and so on. Yorke said that for a time, figuring out how to reduce his carbon footprint became an obsession.
The (nuclear) path not taken
Nuclear engineers are never taught about the other kind of nuclear reaction. But a working prototype was built over 40 years ago. "The thick hardbound volume was sitting on a shelf in a colleague's office when Kirk Sorensen spotted it. A rookie NASA engineer at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Sorensen was researching nuclear-powered propulsion, and the book's title — Fluid Fuel Reactors — jumped out at him. He picked it up and thumbed through it. Hours later, he was still reading, enchanted by the ideas but struggling with the arcane writing. "I took it home that night, but I didn't understand all the nuclear terminology," Sorensen says. He pored over it in the coming months, ultimately deciding that he held in his hands the key to the world's energy future." [more inside]
Better World Books
Better World Books - Recently recognized by Fast Company as one of the best for-profit social enterprises of 2008, they offer a wide selection of new and used books with free shipping in the US and less than $3 shipping elsewhere. A portion of the profits go to fund literacy organizations such as Room to Read and WorldFund, and their shipping is carbon-neutral. The only thing missing is the ability to import Amazon wishlists.
Helping you because you can't help yourself
Cheatneutral. "When you cheat on your partner you add to the heartbreak, pain and jealousy in the atmosphere. Cheatneutral offsets your cheating by funding someone else to be faithful and NOT cheat. This neutralises the pain and unhappy emotion and leaves you with a clear conscience." [Via Gristmill.]
Are Carbon Offsets Real?
It may feel hip to go carbon neutral, but are carbon offsets real? Now you can find out by reading Clean Air Cool Planet's Consumer's Guide to Carbon Offsets which asseses 30 providers of carbon neutrality and sets out criteria for understanding which are doing the best to help you save the planet. The consumer's guide reads more like an enviro geeks master's thesis, but it quickly becomes clear that the core of the matter is additionality, i.e. to what extent will this investment create emission reductions in addition to those that would have occured in its absence. If this is all too much for you and just want to cut to chase and save the world, you should just take the pledge at Treasure Our Planet. It's pretty simple stuff.
Page: 1


text:
Wrong location?Change it here.
since 1923 Place of origin: New York, United States
"Clothes aren't going to change the world, the women who wear them will." —Anne Klein
Tallywood Shopping Center NC 28303 Fayetteville, United States
Cross Creek Mall NC 28303 Fayetteville, United States
West Cumberland Street NC-28334 Dunnellon, United States
North Elm Street NC-28358 Lumberton, United States
Sunset Avenue NC-28328 Clinton, United States
18,402 labels and 117,520 shops worldwide!
© 2016 by TLF LabelFinder GmbH


text:
The Army Network Enterprise Technology Command at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., has a new man at the helm: Brig. Gen. John B. Morrison, Jr., who most recently served as commanding general of the 7th Signal Command at Fort Gordon, Ga.
Morrison, who also formerly headed up the Army's LandWarNet/Battle Command and is a 2012 FCW Federal 100 winner, replaces interim commander Brig. Gen. Peter Gallagher. Gallagher stepped in when former commander Maj. Gen. Alan Lynn was named vice director of the Defense Information Systems Agency in September.
Morrison is set to be succeeded at Fort Gordon by Brig. Gen. John Baker, currently director of the J-6 at U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
Posted by Amber Corrin on Jan 09, 2014 at 4:52 AM
E-Mail this page
Printable Format
Advanced Search
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2017 Federal 100 Awards.
Submit yours today!
The president-elect has selected another retired Marine general for his cabinet -- John F. Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that implementation of the Modernizing Government Technology Act will cost $9 billion over five years.
The software whiz behind Pixar's movies Rob Cook surprised even himself by coming out of a "failed retirement" to take a top technology job at the General Services Administration.
FCW profiles 30 women and men who are doing great things in federal IT -- and who are poised to be the leaders of tomorrow.
The intelligence agency is shifting its collection of declassified documents from an offline National Archives workstation to the public-facing CIA.gov website.
Help us identify the outstanding women and men in federal IT.
8609 Westwood Center Drive, Suite 500Vienna, VA 22182-2215 703-876-5100
© 1996-2016 1105 Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only.To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to colleagues, clients or customers, visit: www.1105Reprints.com


text:
National Olympic committees paid Irishman Hickey's bail
OLYMPICS-HICKEY:National Olympic committees paid Irishman Hickey's bail
India, China, Russia hold consultation on Asia-Pacific Affairs
The consultation was attended by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Ministr...
Uttarakhand to constitute committee to study impact of demonetisation
Tourism contributes a good share in Uttarakhand's economy. Demonetisati...
Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tom Shannon meets Rajnath Singh
The HM is expected to visit the US next month to attend the Indo-US Homeland Security Dialogue where several key security pacts are expected to be signed.
Olympics-National Olympic committees paid Irishman Hickey's bail
OLYMPICS-HICKEY/:Olympics-National Olympic committees paid Irishman Hickey's bail
Army used as political tool: Mamata Banerjee
"The Army is being used as a political tool. Whatever they are furnishing is misinformation and lies. They are presenting a concocted story," she said.
Venkaiah Naidu is de facto Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Ananth Kumar keeps low profile
Naidu has pipped his colleagues in not only praising the PM but also strongly defending him and his policies in both the Houses.
Nothing but political frustration: Parrikar on Mamata's 'coup' allegations
Defence minister Manohar Parrikar rubbished allegations by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee related to an 'army deployment', calling it political frustration.
PM interested in doing only TRP politics: Rahul
'Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a prisoner of his own image and he is interested in doing only TRP politics,' Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said.
Do not want politics to shift to courts: Supreme Court
During the arguments today, Rohatgi said the application filed by 'Swaraj India' before the Election Commission (EC) for registration as a political party was pending.
WADA's Reedie under fire from Olympic committees
DOPING-WADA:WADA's Reedie under fire from Olympic committees
WADA's Reedie under fire from Olympic committees
DOPING-WADA:WADA's Reedie under fire from Olympic committees
A cheer-y affair at Sula Vineyards founder Rajeev Samant's wedding
Samant recently tied the knot with his Russian girl friend, Margarita Andronova, at an intimate church wedding in Goa.
Galloping on! The Indian Open Polo Trophy in New Delhi was a grand affair
The Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Panthers lifted the trophy at the end of a close contest.
A Royal affair! Now, Prince William comes out in support of Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's relationship
According to reports, the brothers do not release statements without consulting one another.


text:
Note : This project is a fully working prototype made with Arduino and Max/Msp, there are absolut no sound editing in the video...
More picture at this flickr set (flickr.com/photos/raphaelplu/sets/72157629621382055/)
And download the Project pdf here (pluvinage.eu/NOISYJELLY_presskit.pdf)
Noisy jelly is a game where the player has to cook and shape his own musical material, based on coloured jelly.
With this noisy chemistry lab, the gamer will create his own jelly with water and a few grams of agar agar powder. After added different color, the mix is then pour in the molds. 10 min later, the jelly shape can then be placed on the game board,and by touching the shape, the gamer will activate different sounds.
Technically, the game board is a capacitive sensor, and the variations of the shape and their salt concentration, the distance and the strength of the finger contact are detected and transform into an audio signal.
This object aims to demonstrate that electronic can have a new aesthetic, and be envisaged as a malleable material, which has to be manipulated and experimented.
Author: Raphaël pluvinage (pluvinage.eu and twitter (twitter.com/#!/rpluvina)
& Marianne Cauvard (mariannecauvard.fr)
at L'Ensci Les ateliers (ensci.com)
Project done in the semester course of François Azambourg and Clémentine Chambon
Thanks to Roland Cahen for his help (especially sorting out with Max/Msp)
Photo credit: Véronique HUYGHE
Music credit : "Whip it" of Devo# vimeo.com/38796545 Uploaded 453K Plays 4,137 Likes 56 Comments
Third animation in the MyBurger campaign focuses on spark of inspiration: ideas growing and transforming into new ones, finally blending and morphing into... flavors. Jenni Suomela's burger Nam's combines hot chili and grilled onion flavors, which worked as an inpiration for the films distinct liquidy and smoky look.
Case study: pinata.fi/work/38/mcdonalds-myburger-nams
Client: McDonald's
Agency: DDB
Art Director: Jaakko Kastari
Copywriter: Jani Tynnilä
Account Manager: Inka Karvonen, Päivi Lång
Sound: El Camino – Marko Nyberg, Ville Riippa
Production Company: Piñata
Producer: Johanna Luoto
Director: Tuomas Korpi & Mika Rantala / Piñata
Designer: Tuomas Korpi
Lead Compositor: Mika Rantala
2D Animation: Mikko Vormala
3D Artist, Animation: Ville Ikonen
3D Artist: Tomi Väisänen# vimeo.com/67627811 Uploaded 36.2K Plays 1,582 Likes 30 Comments
"Three Cubes Colliding"
Ivan Morison and Heather Peak (morison.info),
in collaboration with Sash Reading (sashreading.tumblr.com)
and Queen and Crawford (queenandcrawford.com)
Commissioned by Dandara Ltd for the Chart Room, Castle Quay.
Filmed on a 5dmk2 @ 1080p25 & 7D 720p50
Time Lapse @ 0:57 Dynamic Perception Rail
Lens Info:
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L
Canon EF 85mm f1.2L
Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8
Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L Tilt Shift
Music: Vacuum Garden by Squarepusher
Photography by Matt Porteous
Made at The Observatory (beobserved.com)
Now featured in a Honda Advert:
youtube.com/watch?v=uiZS-MiIpac# vimeo.com/33342571 Uploaded 449K Plays 4,243 Likes 85 Comments
Tokyo night stroll.
Music : Ris Paul Ric / Purple Blaze# vimeo.com/69949278 Uploaded 455K Plays 13.4K Likes 183 Comments
Music by Boris Blank
Video by Ruslan Khasanov
ruskhasanov.com/pacific-light.html# vimeo.com/71035290 Uploaded 380K Plays 7,148 Likes 66 Comments
Browse This Channel
More stuff from "a"
Shout Box
Heads up: the shoutbox will be retiring soon. It's tired of working, and can't wait to relax. You can still send a message to the channel owner, though!
Related RSS Feeds
Channels are a simple, beautiful way to showcase and watch videos. Browse more Channels.


text:
Heacham Manor Hotel
Hunstanton Road, Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 7JX
Traveller Photos
In tranquil surroundings, this Grade II heritage-listed 16th century house is now a charming boutique hotel with picturesque gardens, an 18 hole golf course and relaxing spa. The exquisitely furnished guest rooms are spacious, bright & airy. For that ultimate indulgence why not stay in one of the 4-poster rooms which boast impressive vistas of the garden and golf courses. The elegant conservatory Mulberry Restaurant serves a superb menu of fresh local produce. The hotel also has a relaxing lounge bar with terrace overlooking the golf course.
Heacham Manor Hotel also has a Golf Course, Wedding Venue and Restaurant:
Heacham Manor Golf Course (Golf Course Section)
Heacham Manor Wedding Venue (Wedding Venue Section)
The Mulberry Restaurant (Restaurant Section)
Places to Stay & Visit in NorfolkPlaces to Stay & Visit in or near King's Lynn
Information on Heacham Manor Hotel , Hunstanton Road , Heacham , King's Lynn
|No. of bedrooms:
Total: 45
Types of room: Standard, Superior, Deluxe, Deluxe 4-Poster, Manor Suite, Family Suite
|Room rates guide:
Double/Twin from: £74.00
Room with Breakfast
|General info:
Credit Cards Accepted: Mastercard, Maestro/Switch, Visa
When Closed: Open all year
Child Friendly: Children of all ages welcome
Dog Friendly: Dogs Permitted (Dogs are very welcome at Heacham Manor in a selection of Dog Friendly Family Suites. An extra charge applies per dog. Dog Friendly Family Suites are limited and subject to availability, so please call the hotel in advance of booking.)
Romantic Details: 4-poster beds, beautiful gardens
Smoking Permitted: No
Wheelchair Access: Yes
Wheelchair Access Details: two gound floor wheelchair friendly rooms
|Room facilities:
Flat screen TV, Telephone, High speed internet access, Four-poster bed available, Luxury toiletries, Tea & coffee making facilities
|General facilities:
Beautiful gardens, Spa with sauna, steam room and holistic treatments, Bar, Restaurant, Civil ceremony licence, Wedding receptions, 2 rooms, Conference & meeting facilities, For up to 20 delegates
|Outdoor activities on site:
18-hole golf course
|Activities nearby:
Fantastic beaches (see Heacham Manor website), Wildlife & Bird Watching various reserves nearby
|Local directions:
|Take the A149 from King's Lynn by-pass and Heacham Manor is just 20 minutes away. When you reach the traffic lights at Heacham continue straight ahead on the A149 and, immediately before the approach of the hill to Hunstanton, take the left hand turning, signposted Heacham. Continue down the road and you will find Heacham Manor on your right hand side.
Nearest major city:
Nearest major airport:
Nearest railway stn:
Stansted , Norwich
King's Lynn
Submit a Recommendation | About Recommendations
There are no recommendations yet for Heacham Manor Hotel. Be the first to submit a recommendation by clicking the link above
To view the icons please zoom in
All Counties with Luxury Hotels: England: Central England: Derbyshire | Gloucestershire | Herefordshire | Leicestershire | Lincolnshire | Northamptonshire | Nottinghamshire | Rutland | Shropshire | Staffordshire | Warwickshire | West Midlands | Worcestershire | East Anglia: Cambridgeshire | Essex | Norfolk | Suffolk | Northern England: Cheshire | Cumbria | Durham | Greater Manchester | Lancashire | Merseyside | North Yorkshire | Northumberland | South Yorkshire | Tyne & Wear | West Yorkshire | South East England: East Sussex | Kent | Surrey | West Sussex | South West England: Bath & Northeast Somerset | Bristol | Cornwall | Devon | Somerset | Southern England: Bedfordshire | Berkshire | Buckinghamshire | Dorset | Hampshire | Hertfordshire | Isle of Wight | Oxfordshire | Wiltshire | Scotland: Central, East & North East Scotland: Aberdeenshire | Angus | Falkirk | Fife | Perth & Kinross | Stirling | Edinburgh, Glasgow & Southern Scotland: Ayrshire | City of Edinburgh | Dumfries & Galloway | East Lothian | Glasgow City | Mid-Lothian | Scottish Borders | Highlands & Islands of Scotland: Argyll & Bute | Highland | Wales: Mid-Wales: Ceredigion | Powys | North Wales: Conwy | Gwynedd | Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Mon) | South & South West Wales: Cardiff | Monmouthshire | Pembrokeshire


text:
Teppanyaki Nights At Harajuku (Past Event)
2nd Jan - 26th Jun (2013) 07:30pm - 11:00pm
2nd Jan - 26th Jun (2013) 07:30pm - 11:00pm
Savour the true taste of Japan at this place. With food cooked on hot plates to preserve the real taste, you couldn't have had it better. Do try their soups, desserts and the main course dishes as well.
(Every Wedesday)
Check Out Teppanyaki Nights At Harajuku venue page


text:
Login/Create Account
Check Out the new Remax App
Ask About This Home
NEED A PLACE TO PARK YOUR CLIENT'S 1031 EXCHANGE? HERE IT IS!!! MAJOR PRICE REDUCTION OF OVER $700,000!!! LET'S MAKE A DEAL!!! A real find in Country Club Heights, one of the 1st properties built in the area at the turn of the century in 1909! This craftsman style bungalow, once a triplex, is currently occupied by the owners as their personal residence. There is also one attached rental unit, also occupied by family members. This property can be either be restored to it's original beauty and glory and added to to create a unique one of a kind rental complex or it can be demolished to create 8 to 9 NEW condo or apartment units. You can choose! The property will be delivered vacant at close of escrow. Buyer to complete all investigations of the property including LADBS, City of Los Angeles Planning Department, permits, etc. to determine what can actually be built on this R3 lot. LOT DIMENSIONS ARE 60' X 125'. Centrally located close to DTLA, K Town, Mid Wilshire, Hollywood.


text:
Home ⁄ Junior/Misses ⁄ Pants ⁄ Wide Leg ⁄ Plaid Wide Leg Crops (Style #38049813)
Plaid Wide Leg Crops
Style # 38049813
Compare at $52
Spice up the season in these pristine wide leg crops, featuring a men's inspired plaid print, perfectly placed pleats and flattering contemporary fit.
- 26 in. approx. inseam
- Ankle length
- Contemporary fit – sits below natural waist
- 64% polyester, 34% rayon, 2% spandex
- Machine wash
- Imported
Reviewed by: Ronnie
From: Mississippi
Age: 45-54
These wide leg crops are cute. Can look vey chic with the right heels. Add the jacket for a finished look. The length of the crops could have been a little shorter, which is why I did not give it 5 stars.
Convenient, Flat-Rate Shipping:
We offer a $6.95 every day flat rate for standard shipping in the continental United States (with the exception of California). Allow up to 7-10 business days. Need it faster? Choose our expedited, 2-3 business day shipping for $15.95. We also offer a convenient Ship to Store option at no charge (allow up to 15 business days). Additional $14.95 for shipping to Alaska or Hawaii. We currently do not ship to California. For more shipping details, click here.
Easy Returns:
We hope you love what your order from us and want you to be fully satisfied with every item you purchase. If you are not satisfied, you may return your item(s) for a refund of the purchase price. We will gladly accept returns of online purchases to catofashions.com or you may return online purchases at any one of our Cato store locations and a sales associate will be happy to assist you.
With an original receipt (your packing slip/invoice), we will honor a refund in the original form of payment within 60 days of purchase. Items must be unworn and have price tickets attached. Washed or worn merchandise cannot be returned or exchanged unless defective.
Items purchased at our retail store locations must be returned to a Cato store. Exchanges cannot be processed by catofashions.com and can only be made, subject to availability, by visiting one of our retail locations or by returning your current item to catofashions.com and reordering the new item of your choice.
For more information about returns, click here.
Faux Leather Leggings
$24.99quick view
Textured Pencil Pants
$24.99quick view
Lace Print Leggings
$11.99quick view


text:
Toggle navigation
Place an ad
Sign in with Classifieds account
Sign in with Classifieds account
Place an ad
Search All Classifieds
Business Services
Financial & Loans
Garage Sales
Pets & Animals
Real Estate
Farm & Livestock
Funeral Directory
Find a job
Post a job
Find a car
Post a car
Find a home
Post a home
Find a rental
Post a rental
Get stuff done
Make money now
Featured Ads
Teacup Yorkshire Puppies - Adorable Gifts
Adorable teacup pups are looking for their new homes.
**UPDATE: One girl left. Most recent photos uploaded on the ad**
The litter had four pups, two girls and two boy. All pups will be dark in coloring with a teddy bear face and short paws. The pups are 18 weeks...
Boston Terrier
4 male Boston Terriers beautiful markings mother and father is AKC puppies 7 weeks old $600 530_ 204 _9761
F1 Breeding. 9 weeks old on Christmas Day ! Both parents are AKC Champion Bloodlines and Family Pets. Great with all animals and children. Intelligent, easy to train, great companion pets, family pets or for agility. Vacc, dewormed and health guaranteed. I will provide all puppy series...
Border Collie/English Bulldog pups (Back by popular demand)
2 males available. Very cuddly, socialized daily with kids, dogs, cats.
Previous litter dogs & parents at the house (dad is Border Collie, mom is English Bulldog). Current on shots/wormed, crate trained, potty training progressing well. Born Aug 22nd. Very special mix! Call now:...
FEMALE full AKC/CKC rights $1200 Charting 3 1/2, she is a smooth coat apple head White/Apricot She has had her shots and have been wormed multiple times, with flea and mosquito prevention............530-763-7500......or go to www.paulaspooochpalace.com........NO SOLICITING......
AKC Teacup Chihuahuas
AKC, Baby doll face, Apple Head, pure-bred, with papers and pedigree
LONG HAIR Chihuahua
Potty trained
Current shots, Health Guarantee
Ready Now, Christmas Joy,
Just a couple left
German Shepherd Dog
AKC Registered Showline Long Coat German Shepherd puppies bred to work, born 09/30/2016 1 Male 1 Female. These fantastic puppies are Champion Sired by Roky Kabi IPO2 and out of an incredible Dam Vande Vom Nadelhaus SDA P1S protection titled. Both Sire and Dam are OFA certified with hips and...
French Bulldog
French Bulldog puppies available. I have 5 blue females and 1 blue fawn male available. Females are 3,500. Limited 4,000 full AKC and male is 3,000. Limited and 3,500 full AKC. Shipping is available. Located in sparks nv. Puppies are 4 and a half weeks old and will be ready at 8 weeks. Taking...
AussieDoodle Puppies Standard Size
Low to no shed, health guarantee, dew claws and first shots. All colors. www.baileysdoodles.com
View all featured ads
Recent Ads
G Scale
ADULT WALKER--seat--brakes--
large wheel like new
Beautiful White English Lab Puppies
Rare English white lab puppies ready just in time for Christmas. We have been breeding for over 20 years with a focus on hunting, obedience, temperament and all around awesome family friend. Our dogs love swimming and riding around in the truck hanging their heads out for all to see. we get many...
Help center
Give us a call
Request Help
Need a job?
Need to hire some help?
Cleaning a House
Fixing a Car
Handyman Work
Personal Trainer
Running Errands
And More...
Find and hire the help you need!
Log in with your
Email Address:
Forgot your password?


text:
Event: Rishi Kapoor, Kirron Kher, Puneet Issar, Vinod Khanna, Arjan Bajwa, Yash Chopra and many other Bollywood celebs attended writer-filmmaker O. P. Dutta's prayer meet
Guest List: Arjan Bajwa, J.P. Dutta, Rishi Kapoor, Alka Yagnik, Anu Malik, Ramesh Taurani, Vinod Khanna, Kabir Bedi, Kirron Kher, Sameer, Aadesh Shrivastava, Manmohan Shetty, Shammi Aunty, Asha Parekh, Yash Chopra, Ranjeet, Sudesh Berry, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Govind Nihalani, Saroj Khan, Puneet Issar
Venue: Iskon Temple, Juhu
Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh Khan was snapped at lightbox. He's all set for the trailer screening of his forthcoming film RAEES.
Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor was snapped at Bandra.
Bollywood actress Dia Mirza was snapped at the inauguration of Dr.Batra's photo exhibition.
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar was snapped on the sets of Yaaron Ki Baraat.
Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen was snapped at the inauguration of art show Masterstrokes 35.


text:
The average salary of a(n) Electrician in Austin, Texas is $56,923.
The average hourly rate of a(n) Electrician in Austin, Texas is $27.37.
The average bonus of a(n) Electrician in Austin, Texas is $2,026.00.
City of Austin
Please review the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation guidelines for electrician licensing at:....View job on Indeed.com
Trade Management Inc
CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR APPRENTICE ELECTRICIANS FOR A COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR IN AUSTIN, TEXAS....View job on Indeed.com
Mr Electric of Austin
The Journeyman Electrician is responsible for the installation/troubleshooting/repair of electrical systems in the residential and commercial marketplace....View job on Indeed.com
CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR APPRENTICE ELECTRICIANS, FOR A LOCAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTOR IN CEDAR PARK, TEXAS....View job on Indeed.com
In need of a licensed electrician to do residential wiring for a remodel apartmentment complex. Must be licensed, have tools and transporation....View job on Indeed.com


text:
Don McCullin
Don McCullin has won an enormous reputation for his photographic coverage of the many wars which have torn the world apart in the last 20 years.
In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his exceedingly dangerous career and about his travels, which have even taken him to a desert island, and, in light of this experience, he chooses the eight records he would like to have for a prolonged island sojourn.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Symphony No 3 in C Minor by Camille Saint-Saëns
Book: One year of issues of the Times
Luxury: Mirror
Last on
More episodes
Find every castaway from 1942 to the present. Listen to over 1,500 programmes.
Find castaways & choices
|Roy Plomley
|Interviewed Guest
|Don McCullin
Featured in...
Archive 1981-1985 — Desert Island Discs
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
Photography on 4
A selection of programmes relating to photographers and photography.


text:
Product Description
Take the sting out of brisk channel crossings with these wind-resistant, toasty warm pants. The bluesign-approved performance fabric is durable, abrasion resistant and quick drying with an added water-shedding DWR finish. The polyester brushed flannel lining equals warmth without weight. Interior gusset inseam lets you move freely.
Additional Information
Additional Information
|Delivery time - Working days
|4 - 7
|Worldwide DHL Premium Air Mail


text:
Jennifer F. Wilson
Wilson JF. Smoking Cessation. Ann Intern Med. 2007;146:ITC2-1. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-146-3-200702060-01002
Download citation file:
© 2016
Published: Ann Intern Med. 2007;146(3):ITC2-1.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1), 21% of American adults (44.5 million people) and 22% of American high school students (3.75 million people) smoke cigarettes. Although per capita tobacco use in the United States has decreased dramatically since the 1950s, it is unlikely that the United States will reach the Healthy People 2010 objectives of reducing smoking prevalence to less than 12% in adults and less than 16% in youth (2). Tobacco use is an even bigger public health threat in many regions outside of the United States. Many people who smoke wish that they could stop, but quitting is difficult and failure is common. Some, of course, do succeed in quitting permanently. In 2004, the CDC estimated that 45.6 million American adults were former smokers, representing half of all people who had ever smoked. Physicians play a critical role in reducing the burden of tobacco-related health problems by helping their patients who smoke to quit and by motivating their nonsmoking patients to remain nonsmokers. Unfortunately, many physicians report inadequate training in smoking cessation, and many smokers who see physicians do not receive assistance to quit.
Learn more about subscription options.
Register Now for a free account.
Cardiology, Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Substance Abuse, Coronary Risk Factors, Smoking.
Results provided by:
Copyright © 2016 American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.
Print ISSN: 0003-4819 | Online ISSN: 1539-3704
Privacy Policy
Conditions of Use
This PDF is available to Subscribers Only


text:
A quality scooter or powerchair charger, which has been designed with quick simple connections which result in a reliable charge that will travel the extra mile.
- Output Voltage: 24V
- Output Current: 2 Amp
- Length: 118mm
- Width: 60mm
- Height: 37mm
- Output connector: 3 Pin Round XLR
VAT Exemption
Q. What is VAT relief and who is eligible to claim it?
A. Click here for more information ...


text:
Det hele var perfekt Nej
Meget åben og imødekommende atmosfære. Poolområdet var lækkert og stort, det føltes ikke overfyldt og der var altid en solstol ligegyldig hvornår man kom og hvilken pool man ønskede at ligge ved. Derudover var der flere forskellige pool alt efter ens ønske (svømme, lege, ro). Det kuperede terræn var godt udnyttet til flere forskellige pools. Nej
En fantastisk beliggenhed og superserviceminded personale, som gjorde alt for at skabe en verdensklasse service og et behageligt ophold.
Service og personale i top som det skal være på et 5 stjernet, men faciliterne er ikke værdi for pengene. Det forventes til prisen at faciliteter er tip top. Beliggenhed er bare fantastisk, og restaurant faciliteter på toppen Hotellet virker lidt slidt. Man burde nok bruge lidt penge på tæpper og maling
Location is really very good. I don´t know how other people and their experiences, but this is NOT 4star rated hotel...
The location was okay and the view from the rooftop was nice. The hotel is not clean at all and you have to pay for every service, in the offer I booked the wifi was for free but when we arrived there we had to pay for the wifi. Also we ordered a plate and a fork for the room and we had to pay 2 euros for that! It was really not a nice experience at all.
Nothing about the Hotel. Maybe the location Dirty room. Smell of smoke from cigaretts all the time. Aircon not working. The room looked nothing like the pictures. Smelly beds. I stayed in a lot of hotels around the world. And this for sure cant be a 4 star hotel maybe 2star. I booked a 4 star hotel with booking.com two weeks ago in Valencia that was exellent.
the most thing i liked about the hotel is its location which is close to the cafes and the shoping area the size of the room,it is very small.the AC was not cooling
Central location and friendly staff. The rooms are in need of redecoration. On the second day the lift did not work.
Hotel was located in tourist area. Nice resturants nearby. Hotel breakfast was good and inexpensive. A bit noisey in the mornings (believe some renovation work was underway). Air conditioning inside room was weak.
Good price, value for money. A/c was a blessing after walking around in heat all day. Location was good, close to busses and tours, shopping/eating. Tv didn't work well.
Well located and excellent value for off season rate Could do with a refurb - listed as 4 star in reality 3 star
poor air-con, this has been an issue for the past three years!
The staff was really kind none
Lobby Late night noise - and wake up call did not come as requested.
I enjoyed the meal, swimming pool, convenient to go out,etc. It is not the hotel's fault that the TV had a problem during my staying.
Helpful staff, friendly front desk, room with a view, spacious and comfortable room, good security, quiet and relaxing, good value for the price
The staff and the facilities The surroundings, too noisy and durty
Location and position near to sea The closest beaches are privately owned by ohter hotels which means people are forced to pay extra to use the facilties. The hotel should endeavour to reach an agreement with these other hotels to allow its own guests access free of charge as part of the package.
Spacious room, Lot's of choice on tv channels, Hotel well positioned for nightlife, Gym & leisure suite Breakfast was very average for a 4 star hotel
Hotel was great! Staff were pleasant and helpful. Room was spacious, clean and comfortable. No tea or coffee making facilities in room. Only available through room service, which, although not expensive is awkward, especially if you want a cup of tea in the middle of the night.
The view and size of the room were terrific. The staff could be more courteous for a 4 start hotel! The cleaning service was poor, the bathroom amenities were extremely poor. Overall it didn't feel like a 4 start hotel at all.
proximity, very clean, people nice, breakfast good but stops at 10, too early ! it is a fake doulbe bed !! 2 single ones close only !!! i hate when hotels do like that ! ! + in the morning the mention do not disturb was on the door, but the maid knocked on the door !!! breakfast closes too early ! should be until 11, not 10. for the same price, i will go to the meridien by adding 50 euros, for sure !
nothing! dirty bed sheets, small poky room and rude staff dirty bed sheets, small poky room and rude staff
Location was good. The place was overpriced. Our room was old and the bedding smelt. We were charged an additional fee for a roll away and never advised. Outgoing phone calls were absurdly overpriced. The staff was stiff and cold. The food was awful. The location was great
Lå lækkert ud til lystbådehavn,, 200m fra turbåde, mange busstoppesteder inden for få 100 m, barer og spisesteder af enhver art i gå afstand, og udsigten til Valletta, bor der gerne igen en skam at ikke alle værelser havde den dejlige udsigt over lystbåde havnen
Er man heldig at få et værelse med udsigt til havnepromenaden er hotellets beliggenhed helt fantastisk. aircondition/klimaanlæg kunne ikke nedkøle værelsestemperaturen
Fin beliggenhed med OK morgenmad At vi ved afrejse blev opkrævet betaling for et aftensmåltid, som vi havde betalt for i Restauranten. Vi nægtede dog at betale og slap også for det.
Hotellet havde en fin beliggenhed, med nem adgang til bus/ffærge og mange små restauranter i nærheden. Gode senge med pænt rent sengetøj. Restauranten sælger buffet 20 min. før de lukker uden at oplyse om lukketid. mangelfuld støvsugning på værelset
Hotellet har en fanstastisk beliggenhed, og fra tagterassen er der en skøn udsigt over fjorden og udsejlingen til Middelhavet.Fik rene håndklæder og redt seng dagligt. Rengøringen var dårlig. Badeværelset var ikke rengjordt ordentligt. Vores værelse havde kun lysindvalg fra et matteret vindue, der vendte ud mod en baggård på 1½ x 1½ m. Sengene var virkelig dårlige (kassable).
Fantastisk beliggenhed, rent og pænt, meget venlig og hjælpsom personale. Gratis internet i lobby området. Gode liggestole med madras ved poolområdet, og der var nok af dem. Lidt skuffende restaurant, og at man serverer saft i stedet for juice til morgenmad.
Alle tjenerne var rigtig søde og hjælpsomme. Det samme var reservationen. Lækkert at man kunne hoppe i havet var kanten af poolområdet! Poolen måtte gerne have været lidt dybere på en del af den. Desuden var priserne på frokost lidt dyre.
Jeg syntes at hotellet ligger rigtigt godt plaseret ved vandet og så syntes jeg at det er et rigtigt godt morgenbord samt at hotellet opfylder alle di krav som jeg har når jeg er på bisness rejse. Så jeg vil helt klart vende tilbage. Internettet er lidt langsomt og som bisness mann er det ierterende at side og vente på at andre sider og bruger nettet til fornøjelse. Men men der skal også være plads til alle.
Relaxing and pleasant environment. Well-balanced style, consistent throughout hotel and rooms. No hair dryer in the room
The staff, they were very nice and helpful. Food was also lovely in the Jest Restaurant. Not much facilities, like gym or spa. There was a swimming pool however but didn't get a chance to use it
Great staff, superb room, excellent restaurant, good location.
Seaside room was spacious with a good view. Air condition worked perfectly. Nice balcony, and the large door did a good job shutting the traffic sound out. Free garage in the building. Old fashion television set and few English channels. (Lots of Italian and German, though).
The great view of Spinola Bay was a real drawcard. Its location is so easy for buses and tours and I liked the free wi-fi and loan of a laptop for use in the lobby whenever I asked. My room was very comfortable but had no tea-making facilities. The rooftop pool was great. Would have like to be able to have a cuppa in my room.
I love the location
Everything!!! Lovely hotel, bus opposite, large rooms, great breakfasts! NO
The staff are great and informative. Rooms clean and quiet.
Only had a short stay, came in at 1 AM and left at 10:30 AM. Reception personnel friendly, rooms clean. Bed too soft to be confortable, Airconditioning could not cope with the "heatwave" malta was experiencing (38ºC in june)
Nice decor, convenient bed, seaview Seemed a little overpriced, not everyone at the reception very attentive
Very good location to enjoy the night life in Malta. Good value for money.
Rooms were clean and provided almost everything what other 4 star hotels would. Great value for the money. good location. Rude reception staff. Tired after flight we had to "prove" existance of our booking dispite having printed booking copy. Our names were not on receptionist list, although after asking for manager our names miraculously appeared on the list. another point - some of the rooms face really loud side of the area with clubs and bars.that could be disadvantage for those who likes to sleep ar night.
The hotel had good facilities, very nice staff and it is located very central - close to most things you'd like to visit in the area.
It is located in an area which is excellent for shopping, dining and entertainment The bathrooms could have been more clean. There were used shower caps near the bath.
The location was convient, however this hotel is for the party goers, and drunks. The beds are very unconfortable. Maid service comes at odd hours. Hotel charges for tv usage, pool is only open till 6, Breakfast was awful, slim selection of food. Staff wasnt that friendly either.
The friendly attitude of the staff was about the only positive point for me. Having to go to another building for the resturant facilities.
Generally a poor hotel and it is hard to bring up relevant positive points. In some countries it would be rated 3 or less stars. Room was really poor and should never be considered a 4 stars hotel. Bathroom too old and dirty would need most of the appliances replaced including the door as it was completely black of humidity ... The service was real poor and staff helpless in simple tasks that we've requested. Too noisy and we could never guess it would be such a nightmare regarding we were on the last floor. The hotel (in our opinion) is a example of bad planning having the reception in one side and we have to leave the hotel to reach our room through an open corridor... generally too poor !!!
Great place to stay, great location. Just minutes From St. George's Bay and right in the middle of a shopping center. Very modern hotel and friendly staff.
In the morning when the music stoped Would not go back to the hotel even if it was free
Nothing specific, it was in the middle of the action downtown, and a good value for money.
No. We Would stay there again.
Jeg var fuldstændig blæst væk af udsigten. Hotellet er også bare smadder hyggeligt og personalet var meget venlige. Der var ikke rigtig noget som jeg ikke kunne lide - det eneste er nok at dem i spa afdelingen burde håndhæve de regler de har og holde øje med om folk bader osv inden brug af spa området.
Alt virkede perfekt - hotellet og personalet var i top og servicen tip-top Nej - alt var super.
Godt hotel beliggende i rolige omgivelse og allligevel meget tæt på aktiviteter uanset om det er dag eller nat. Meget fine badefaciliteter uanset om man ønsker at bade i hav eller svømmebasin. Meget venligt og imødekommende personale, der altid står klar til at yde den nødvendige service. En lille ting - det kan være "tungt" at få kaffe til morgenmaden - det serveres af et travlt personale, det ville være bedre hvis der stod en kande på bordet.
Det er et flot og velholdt hotel med imødekommende personale.flot pool område med god udsigt. Jeg syntes at det er mere et flot forretnings/voksen hotel end et familiehotel. lille værelse og toilet.
Badeferie, derfor dejligt med flere pools. God morgenmadsbuffet. Venligt personale. Beliggenhed og udsigt. Adgang til udskftning af badelagner (pool towels).
soedt personale, gode restauranter, fantastisk belligenhed, gode faciliteter
Der var god udsigt til hav og bugt fra værelsetsaltan og fra hotellet. Det er bestemt ikke egnet til en familieferie med tre børn i alderen 5,7 og 9 år.
Beautiful, brand new apartment in the finest part of St. Julians opposite Portomaso Marina and below the Hilton. Very luxurious and well equipped. We arrived to a welcome pack plus a bottle of wine which was a lovely touch. The owner was very friendly and very helpful to make our stay extra special. I would recommend these apartments to anyone.
The hotel is very new and the design very modern. We booked a twin room and actually got quite a big room with four single beds. There was a car park at the hotel which was handy. Unfortunately, it wasn't included in the price. The pool areas, both the indoor and roof-top pools, are very nice, even though you can tell that some detail work still needs to be done. Breakfast wasn't included and quite pricey at 12€. The quality definitely wasn't worth that money. Our room wasn't cleaned properly during our 5 days stay. The first day, our towels weren't even exchanged and our beds were never made. We would have expected tea/coffee making facilities for a hotel category like that as well as more TV channels. The selection was very limited and you had to pay to get more ( and I am not talking about the adult channels...). There also was no hotel information in the room or information on Malta in general. The staff at the reception was generally very helpful though. No room service. Sauna, steam room and jacuzzi were only turned on in the afternoon.
Decor Things fell off the wall, and the water took a long time to run hot.
Safebox and TV did not work, the floor in the room was not cleaned enogh
very nice, large room
Location was good. Their services are new (hotel just opened up) so things like the rooms, lobby and internet access were nice. They only had a breakfest menu available. The aircondition in the room needed worked on would not cool well.
This is a new hotel and rooms were very clean and of a good size Staff were not helpful or welcoming to guests and the whole hotel lacked atmosphere.
Very friendly and helpful staff. Excellent location.
The staff were most helpful & pleasant at all times. Would loved had there been a pool area when weather was sooo hot but we know when we booked that there was none!
Friendly staff who were very helpful and welcoming. Perfect location if you want to visit the nightlife of Paceville or the romantic Spinola bay whilst being in a quiet area. Well kept rooms, worth having the balcony. Perfect working air conditioning - so important in July!! bathrooms a little on the small size, but great value for money.
Location, affordability, wireless internet free, breakfast included internet not working, TV not working, small bathroom, rooms with balcony more expensive (but this was not previously advertised)
Easy to be reached by public transportations. The room was dirty, especially the bed. I found a lot of hairs on the bed, most probably from the previous guests. Also, I found my sheet has a patch of something like semen, so nasty. Also, there was never shower gel. Everyday you have to ask for it. One night for the shower was only cold water.
Friendly and helpful staff. Pleasant, clean room with air conditioning. Good central location but not too noisy, with an excellent choice of restaurants nearby. Bus stop to Golden Bay and Gozo near the hotel. Choice of breakfast food was rather boring.
The central location of the hotel and the fact that the staff were very friendly and helpful. The only notable minus point relates to the fact that the bathroom was designed in such a way that it got easily floooded when taking a shower.
the food and staff both excellent the room was very basic, needed a complete overhall on beds, covers,pillows ect was more like a room in a hostel
Friendly staff nice ambiance Street outside quite noisy
Staff were very helpful and the location is excellent. Small lift and colours of the doors of the bedrooms.
Billigt, store værelser med balkon og havudsigt Larmen og så at der var nulservice da vandet forsvandt - personalet gik på weekend uden at gæsterne kunne trække ud i toilettet, selvom vi havde kontaktet dem flere gange.
god placering- at det er apartment- god plads i lejligheden, der var 4 sovepladser- men jeg mener jeg havde bestilt en Studio m/balkon til 2 pers. en fraskbrøds kniv- en opvaskebørste.


text:
Guinea police disperse anti-government rioters
CONAKRY, Guinea — Anti-riot police fired tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters who barricaded streets and threw stones at vehicles in the capital, Conakry.
Political tensions are rising in Guinea before national elections on May 12.
The young opposition supporters said they would make the city a ghost town Tuesday. They put tree trunks and rocks in the streets and threw big stones at cars by the Bambeto traffic circle.
Demonstrator Lamarana Balde said the protesters want change in Guinea.
|The article you requested is no longer available on BostonHerald.com.


text:
Because Knetbooks knows college students. Our rental program is designed to save you time and money. Whether you need a textbook for a semester, quarter or even a summer session, we have an option for you. Simply select a rental period, enter your information and your book will be on its way!
For his 2007 critically acclaimed 33 1/3 series title, Let's Talk About Love, Carl Wilson went on a quest to find his inner Céline Dion fan and explore how we define ourselves by what we call good and bad, what we love and what we hate.
At once among the most widely beloved and most reviled and lampooned pop stars of the past few decades, Céline Dion's critics call her mawkish and overblown while millions of fans around the world adore her "huge pipes" and even bigger feelings. How can anyone say which side is right?
This new, expanded edition goes even further, calling on thirteen prominent writers and musicians to respond to themes ranging from sentiment and kitsch to cultural capital and musical snobbery. The original text is followed by lively arguments and stories from Nick Hornby, Krist Novoselic, Ann Powers, Mary Gaitskill, James Franco, Sheila Heti and others.
In a new afterword, Carl Wilson examines recent cultural changes in love and hate, including the impact of technology and social media on how taste works (or doesn't) in the 21st century.


text:
The PhD is a doctoral degree, specifically called a "doctor of philosophy" degree. This is misleading because PhD holders are not necessarily philosophers (unless they earned their degree in philosophy!). That said, PhD recipients are able to engage in thought experiments, reason about problems, and solve problems in sophisticated ways.
People who earn a PhD in business, economics and administration typically go on to teach in universities or perform statistical research for large organizations. Moreover, anyone with a PhD degree has the right to be addressed as "Dr."
Earning an online degree from a school can likely lead to a promotion and/or salary raise, or prepare you for a new career. Even if classroom training may be considered more traditional, online education is advantageous in its own right. There is a mixture of degree programs, and individual classes offered through online learning organizations. It is not unheard of for tuition costs for online courses to be lower than that of a conventional school, although this is certainly not reliable of all online programs.
Switzerland (German: Schweiz, French: Suisse, Italian: Svizzera, Romansch: Svizra. Switzerland has some of the world renown universites like ETH in Zurich, EPFL in Lausanne, IHEID in Geneva, University of Lausanne or the University of St. Gallen. Keep in mind, it's much better to speak the local language, so if you can't speak either French, German or Italian, better go for a language course first.
Request Information Online Doctorate Degrees in Business in Locarno in Switzerland 2017
Doctorate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation aims to create the competitive knowledge to strengthen the proactive and innovative capacity of individuals and societies to address and manage change. Build capacity at all levels for the creation of ... [+]


text:
Fisherman's Tavern Hotel - Inn
10-16 Fort Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, DD5 2AD, GB
Select your stay dates to check availability at Fisherman's Tavern Hotel - Inn
Fisherman's Tavern Hotel - Inn
About the Hotel
Property Location
With a stay at Fisherman's Tavern Hotel - Inn in Dundee (Broughty Ferry), you'll be convenient to Claypotts Castle. This inn is within the vicinity of HMS Unicorn and City Square.
Make yourself at home in one of the 12 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers, and cribs/infant beds (complimentary) can be requested.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Fisherman's Tavern Hotel - Inn. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. For your convenience, a complimentary breakfast is served daily.
Business, Other Amenities
The front desk is staffed during limited hours.
Hotel Facilities
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Restaurant
- Free parking nearby
- Smoke-free property
- Number of floors - 3
- Total number of rooms - 12
- Free breakfast
- Free WiFi
- Bar/lounge
- Front desk (limited hours)
Room Facilities
- Television
- Free WiFi
- Coffee/tea maker
- Shower only
- Private bathroom
- Free cribs/infant beds