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Clowns are Bling Bling for the Circus
(I’m thinking of taking up the noble clowning trade…nah, never mind…cd)
Funny business: Clowns are becoming true stars of circus
Once mainly sideline acts, circuses now hope to boost their bottom lines with celebrity clowns
By Kelly Crow
The Wall Street Journal
When the circus came to town this summer, the Klutz family could hardly wait. They snagged front-row tickets and got to the Las Vegas arena an hour and a half early. Nine-year-old John was the most excited of all: He wore clown makeup and a foot-high orange rubber wig his mother had bought so he could look like his favorite character.
His big moment came when Bello Nock, the vertically coiffed star of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, walked by between acts. As the Klutz family whipped out their cameras, the clown patted the boy on the head. ”Nice hair, dude,” Nock said.
To boost the bottom line, circuses are turning to a new marketing tool: the celebrity clown. Under pressure from animal-rights groups and higher costs of maintaining large beasts, and facing competition from live-action shows based on cartoon characters, the $1.8 billion industry is trying to transform these once-nameless sideline acts into major brands. Multimillion-dollar ad campaigns are focused on clowns like Nock and ”Grandma,” of New York’s Big Apple Circus.
Amazon filled with scams? Another Craigslist?
A lot of users in the US have been complaining about scams on craigslist but it seems that Amazon may have some scams and that’s a huge concern for us.
This weekend, I was looking for a brand new tv (Samsung 55″ LED tv) and I found a tv that was available for a cheaper price from a new seller. Price was at $1,100 vs. $1,600. Seller mentioned that he just opened the box and the tv was brand new. He also asked me to send him an email. Then, he replied to my email asking me for my contact details (this is where I feel that this is a potential scam). I replied back with my contact details and he sent me an email with an invoice from Amazon Payments and ask for a payment in cash through Money Gram (ok now we are sure this is a scam).
Where it gets concerning is that I talked to customer care at Amazon they did not seem to care about it. I asked them specifically if it was a scam or not after I sent them all the details and they had no idea. They were not able to tell me whether Amazon Payments was legitimate or not.
I guess from now on I will have careful look on sellers on Amazon considering that Amazon does not seem to know about potential scams on their platform…
Holiday Extras Customers Vote In Their Thousands!
It really can be such a massive compliment when you receive plaudits from your customers. There is no greater recognition of the great work that your company is doing than when your customers give you the thumbs up and start to recommend you to their friends and family.
The next step up from this of course would be to see your customers voting for you in their thousands to make sure that your company gets the recognition it deserves for the good job that you are doing.
This is just what has happened with theHoliday Extras Customer Service Awards . The awards are run by the online travel website Holiday Extras and they have been running the awards now for around 3 years. Each year the number of people who are voting is growing, as the competition starts to gain more popularity. The beauty of these awards is that they are made so successful by the people who vote. The customers of Holiday Extras are the ones with the say and are the ones who ultimately decide who is going to be top of their group and win the award.
There are lots of categories that offer a great selection of strengths. For example there are categories for people who are looking to travel with young children and are looking for the best airline that will facilitate this and there is also a category for the airline that helps their disabled passengers the best.
There are also more light–hearted awards like the award for the most inspirational travel film (which was won this year by Shirley Valentine).
Here are the rest of this year’s winners:
- Best Airline: Emirates
- Best Airline Cabin Crew: Emirates
- Best Airline for Value for Money: easyJet
- Best Airport: Belfast International
- Best Airport Car Park: Edinburgh Park and Fly
- Best Airport Hotel: Gatwick Sofitel
- Best Airport Hotel Restaurant: Manchester Premier Inn
- Best Airport Lounge: Edinburgh Servisair
- Best Airport Hotel for families: Manchester Premier Inn
- Best Airline for Travelling with Babies: Virgin Atlantic
- Best Airline for Travellers with a Disability: Virgin Atlantic
- Most Inspirational Travel Film: Shirley Valentine
- Best Travel Guide Publisher: Lonely Planet
66,000 Holiday Extras customers put their votes to the ballot this year and this is a great result indeed, as this is triple the amount of people who voted this time last year.
The awards this year were held on September 15th in London and were hosted by none other than the famous travel writer and radio present Simon Calder.
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