Sentences with phrase «after a challenging year»

After a challenging year for the industry, organisations including American Express, Kuoni, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Europcar and Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority all demonstrated their world - class pedigree as they spearheaded the global travel and tourism recovery.

Ashurst saw operating profit drop by more than 20 % during 2015 - 16, after a challenging year in which the firm made significant investment in new premises and IT systems, the firm's limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts show.

Not exact matches

Being young and fresh out of school, it was definitely a challenge, but after six months, a year, 18 months went by, I started to realize that this felt more like home to me than anything I'd done before.

Stock investors from all over China have been making their way to Beijing after the nation's stock markets suffered one of the worst corrections in years, posing a challenge to the Chinese leadership.

Almost three years ago Netflix challenged number crunchers worldwide to develop a better movie recommendation engine, and after a dead heat, the victors were announced yesterday.

«After a challenging first half, the firm performed well for the remainder of the year as the operating environment improved,» CEO Lloyd Blankfein said in a statement.

The RBNZ's challenges became immediately apparent after the central bank decision, with investors lifting the local dollar to a one - year peak despite the easing and threatening to depress both exports and inflation in New Zealand's small open economy with a population of 4.7 million.

After years of strong German leadership in the EU, Chancellor Angela Merkel now faces various political and economic challenges including ongoing domestic dissatisfaction with the refugee crisis, corporate crises such as Deutsche Bank, and the rise of populism.

After navigating the company through its first substantial challenges (the U.S. authorities investigated Alibaba's accounting practices last year, concerned about data from its blockbuster annual sale), Tsai is making more positive headlines of late.

Besides facing that challenge from Apple, Samsung also has been losing ground to upstart Chinese manufacturers after several years of headlong growth, according to IDC.

Just after the year 2000, Grantham maintains, the cost of oil inflected as finding new supplies became more challenging and expensive.

They are symptomatic of the broader challenges within our criminal justice system, the racial disparities that appear across the system year after year, and the resulting lack of trust that exists between law enforcement and too many of the communities they serve.»

Internships can be a bit of a challenge - adjusting to an office environment after years of school can be a bit difficult for all involved.

«After going against stiff competition throughout the Challenge Cup, Twiga Fruits emerged tonight as this year's most promising, problem - solving startup, and we look forward to helping them innovate and improve the Transportation & Cities industry for years to come.»

After spending 10 years behind the camera watching survivalist Bear Grylls overcome challenging conditions and teach crucial survival skills on shows like «Man vs. Wild» and «Running Wild with Bear Grylls,» Paul Mungeam, who goes by «Mungo,» has learned how to stay alive in the wilderness.

She officially took MacArthur's helm last year after over a decade as a top exec there, and has moved with bold decisiveness to streamline the foundation and focus its resources on some of the biggest challenges of our time, including climate change and mass incarceration.

Faced with the challenge of living off their assets for 30 - plus years after their working lives are over, it is not surprising that for most people around the world, retirement security is a significant, if not the most significant, financial goal.

After five years of global sovereign asset management research, we've gained a deep understanding of the strategies they use to overcome their unique challenges.

The report was developed over the past year, after the Greater Vancouver Economic Scorecard 2016 revealed that affordability is one of the biggest challenges facing our region's economy.

After some 15 years of tweaking and polishing the theory and practice of «good» governance, perfectly independent board members remain surprise - prone, estranged from the goings - on in the company, partially informed and lacking the wherewithal to challenge management.

Most notably, we won the Pure Madness Challenge a mere seven months after being open, with more than 130 clients hitting the 100 club in year one and over 25 clients joining the 250 club!

The PM promoted her to Foreign Minister early this year, conspicuously leaving her in charge of Canada-U.S. trade — a daunting defensive challenge after NAFTA - bashing, TPP - nixing Trump won the presidency.

After several years of challenges, including Hurricane Irma and Zika, Miami's tourism industry is looking forward to positive growth in 2018 — and the possible start of direct flights to Asia.

After two challenging years, shale drilling in the U.S. is bouncing back big time in 2017.

We see some compelling reasons why, after a challenging few years, commodities could play a bigger role in investor portfolios in 2018 and beyond.

Today's challenges are different than those in 2005, and our priorities reflect the changes that are needed after ten years of Harper's Conservative government.

The Royal Canadian Navy (the «Royal» was restored to the naval and air elements of the Canadian forces this year, 45 years after the Canadian military ditched many of its historical symbolic associations with the Crown) has just 8,500 personnel and about 20 combat vessels, yet is tasked to exercise sovereignty over three coastlines and is facing major procurement challenges with regard to replacement of its 40 year old supply ships, plus new combat vessels.

In an interview Tuesday, TransCanada spokesman Mark Cooper said the firm believes a delay is justified because the administration suspended its review last year after the Nebraska route was challenged in the courts.

Isaacson noted Da Vinci's «willingness to challenge received wisdom would lead him to craft an empirical approach for understanding nature that foreshadowed the scientific method developed more than century later... His method was rooted in experiment, curiosity, and the ability to marvel at phenomena that the rest of us rarely pause to ponder after we've outgrown our wonder years».

Even after accruing over 30 years of experience, he still enjoys the challenge of continually searching for reliable, fundamental investment solutions that can be practically implemented in managing client assets.

Two years after the Medibank IPO everyone is talking about the «challenging environment» but long - term investors say that's OK.

A weak dollar is likely to help VF's earnings during the current quarter, but shareholders seemed focused on the company's challenges coming after a good year for the stock in 2017.

As the financial crisis waned and the emergency lending programs were wound down, the Fed chairman faced a new challenge: A recovery hobbled by tight credit, a lackluster housing market and financial turmoil in Europe that left the unemployment rate at 9.1 percent two years after the expansion began.

Five years after the collapse of Rana Plaza, fast fashion's biggest players are facing challenges — but not from conscious consumers.

Without a doubt, the meetings with my baby - boomer assistant, daily conversations with my Gen - X boss and other interactions with clients and colleagues taught me and challenged me more than I could have ever imagined after spending most of the previous four years around people my age.

This statistical tilting of Christendom from the north to the south, after 2,000 years, holds tremendous prospects and challenges.

Twenty - three years after Levine presented this challenge to the American Jewish establishment, he has coauthored a book on the transformation during the late 1960s and early 1970s of the once vibrant Boston Jewish community of Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan into a black slum.

In the years after World War II we have encountered a variety of challenges.

but, there are many accounts written by first hand witnesses, at a time (10 to 40 years after His death) when many others who had also witnessed the events of Jesus life were still alive to challenge any error in the written accounts..

Chad: [«but, there are many accounts written by first hand witnesses, at a time (10 to 40 years after His death) when many others who had also witnessed the events of Jesus life were still alive to challenge any error in the written accounts..»]

It's a perfect challenge for the new year and one worthy of bringing me back after an unintentional blogging hiatus.

But here it is a year after this photo was taken and she just wants to try a challenge that forces her to eat healthier.

After ten years of gluten free baking, I decided that it was time to accept the challenge that I'd been putting off so well....

Woolworths said while trading conditions are forecast to remain «challenging» it expects fiscal 2015 «to be another year of growth with Net Profit After Tax expected to increase 4 % to 7 %».

«This significant Milk Price increase is welcome news indeed for Fonterra farmers, many of whose farm businesses remain under pressure after several challenging years and a current season marked by some difficult weather conditions.»

Deschutes is opening one state after another in the last couple years, and they're quickly running in to a flagship vs master brand challenge — many drinkers know Mirror Pond and Black Butte «however they choose to pronounce it,» but they don't seem to associate them with Deschutes.

I started really cooking years ago after watching MasterChef, and I'd like to think that this could win a challenge!

When he took the job after being told that there was no chance the team would ever play.500 ball, he accepted the challenge of molding a better - than -.500 ball club — which we feel he has done in less than four years.

We should go after a Young bossy Cb who challenges mertescielny adequately and eventually takes over in 2 - 3 years time..

The games come thick and fast over Christmas and New Year, and the Gunners will be desperate to get their title challenge back on track after mid-week disappointment at Everton.