Sentences with phrase «global cities of the world»

Radisson Blu continues its expansion in key global cities of the world, with the latest opening in the United Arab Emirates - Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Waterfront.

New York City is one of the most iconic cities in the United States and one of the major global cities of the world due to its important business, financial, trading and cultural organizations, such as Wall Street, United Nations, the Metropolitan Museum of Arts and Broadway theaters with their (in that time innovative) electric lighting.

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Students have two options when it comes to an EMBA at Rotman — a one - year program in the heart of downtown Toronto, or an 18 - month global stream that takes place in cities around the world.

Over the coming decade, the 600 largest and best - connected cities on the planet will contain a fifth of the world's population, capture almost two - thirds of its economic growth, and encompass more than half of global GDP, according to the McKinsey Global Instglobal GDP, according to the McKinsey Global InstGlobal Institute.

To truly be a global leader in digital technology, innovation needs to become a significant part of the city's identity — how the world sees it and how it sees itself.

According to global consulting firm Mercer's 2015 cost of living ranking, Shanghai has the sixth - highest cost of living in the world this year, up four places from last year; Beijing has the seventh - highest, also up four places, and Shenzhen and Guangzhou are at 14th and 15th most expensive, both up a number of places from 2014 — making all those cities more expensive than New York City.

As a result, over the past decade global luxury brands started expanding into the capitals of oil - rich countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the U.A.E., giving women access to shopping on par with the biggest European cities (Dubai is home to the world's largest shopping mall) and higher consumer expectations.

According to the EIU's Global Liveability Ranking, six of the top 10 livable cities in the world are in Australia and Canada.

It's not just that the one percent is on the rise: The locational prerogatives of the global super-rich are changing the face of some of the world's greatest cities.

It is a global centre for business, finance, arts and culture, and is consistently ranked one of the world's most livable cities.

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With extensive global operational experience, he has served in a variety of roles around the world including: banquet chef and specialty restaurant chef at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort, Golf Club & Spa in Marco Island, Fla.; executive sous chef at the former Santa Barbara Biltmore Marriott in Santa Barbara, Calif.; executive chef at the Torrance Marriott South Bay in Torrance, Calif.; executive chef at the JW Marriott Century City in Century City, Calif. and director of food and beverage for the JW Marriott Hong Kong in China.

Since 2008, A.T. Kearney has annually ranked the world's most innovative cities, and for the second straight year, the City by the Bay topped the group's list of cities with the greatest outlook «to attract and retain global capital, people and ideas.»

Aside from the fact that London is one of the most popular cities in the world, with a vibrant melting pot of global cultures, it also happens to represent one of the largest online gambling markets in the world.

«Tinder is a huge global platform which, just like football, is bringing millions of people together every day all around the world,» said Tom Glick, City Football Group's chief commercial officer.

Queen City Fintech provides fintech startups access to world class mentors, capital, and leading financial services organizations; all in the heart of global banking hub Charlotte, NC.

According to CBRE's newly released Global Living Report: A City by City Guide, Hong Kong continues to hold its position as the world's most expensive residential location with an average of $ 1,416 per sq. ft.

The Charles E. Smith division of global real estate trust Vornado recently asked six world - class architectural firms to design and construct the «office of the future» as part of the unique Crystal City DesignLab project, which sought to re-envision six suites in a centrally located Arlington, Virginia office building in the Washington, D.C. office market and demonstrate how new design concepts can immediately benefit office tenants going forward.

Residents of Kanpur reacted with dismay Wednesday after the Indian city was found to have the worst air quality in a global World Health Organization survey that urged the nation to clean up its act.

The 25 Fund allows us to bring religious scholars from around the world to join First Things» ongoing scholarly colloquia, as well as to host seminars in major global cities outside of the United States on topics of international importance.

Both types of response illustrate how the world is fast becoming one global city.

The whole idea of Saddleback expanding to what we call «strategic global cities», like London, is to establish base camps to resource churches that will go to other places around the world in mission.

The exchange rate of the Swiss franc to other currencies has forced the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) to move its global headquarters, which has a staff of seven, to Germany from the city known as «the Protestant Rome» when Calvin ruled it as a strict theocracy.

On May 16 & 17 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, join over 2,000 trade show visitors, that include buyers, importers, distributors and retailers and 132 exhibitors from 20 countries at a high - energy, global conference in New York City that has been designed to inspire and empower you with the best ideas from all over the world of how to market, sell and grow your business.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate Brings Matter of Taste Tour to New York City Global Series of Exclusive Wine Experiences to Feature Top Rated Wines from Around the World on Saturday, February 20, 2016...

Because of our work, 18,000 American schools are providing kids with healthy food choices in an effort to eradicate childhood obesity; 21,000 African farmers have improved their crops to feed 30,000 people; 248 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions are being reduced in cities worldwide; more than 5,000 people have been trained in marketable job skills in Colombia; more than 5 million people have benefited from lifesaving HIV / AIDS medications; and members of the Clinton Global Initiative have made nearly 2,300 Commitments to Action to improve more than 400 million lives around the world.

Brown - Forman, one of the largest American - owned spirits and wine companies and among the top 10 largest global spirits companies, to sells its brands in countries around the world and has offices in cities across the globe.

Home to such celebrity chefs as Wolfgang Puck, Thomas Keller, and Nobu Matsuhisa, to name a few, Beverly Hills is one of the most renowned culinary destinations in the world with global cuisine from France, Spain, Italy, India, Vietnam, Austria, and Venezuela, and more — all within the City's walkable 5.5 square miles.

On May 16 & 17 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, join over 2,000 trade show visitors, that include buyers, importers, distributors and retailers and 132 exhibitors at a high - energy, global wine and spirits business conference in New York City that has been designed to inspire and empower you with the best ideas from all over the world of how to market, sell and grow your business.

The world's only city - state, the Republic of Singapore is a global commerce, finance and transport hub.

On May 16 & 17 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, join over 2,000 trade show visitors, that include buyers, importers, distributors and retailers and 132 exhibitors at a high - energy, global conference in New York City that has been designed to inspire and empower you with the best ideas from all over the world of how to market, sell and grow your business.

The Halal Guys grew from its humble beginnings as a food cart on the streets of New York City to a global icon known as the largest American Halal street food concept in the world.

«City did not make a formal bid for the five - time World Player of the Year, but made it clear they were not afraid of topping the global high of # 89m that Manchester United paid Juventus for Paul Pogba last summer.»

Fady Sharara, M.D., Contributes to Global Understanding of Fertility Breakthroughs at ASRM The world's most influential scientists and fertility specialists convened in Salt Lake City last month with one goal — to help men and women find a faster, more efficient path to pregnancy.

During Earth Hour, cities, towns and individual families from around the world were encouraged to turn off all non-essential lights from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. People in more than 92 countries participated in a global call to action for, and to demonstrate the urgency of, climate change.

The three day event draws on elements of the WABA Global Forum III event originally planned for Quebec City in June 2010, the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) campaigns past and present, the World Breastfeeding Trends initiative (WBTi) and others.

This may not come as much of a surprise, but according to the annual INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard, New York City is the third most congested city in the world in terms of traffic and the second worst in the United StaCity is the third most congested city in the world in terms of traffic and the second worst in the United Stacity in the world in terms of traffic and the second worst in the United States.

De Blasio got himself noticed by hitting Bloomberg the hardest and giving voice to the millions of struggling New Yorkers who looked at the post-9 / 11 gilded - age excess all around them — the stratospheric rents and impossibly high cost of living, the bank branches and chain stores squeezing out local mom - and - pops, the very skyline remade by gleaming new high - rises catering to hedge - funders and Chinese and Russian billionaires — and worried it could permanently transform the greatest city in the world into an open - air luxury mall for the global super-rich.

I will be one of tens of thousands — hopefully hundreds of thousands — marching on the UN Climate Summit in New York City this Sunday demanding that the world's governments take decisive action to stop global warming.

Kathryn Wylde, President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, said: New York's position as the world financial center is reaffirmed by the decision of BlackRock, a leading global institution, to expand and invest here.

The World Health Organization Global Network of Age - Friendly Cities and Communities began as an international effort to help communities prepare for a growing aging population.

It was the turn of Lagos, on Friday, to receive the FIFA World Cup Trophy after it landed Nigeria on March 7, as part of a global tour plan of 91 cities in 51 countries.

And it is an outward - looking Britain, with our global cities, that remains the envy of the world, as the 2012 Olympic Games showed.

Today's global day of action will see demonstrations in over 80 cities across the world, including London, Paris, Warsaw, Mexico City, Kathmandu, Rome, Phnom Penh, Tbilisi, Kuala Lumpur and Moscow.

The World Health Organization appointed the philanthropist and former mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg as a global health ambassador to help governments tackle chronic diseases such as diabetes, stroke, cancer and heart disease.

In 2007, one year before the global economic crisis, Brown delivered his final Mansion House speech as Chancellor before moving into Number 10; he told financiers, «A new world order has been created», that everyone needed to follow the City's «great example», and «an era that history will record as the beginning of a new Golden Age».

«It's a great day for a company when it sees its name written in lights at the center of the global economy, and the new sign announces loud and clear that Long Island City is a world - class place to do business and create jobs.»

As a hub for local Asian shipping and global transport, this island city - state is not just the world's busiest port, it's also at the greatest risk of invasion by non-native species.

«The North American suburb has gone global» «The way cities have grown since World War II is neither socially or environmentally sustainable, and the environmental cost of ongoing urban sprawl is too great to continue,» Yale University's Karen Seto said at the conference, which runs through Thursday.

Urban air quality continues to be a primary health concern as most of the world's population currently lives in urban areas (54 % in 2014), and percentage is projected to rise to 66 % by 2050; this is coupled with the fact that one of the main global sources of air pollution in cities is traffic emissions.