Sentences with phrase «major expansion strategy»

Best Western has unveiled a major expansion strategy for Indonesia, with plans to more than quadruple its portfolio in the country from four to seventeen properties in less than two years.

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The pivotal moment, DeLuca says, came about 10 years ago, when Subway positioned itself as a healthful, quick alternative to burgers and fries, created a strategy for major expansion — and got lucky when Jared Fogle discovered the company's low - fat subs.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

With six reformers, the new board initiated a turnaround strategy in southwest Denver and approved another major expansion of DSST, which will educate one - quarter of all middle and high schoolers by 2025.

Olivier Berrivin, Best Western International's Managing Director of International Operations — Asia, commented; «Best Western International has identified Indonesia as one of its most important markets and our arrival in Bogor marks another major milestone in our nationwide expansion strategy.

«In recent years, Best Western has undertaken a major international expansion strategy, including the launch of several new brand concepts and exciting new hotels in Asia.

Tang King Shing, vice chairman of Hong Kong Airlines, remarked: «The alliance with Virgin Australia is one of the major steps of Hong Kong Airlines» global expansion strategy in turning ourselves from a regional airline to an international carrier.

The first major expansion for Stellaris, Utopia, is only a month away, and it may be the biggest and most transformative piece of DLC that Paradox Development Studio has ever released for any of its grand strategy games.

A highly - anticipated sci - fi strategy game was released, while one of the greatest sims of all time received a major expansion.

Age of Wonders III: Eternal Lords (PC)- April 14 - the second major expansion to the acclaimed strategy title introduces a wealth of new elements for savvy commanders to control, including the new Necromancer player class that allows you to destroy your enemy even after you've already destroyed him, two new player races and the full Eternal Lords story campaign.

McKinsey & Company's global expansion and growth in this decade epitomise the major management consulting firms» expansive strategy of the day.