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Delaware North Companies, a leading global hospitality and food service provider, has named Jim Houser to the new position of vice president of facilities.

Emirates Stadium was officially named the best venue for meetings and events in England. The venue was awarded Meet England's Business Tourism Gold Award at a glittering ceremony held in St George's Hall, Liverpool last night (23rd April).

“As I was climbing the stairs to re-enter the module, I turned back around to see my footprints. And there was the Earth in all of its splendor and all of its beauty. All I could think was, ‘I don’t know what this means.’” -Gene Cernan remembering Apollo 17

Delaware North Companies, a leading global hospitality and food service provider, has named food service and financial executive Matt King president of its Travel Hospitality Services operating company. Delaware North made the announcement in advance of the busy summer travel season that will see millions of domestic and international passengers converge upon the nation’s airports.

The Minnesota Twins and Delaware North Companies Sportservice -- one of the nation’s leading food, beverage and retail management companies -- today announced an eight-year partnership that will provide food, beverage and retail merchandise services for the new Twins ballpark, which is currently under construction in downtown Minneapolis and is scheduled to open in the spring of 2010.

Global hospitality and food service provider Delaware North Companies has named Stewart Collins director of GuestPath®, the company’s highly successful proprietary customer service program.

Your mother will feel like royalty as she enjoys breathtaking views of Lake Erie while indulging in a sumptuous Mother’s Day Buffet at The Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake on May 11, 2008. Offered in the resort’s Horizons Restaurant, the Mother’s Day Buffet will be available for all members of the family to enjoy from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The seventh group of Space Shuttle astronauts has been named to the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Veteran Space Shuttle Astronauts John E. Blaha, Robert D. Cabana, Bryan D. O’Connor and Loren J. Shriver will join an elite group of American space heroes as they are inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame®. Earlier inductees represent the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz programs. They will join the ranks of legendary space pioneers like Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Sally Ride and John Young. The public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will be held Saturday, May 3 at 3:00 p.m.

The third season at Cardinals Busch Stadium promises to get personal with more made-to-order cuisine and custom-designed merchandise than ever before on the first level of the ballpark.

As the countdown to Opening Day draws near, Delaware North Companies Sportservice, the nation’s first sports concessionaire, is upping its game in concessions and fine dining operations at some of the nation’s most beloved ballparks. This year, Sportservice chefs are focused on enhancing fans’ experiences through more innovative and “experiential,” high-quality cooking than ever before, and entirely new “destination” carts will allow fans to customize their dishes to perfection.