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On April 1, Laila Oinas, general manager of Candlewood Suites Sterling, was named operating partner by The Generation Companies LLC (Generation), a Research Triangle Park-based real estate developer, asset manager and operator of extended stay hotels. The Operating Partner Program, promotes hotel general managers to owner-partners, giving them not only more autonomy, but also more financial interest in their hotel.
Oinas has won numerous awards, including 2003 Assistant General Manager of the Year, Candlewood Suites-Herndon; Intercontinental Hotels' 2005 NewComer Hotel of the Year, Candlewood Suites Sterling; and 2005 Generation Squeaky Clean Candlewood of the Year, Candlewood Suites Sterling.
JK Moving & Storage will be on national television Friday, June 16, from 8-9 p.m., for its role on HomeTeam DC, a nationally-syndicated reality/ "cause" television show that airs in the Washington, D.C. market on WJLA-TV 7.
Filmed in dozens of markets throughout the nation HomeTeam selects deserving individuals or families to appear on the show, then surprises them with a new home of their own, by providing a cash down payment for the new home; as well as all of the housing costs, aside from utilities, for the entire first year; and significant home improvements and furnishings along with life skills and financial coaching.
The Maids Home Services of Sterling, a professional residential cleaning service owned by Mark and Helena Gilbert, was honored with the company's President's Club Award for outstanding achievement in franchise sales and growth during the past year. The Gilberts' franchise was selected from more than 160 franchises throughout the United States.
Inova Loudoun Hospital has been awarded the Magnet designation, the highest institutional honor awarded for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Only 2 percent of the 6,000 hospitals in the United States have earned this designation, Inova Loudoun being only the fourth in the state of Virginia, following its sister organization Inova Fairfax Hospital, which was one of the first in the country to be recognized. There have only been 202 hospitals in the nation to earn Magnet designation.
JK Moving and Storage was honored as a finalist for the Washington Business Journal's award for the Best Place To Work in the Large Company, Headquartered Locally Division. JK was recognized among a field of 15 competitors. The announcement took place Friday, May 12, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Tysons Corner. The Washington Business Journal profiled the company's achievement its May 12-18 edition.
Hamid and Sahar Tavassoli are opening a Web-based children's themed-parties business and preschool enrichment program, Oogles n' Googles, to serve Northern Virginia, Chantilly and South Riding. Fifteen themes are available for parties; while the enrichment program is designed to complement existing preschool curriculum. Visit the Web site at www.ooglesngoogles.com.
The World Trade Center Dulles Airport and Signature Worldwide, a leading provider of training outsourcing and business solutions based in Columbus, Ohio, plan to partner together to develop an international sales and customer service training program. The WTC Dulles Airport is an organization that assists foreign companies in entering the U.S. marketplace.
The international sales and customer service training program will be offered at the WTC Dulles Airport and will be located in the future 365-acre, mixed-use project One Loudoun, a business, retail and residential community.
The Washington, D.C., Chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA-DC) announced the winners of the 2006 M Awards, May 11, recognizing regional marketers and their successful initiatives.
The 2006 Hall of Fame Award winner was Ted Leonsis, vice chairman of AOL and president of the company's audience business and chairman and majority owner of the Washington Capitals hockey team. The award recognizes his pioneering work in Internet and new media marketing. This year's M Awards marketing campaign winners were: Marketer of the Year, Home Safety Council; Education, Mindshare Interactive Campaigns, LLC; General Business, Hinge Inc.; Government, Military and Politics, Federal Trade Commission and JDG Communications Inc.; Health Care, George Washington University Hospital; Media and Multimedia, Booz-Allen Hamilton; Nonprofit/Association, Home Safety Council; On a Shoe String (Under $100,000), SQN Communications Design; Technology and Telecommunications, iDirect Technologies and Member of the Year, April January.
The next Loudoun County Procurement's Buyer/Seller Information Exchange is Thursday, June 22, 2 p.m., in the Lovettsville Room on the first floor of the County Government Center, 1 Harrison St., S.E., in Leesburg. The purpose of the informal session is to give area businesses the opportunity to meet the county's procurement staff and become familiar with the county's procurement process. Call 703-771-5142 or send an e-mail to sfields@loudoun.gov.
The next Loudoun County Procurement's Buyer/Seller Information Exchange is Monday, July 24, 10:30 a.m., in the Lovettsville Room on the first floor of the County Government Center, 1 Harrison St., S.E., in Leesburg. The purpose of the informal session is to give area businesses the opportunity to meet the county's procurement staff and become familiar with the county's procurement process. Call 703-771-5142 or send an e-mail to sfields@loudoun.gov.
The Women's Wellness & Cosmetic Laser Center of Loudoun has opened across from the Inova Loudoun Hospital. The center offers obstetric and gynecologic care, and cosmetic laser procedures with Dr. Angela C. Bess.