Archive for March, 2010
DFS renews key liquor and tobacco contract at Singapore Changi Airport
DFS Singapore announced today that it has secured a three-year renewal on its contract to operate the liquor and tobacco concession at Singapore Changi Airport.
With its existing lease expiring in January 2011, the group had been in negotiations with Changi Airport Group (CAG) for the renewal of its tenancy.
With the renewal of this [...]
City to apply for energy project funds
Martinsville City Council will apply for a $333,333 grant to use toward an energy project the city is developing.
In a unanimous vote, the council on Tuesday adopted a resolution to seek the funds through the Reserve Fund Grant Program of the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission.
The city is developing a project to collect [...]
Changing role of tobacco in North Carolina topic of March 18 lecture
BOONE—North Carolina’s changing tobacco economy will be the focus of a March 18 lecture at Appalachian State University.
Dr. Peter B. Benson, an assistant professor of sociocultural anthropology at Washington University, will discuss “Growers, Migrant Farm Workers, and the Changing Face of Big Tobacco in North Carolina.” His talk begins at 7 p.m. in room 114 [...]
