Young entrepreneurs take over Layton Hills Mall this Saturday!
KIDZ BIZ Market Day Saturday, August 19th
Layton, UT (August 16, 2017) Over 35 youth run businesses will take part in the 3rd Annual Layton Hills Mall KIDZ BIZ event this weekend. KIDZ BIZ is a program that encourage young entrepreneurs between the ages of 6 and 17 to learn about business practices, sales, and financial responsibility while running their own company for one day in the Layton Hills Mall. In addition, prizes are awarded for various categories and participants keep all the money they earn to invest back into their business venture.
The KIDZ BIZ market day will be held Saturday, August 19, 2017 from 12p to 5p on the lower level East corridor. This is the perfect time for children to test out their concepts, sales skills and see if their business model will work. The event will conclude with an awards ceremony at 5:30pm.
“Seeing so many kids interested in starting their own business has been really inspiring.” says Danielle Bendinelli, Layton Hills Mall Marketing Director. “KIDZ BIZ businesses must have minimal to no parental involvement, so the best part is the youth are the creative force behind their own ideas. From handmade items to providing a personal services or even authoring their own book, the program offers an outlet to a wide variety of concepts.”
The KIDZ BIZ market day is open to all ages and the public is encouraged to attend and shop to show support for these young, local entrepreneurs. A big thanks to the following community partners: America First Credit Union, Davis Hospital and Medical Center, Ed Kenley Ford, Utah Educational Savings Plan, SeaQuest Interactive Aquarium, Silly Rabbit Shirts, Weber State University, Dartside: Indoor Nerf Gun Arena & Davis Education Foundation.
A full list of participating businesses can be find at shoplaytonhills.com/connect:
http://www.shoplaytonhills.com/event/bltcb8697a584ae7532
Or on our Facebook Events Page
https://www.facebook.com/pg/LaytonHillsMall/events/?ref=page_internal
About Layton Hills Mall:
Layton Hills Mall is owned and managed by CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. of Chattanooga, Tennessee, (NYSE:CBL). Layton Hills Mall features more than 100 great specialty shops and is anchored by JCPenney, SeaQuest Interactive Aquarium and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Additional information can be found at ShopLaytonHills.com.
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Inc. Magazine’s annual ranking recognizes America’s fastest growing private companies
Being named to the Inc. 5000 is a tremendous accomplishment. Not only for what it means to private companies, but also because it honors the innovative and amazing people we have at TravelPass Group.”
— Ryan McCoy, Co-founder and CEO of TravelPass Group
LEHI, UTAH, USA, August 16, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Inc. Magazine today named TravelPass Group, a hotel marketplace with over a million properties worldwide, to the Inc. 5000, an annual list of America’s fastest growing private companies. TravelPass Group was ranked No. 3069 with three-year revenue growth of 108 percent, making the prestigious list for the second straight year. In the last 12 months alone, TravelPass Group has booked more than 2.6 million room nights, surpassing over $2 billion in gross hotel booking revenue.
“Being named to the Inc. 5000 is a tremendous accomplishment. Not only for what it means to private companies, but also because it honors the innovative and amazing people we have at TravelPass Group,” said Ryan McCoy, co-founder and CEO of TravelPass Group. “Just a few years ago, we only had a handful of employees. Now, we have nearly 800 team members in eight countries. Our ability to gather and understand customer preferences and adapt quickly has given us the advantage when competing against the largest travel companies in the world.”
On average, the 2017 Inc. 5000 companies have grown six-fold since 2013 despite the economy growing just 6.7 percent, according to Inc. Magazine. Of the tens of thousands of companies that have applied to the Inc. 5000 over the years, only one in three have made the list two times. For more information and complete results, visit www.inc.com/inc5000.
"The Inc. 5000 is the most persuasive evidence I know that the American Dream is still alive,” said Eric Schurenberg, Inc. president and editor-in-chief. “The founders and CEOs of the Inc. 5000 tell us they think determination, risk taking and vision were the keys to their success, and I believe them.”
For more information on TravelPass Group, please visit www.travelpassgroup.com.
About TravelPass Group
TravelPass Group is a leading technology company in the travel industry. Spun out of the Utah-based company Partner Fusion, TravelPass Group is a marketplace for independent and brand name hotels, wholesalers, and the world’s largest travel agencies, providing travelers with the best rates. TravelPass Group has been featured multiple times as one of the fastest growing companies by Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and Inc. 5000. TravelPass Group books 10,000 room nights per day through its five travel-related websites, including Reservation Counter and Reservation Desk, and a best-in-class customer service center that helps travelers access more than a million properties worldwide.
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The American Dream: the average person from Utah would pay $125 to guarantee a good night’s sleep
It’s one of the most precious, yet elusive things we’re all looking for: a good, peaceful, uninterrupted, night’s sleep. But how often do we get it? With our lives busier and more stressed than ever, juggling jobs, family, and our addiction to social media, it’s often hard to completely turn off at night and get a restorative eight hours. Lack of sleep is something moms talk about at the school gates, businessmen won’t admit in boardrooms, and college students take for granted. But what if you could wave a magic wand and get the perfect amount, every night? You’d do it, right?
Of course, there’s a catch – you’d have to pay! Sleep product review website, mattressclarity.com, carried out a survey of 3,000 people to find out just how much we would be willing to pay up for the privilege. And they made some very interesting discoveries!
It turns out that, on average, we’d be willing to spend 120 dollars a night in order to get some proper shuteye. Sure, that’s the equivalent of around sixty Starbucks Grandes, but maybe if we gave up our caffeine addictions anyway we wouldn’t have trouble falling asleep in the first place…
People in different states were willing to pay more than others – sleep is obviously highly important to people from New Hampshire - despite having relatively little traffic noise to keep them awake at night, New Hampshire locals would gladly dig deep in their wallets and hand over $200 if it meant sleeping easy. The good people of The Beehive State would be willing to pay $125. Those who valued a good night’s sleep the least were Oregonians, who would be prepared to offer $93 - which is still a considerable amount.
You can see how Utah compares in our infographic, here: https://www.mattressclarity.com/blog/putting-price-sleep/
The survey also looked at what different professions would be willing to spend on sleep. Perhaps unsurprisingly, considering the long hours they work and the often stressful situations they have to deal with, healthcare workers would be prepared to pay the most: 164 dollars. The industry that values sleep the least is the pharmaceutical industry, with workers claiming they’d pay 91 dollars.
mattressclarity.com also surveyed people to find out the steps that they take to help them sleep when suffering from insomnia.
I try force myself to sleep 23.8%
Take sleeping pills 14.3%
Drink alcohol 3.2%
Work-out 3.2%
Do something relaxing like reading 27.0%
Work or surf the internet 28.6%
14.3% said they’d take sleeping pills, while 23.8% said they’d just stay in bed, trying to force themselves to sleep. A significant 28.6% say they’d work or surf the internet. These are all actually detrimental to the quality of your sleep: if you try to force yourself, for example, all that tossing and turning only amps up your anxiety about it. It’s far better to leave your bedroom, try to read for a bit, take a bath or drink herbal tea, and go back to bed when you feel sleepy. And sleeping pills are only too easy to rely on; when you take prescription sleeping pills over a long period of time, your body grows accustomed to the drug, and you need higher and higher doses to get the same sleep-inducing effect. 3.2% of people go for a work out if they can’t sleep – however, exercising right before bed raises your core body temperature, increases your heart rate and prompts your system to release stimulating epinephrine (adrenaline). And according to experts at mattressclarity.com, you shouldn’t work, watch TV, or use your computer in bed or the bedroom. The goal is to associate the bedroom with sleep alone, so that your brain and body get a strong signal that it’s time to nod off when you get into bed.
‘One thing is clear from our survey: we definitely value our shut-eye!’ says Joe Auer from Mattress Clarity. ‘When struggling for sleep, you shouldn’t work, watch TV, or use your computer in bed or the bedroom. The goal is to associate the bedroom with sleep alone, so that your brain and body get a strong signal that it’s time to nod off when you get into bed.”
