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Hospitality industry faces changing customer base, new technology (BizJournals) - Tom Kelly, general manager, Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North Look into your crystal ball and describe how your industry will have changed by 2030: "In 25 years, I anticipate our customer base largely will be composed of the Millennial generation -- those individuals born in the 1980s and 1990s. In a recent survey, this group showed that they are very traditional in many ways and

Construction industry fuels Valley's rapid job growth (BizJournals) - The construction boom in recent years has benefited Western states, including Arizona where the industry accounted for nearly one out of four new jobs in 2005.

Builders squeezed in slowing industry vise (BizJournals) - If there is a group anxious over the arrival of 2006, it might be the tradesmen, contractors and suppliers who put the build in the homebuilding industry.

S.F. visitors industry sees more room to grow (BizJournals) - San Francisco's hospitality sector should be dealt another lucky hand next year, but industry players are keeping a wary eye out for a wild card.

Seismic woes, labor issues loom for health industry (BizJournals) - The past year on the local front has been relatively quiet by health-care industry standards, excepting nasty labor disputes at California Pacific Medical Center and Stanford Hospital & Clinics. But 2006 could be a good deal messier, as hospitals face up to huge seismic reconstruction bills and may try once again to convince the Legislature that its January 2013 seismic deadline is unrealistic.

Symantec, McAfee Problems May Lead To Sea Change In Antivirus Industry (Desktop Pipeline) - Doubt about the antivirus industry's install-and-upgrade model, combined with vulnerabilities in popular antivirus software, makes the market look ripe for a shift just as Microsoft jumps in.

Industry Experts Predict Airlines' Turnaround (RedNova) - By Russell Grantham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jan. 1--For several years now, the airline industry's long-promised recovery has been just over the horizon.

German Industry, Consumers Unhurt by Ukraine Cut (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) - Jan. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Supplies of natural gas to German industry and consumers won't be disrupted by the decision of OAO Gazprom to cut off shipments of the fuel to Ukraine, said Germany's BGW gas suppliers group, which represents 1,300 gas and water companies.

Ad industry comes to Dubai (AME Info) - The 40th International Advertising Association World Congress is being held in Dubai from 20-23 March 2006. Organisers say the event will gather together industry powerhouses such as BBDO, Euro RSCG, FCB, Leo Burnett, Ogilvy, UM7 and Young & Rubicam.

Industry-1 Minister inspects factories in Pathein, Kyangin, Shwedaung (The New Light of Myanmar) - YANGON, 1 Jan — Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Taung together with Managing Director U Soe Yi of Myanma Ceramics Industries and officials inspected Pathein Glass Factory in Pathein yesterday morning, and gave instructions on the maintenance tasks reported by Managing Director U Soe Yi.