Now that the city of Winston-Salem has full control over the Grand Pavilion Ballroom and conference rooms on the lower floor of the Embassy Suites hotel, plans are moving forward to give the space a facelift to complement the look and feel of Benton Convention Center.
When the work is done, city officials say the ballroom and conference rooms can be an extension of the Benton, which underwent a major renovation costing $20 million that finished in 2017.
The city plans to have Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG) operate the Grand Pavilion, as it already manages the Benton and the Marriott Hotel under the name Twin City Quarter.
March 8, 2021
When the UK officially left the European Union on Jan. 31, 2020 it put a lot of people out of a job including Nigel Farage, the bombastic former leader of the Brexit Party.
It was an open question what Farage would do next; in a 2021 New Year’s video message that has since been watched more than 1.3 million times, he gave a surprising answer.
“I’ll tell you what the next big challenge is,” he said, “and in some ways, it’s an even bigger challenge than the European Union was a bigger threat to our independence, our way of life, our liberty. And it is China.”
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Energy is leading the market in 2021 after a miserable year where it lost 32.6%. The energy sector of the S&P 500, as measured by the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE), is already up 39.8% through March 5, which dwarfs the S&P 500âs return of 0.33% so far this year. Source: MarketWatch
Investors must ask: Why is the energy sector outperforming, how does the petroleum refining industry that drives it operate and can the momentum continue?
This comprehensive research report introduces the petroleum refining industry and breaks down its structure, firm conduct, performance and trends to watch going forward.
Industry introduction
The petroleum refining industry encompasses the market involved in products derived from the refining of crude oil. These products span a wide range including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, petrochemicals like benzene and toluene, and heavy products such as asphalt.Â