It's harder to find people in the summertime because people are on vacation. People go away.

You've got the pressures of people being pushed out of, or jumping out of, high-tech positions. Then you've got the opportunity of brick and mortar companies that are looking to integrate into the dot.com world.

Obviously it has to do with the puncture in the balloon in the tech world.

With this organization, we have an opportunity to set standards.

There aren't many opportunities for celebs to do promotion that doesn't involve anecdotes about a crazy vacation.

Aquariums are popular because they fill what people are looking for in a vacation. There has been a trend toward family-oriented vacations and traditional type of vacations. People also want their vacations to have an educational component that is disguised as fun. When you are doing a big downtown revitalization project, it makes sense to have a flagship attraction that you can build around.