Brother and sister team running Uber-like service for booking house-cleaning services, so far only in the Bay area.
Mr. Kaiser's diagnosis may be colored by his determination to make the Kennedy Center, long regarded as a glorified booking house for touring productions, into a happening place.
The question is whether Mr. Kaiser can take the Kennedy Center -- with its reputation as a glorified booking house -- and raise the money, produce the art and create the buzz to make it a must-go-to place.
It's hard to imagine that in the early 1960's, while Lincoln Center was being built, Carnegie Hall was deemed a storied but expendable booking house by civic leaders and nearly demolished.
"No one saw this coming," said Miche Stirling, owner of the Calgary-based booking house the Stirling Agency, which represents Canadian, American, British and Australian acts, primarily in Canada, "it was announced quietly before the long weekend in August and no one was notified".
Don't Call Them 'Old Folks' When Ms. Aster isn't running readings or exercise or organizing outings, she is booking in-house entertainment for dances and socials.
As the premier spot online for listing and booking short-term housing accommodations, Airbnb has already seen huge growth since being founded in 2008.
Airbnb, the online marketplace for listing and booking short-term housing accommodations, has been on a roll lately: In June it hit 10 million nights booked, boasting hockey stick-like growth along the way.
Airbnb, the San Francisco company best known for its online marketplace for listing and booking short-term housing accommodations, is expanding its brand beyond people's homes and into the local businesses that make up a neighborhood.
It looks like Airbnb, the online marketplace for listing and booking short-term housing accommodations, has officially accelerated out of startup mode and into a full-on big business.
