Galveston Capital Tourism and Marketing Review Singapore Island Hotels: CRUISING
Exploring Galveston Island is a natural addition to a cruise vacation. With major cruise lines offering multiple Caribbean cruises from Galveston, many vacationers enjoy excursions on Galveston Island before or after their voyage.
From the decks of the cruise ships, passengers can easily see the charming Historic Downtown District just one block from the cruise ship terminals on Harborside Drive. The 36-block district offers more than 100 shops, restaurants and galleries housed in beautiful Victorian iron-front buildings. The area is also home to the Texas Seaport Museum, 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA, Great Storm Theater, the Ocean Star Oil Rig Museum, the interactive museum Pirates! Legends of the Gulf Coast, harbor boat dolphin tours, and more.
Also, a number of lodging accommodations on the Island offer parking and transfer packages with an overnight stay, so guests can leave their car at the hotel and catch a ride to the cruise ship terminal. It’s no wonder Lloyd’s Cruise International and Travel Weekly have rated the Port of Galveston as one of the nation’s top cruise ports. Don’t just pass through Galveston, experience its many pleasures!
Money - or the Lack of It!
What’s the first thing that happens to your cash in Vegas? It’s converted into those cute little easy-to-spend “chips” or slot machine “tokens – hey – “play money” right?
Missing the Boat
To the many readers who have asked “will the ship leave without me?” - The answer is a definitive YOU BETCHA!
#LoveGalveston Photo Contest - A Chance to Win Cash, and Be the Face of Galveston
There’s nothing like spending “island time” with your family, taking in the Galveston coast while making memories you’ll cherish for a lifetime. While your memories may be priceless, capturing them in a photograph could lead to some extra bonuses.
Debarkal Debacle
I have no idea why passengers think that if they’re the first in line they’ll be the first off the ship. THERE IS A SYSTEM TO DEBARKATION!!!!
The Port of Galveston Continues to Make History on Galveston Island
The next time you pass by the bustling docks and wharfs of the Port of Galveston, take a moment to let the history and impact of the facility sink in.
Embarkation Exhaustion!
Have you noticed that on embarkation day – after arriving at the terminal and winding your way through check-in - and finally boarding your ship that you’re exhausted? Read more.
Why?
Princess Cruise Lines was recently hit with a 40 MILLION DOLLAR fine after pleading guilty to seven federal charges in a pollution case that involved use of a so-called “magic pipe” to divert oily waste (and who knows what else) into the oceans.
The F Word
Warm days – cool nights! The perfect recipe for the “F” word – FOG!
Carnival Liberty Switches with Carnival Valor
Galveston welcomes the Carnival Valor
Take to the Waves - It's Wave Season!
If you’re thinking of nice warm sunshiny islands about now.....it’s the time to book that cruise for 2017! The “Wave” Season is here!
Galveston Capital Tourism and Marketing Review Singapore Hope you experience this “causeway cure” where flip-flops replace dress shoes and the scenery.
Join a group thrilled you have decided to explore Galveston Island.
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Learn how a trusted advisor can help you keep your projects on schedule and on budget, keeping costly overruns in check while uncovering new efficiencies.
A Firm Foundation
You can reduce your risks, meet project goals, and reduce cost with construction audit and consulting services from Moss Adams.
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Services we offer include
Program Assessment
Monitoring your program’s progress is critical to your success. We’ll help identify factors that could threaten your success and help resolve potential problems that could cause delays and cost overruns.
Construction Process Improvement Services
Having the right controls in place is key to reducing risk and cost. We routinely consult with clients to help them implement overall project control structure, change order management, financial budgetary management and reporting, safety and insurance, and more. With solid controls in place, you’ll be better positioned to succeed.
Program Management Support
Receive valuable and timely program progress, expenses and quality as we provide needed reports, review contractor payment applications for overcharges, evaluate change order cost submissions and validate contractor compliance.
Typically Requested Construction Services
Improve Program Cost Efficiency and Performance
- Audit costs preemptively to verify compliance of contractor charges
- Enhance schedule, quality, and cost management control processes, policies, and procedures
- Compare construction management to industry best practices
- Assess program staffing
Assist the Board and Address Stakeholder Perceptions
- Measure program results against what was promised
- Identify cost savings and improvement areas through diagnostic review
- Evaluate flexibility to address changing facility needs
- Address specific concerns and issues
- Validate best practices applied
- Collaborate and communicate results effectively
Summary Services
Planning
- Facilitate project scope definition sessions
- Establish communications process and progress meetings
- Plan insurance program structure
Programming
- Assess staffing model
- Introduce best procurement practices
- Define project control structure
- Build contractual controls
Design
- Finalize project objectives and plans through facilitated sessions
- Review and improve project management processes, reporting, and change order controls
- Monitor design and planning performance
- Assess cost controls
Construction
- Monitor project progress and quality
- Audit contractor cost records, financial and budgetary reporting, and control processes
- Review safety program and insurance best practices
- Review claims and disputes
- Assess property and income tax valuation and sales tax payment
Completion and Close-Out
- Evaluate performance against targets
- Audit final cost and monitor close-out and contract compliance
- Capture learning for improvement on future projects
- Provide independent and balanced assessment and reporting on project performance
Axia Consultants RFI RFP Accounting Software United Kingdom, USA, Tokyo, Korea, Hong Kong: SLA (Service Level Agreement) Metrics
Tips for creating SLA metrics and measuring service performance
Build performance measurement into your SLA, when you set it up - consider the following points:
- Identify the most important SLA outcomes first - and then determine clear metrics to track those outcomes.
- Create a range of (say 10) simple metrics, such as targets, kpi’s (key performance indicators), that are easily understandable.
- Ensure the metrics are relevant and match the key business needs of your SLA.
- Clearly, the metrics should also be measurable/quantifiable and unambiguous.
- Base your metrics on your specific SLA requirements and needs - rather than readily available data, existing reports, or generic SLA metrics applicable for such services.
- Design the metrics to measure different performance problems that your SLA / service provider may have.
- Metrics should be mutually exclusive and not duplicate each other. Each metric should focus on a different potential problem.
- The metrics should be comprehensive enough, such that if your service provider fails to meet the required performance, at least one of the metrics will be triggered.
- Review and test the metrics, to confirm they will pick up the undesirable problems.
- Agree the metrics between both parties – service provider and customer
- For each Service Level metric include:
- a reference name
- a description
- measurement parameters eg data sources
- calculation formula and frequency
- a baseline performance
- the required performance or target, from a service provider
- remedies and penalties for poor or non-performance eg monetary credits
- any specific exclusions/exceptions
Then:
- Set up an automatic monitoring of the metrics, wherever possible.
- Set up alerts for exception reporting.
- Monitor performance (metrics) on a regular basis. Make it one of your regular daily or weekly tasks.
- Raise any performance issues at your regular service review meetings.
- Review metrics and when required amend them, to ensure they continue to be relevant to your service needs.
