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Travelex Wins Two Major Prepaid Awards:

Honor Recognizes Travelex for International Prepaid Card Program and Airline Compensation Program

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ — The 2009 Prepaid Awards have honored Travelex with two awards for “Best International Prepaid Program” for Cash Passport and “Best Corporate Prepaid Program” for Travelex’s Airline Compensation programs.  This is the second year for the awards program but the first time Travelex has won.

“Our success comes from listening to the needs of…

Kentucky Legend Extends Ham Hotline

National toll-free hotline to help cooks with holiday ham preparation

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Specialty Foods Group, manufacturer of Kentucky Legend Hams, today announced it will extend its popular Kentucky Legend Ham Hotline 1-866-343-5058 through the end of the year.  Introduced last month, the first ever ham hotline provides cooks across the country, from kitchen rookies to meal maker veterans, with access to experts from Specialty Foods Group/Kentucky…

Spartan to Introduce New Class in RV Platforms at RVIA

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — A new class of RV – a specialty chassis integrated with a custom cap or cockpit – is debuting today at the 47th Annual National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky.

Spartan Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAR), is set to debut the company’s latest innovation, the Next Generation Platform (NGP), a new class in RV platforms (Booth # 2024…

GLI and Commerce Lexington Join Together for Leadership Expedition to Pittsburgh

Louisville, Ky. (11-23-09) – In a historic and visionary move, two of Kentucky’s largest chambers of commerce will come together in 2010 to study the Pittsburgh, Pa. community and explore how it transformed itself from a steel manufacturing town into a city that recently hosted the World G20 Summit.  The Greater Louisville Inc. and Commerce Lexington Leadership Expedition will take place May 10-12, 2010.

“Regionalism is essential to competitiveness in…

Muhammad Ali Center Announces a $10 Million Legacy Campaign

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Muhammad Ali Center today announced a $10 million Legacy Campaign designed to provide the Center with the resources necessary to fulfill its goal to ensure that Muhammad Ali’s work – and the core values that shape this work – will forever be available to enthusiasts around the world in one central location.

The goal of the Legacy Campaign is to provide the resources…

Galt House Hotel to Offer Special Kentucky Derby Accommodation Pricing on Black Friday

One-day only promotion offers Derby-goers $700 in savings

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ — The Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Ky., the Official Host Hotel of the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs and Kentucky Oaks, announced today the availability of specially-priced Kentucky Derby accommodation packages on Black Friday, November 27. To commemorate the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 1, 2010, the packages will go on sale at 1:36…

GLI Entrepreneurial Initiatives Receive International Recognition

Louisville, Ky. (11/17/09) – Greater Louisville Inc. – The Metro Chamber of Commerce recently received national recognition for its comprehensive entrepreneurship initiatives by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC).  IEDC is the world’s largest economic development membership organization, promoting best practices in business attraction, retention and expansion.

GLI has been awarded an Honorable Mention for Entrepreneurship Program for organizations serving areas with populations exceeding 200,000.  The IEDC highlighted GLI’s enterprise…

SHPS Receives Re-Accreditation from URAC for Consumer Education and Support Program

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ — SHPS announced today that it has earned re-accreditation for its Carewise® Health consumer education and support program from URAC, a Washington, DC-based healthcare accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the healthcare industry.

“We were the first organization to achieve the consumer education and support accreditation back in 2005, and this re-accreditation from URAC demonstrates our ongoing commitment to consumer education” said Rishabh Mehrotra,…

Travelex Launches First U.S. Business Expense Program:

Partnership with passports Provides Greater Flexibility and Control of Expenses for Employees

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Travelex has announced its 100th global corporate prepaid program with its partnership with passports, an educational travel tour provider, that will allow passports to use the Travelex Cash Passport prepaid MasterCard® for business expenses to provide their traveling employees with funds for expenses incurred during conferences and business trips.  In the future,…

PNC Completes First Phase of National City Conversion

- Bank Announces Dates of Remaining Phases in 2010 -

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:PNC) today announced it has successfully completed the conversion of 1.8 million customers and 240 branches from National City Bank to PNC Bank, with three additional conversion phases scheduled in early 2010.

The first phase was comprised of customers throughout western Pennsylvania (primarily Pittsburgh and Erie) along with Youngstown, Ohio,…