Hotel Rates in New Orleans Up as Much as 215% for Jazz Fest, Survey Shows
NEW ORLEANS, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Music fans who are planning a last-minute visit to New Orleans for this year's Jazz and Heritage Fest are in for a surprise at the hotel check-in desk. Although rooms are still available for both the April 27–29 and May 3–6 weekends of the festival, they have huge price increases attached to them, a new survey from CheapHotels.org has uncovered.
On average, hotels in the Big Easy have raised their rates by 79% in comparison to their regular prices, according to the survey.
Thefuture.fm Launches as the First Platform to Legally Stream Mixed Audio from The World's Top DJs, Automating the Process of Compensating Rights Hold
NEW YORK, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Thefuture.fm, the Internet radio platform that gives listeners mixed music curated by the world's top DJs, today launches as the first to automate the process of accurately identifying the content within mixed audio, generating reports and paying rights holders, thus eliminating the liability and roadblocks that have hindered the format.
2012 Detroit Jazz Festival Releases Star-Studded Lineup
DETROIT, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 33rd annual Detroit Jazz Festival will feature a one-of-a-kind lineup of today's greatest jazz performers. The artists at this year's festival have been nominated for more than 200 and won more than 100 Grammy Awards, composed film scores and traveled the world to perform.
