Posted on 03/09/2016 11:13:10 AM PST by yoe
It's a nasty job but someone has to do it.
What did Landry’s get for $290,000 when they paid Bill Clinton to run his mouth?
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President Bill Clinton delivered a Keynote Address to more than 1,300 Landry’s employees and vendors. The group was gathered at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas for the 2014 Landry’s General Manager’s Conference.
At the conference, President Bill Clinton shared his thoughts on leadership and global issues.
WHEN:
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
WHERE:
Golden Nugget Las Vegas
CUTLINE:
President Bill Clinton and Tilman J. Fertitta, President, Chairman and Sole Owner of Landry’s, Inc.
Landry’s, Inc. is a multinational, diversified restaurant, hospitality, gaming and entertainment company based in Houston, Texas. The company operates more than 500 high-end and casual dining establishments around the world, including well-known concepts such as Landry’s Seafood, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Rainforest Cafe, Morton’s The Steakhouse, The Oceanaire, McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood, Chart House, Saltgrass Steak House, Claim Jumper and Mastro’s Restaurants. Landry’s also operates a group of signature restaurants, including Vic & Anthony’s, Grotto, Willie G’s and others. Landry’s gaming division includes the renowned Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino concept, with locations in Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nev.; Atlantic City, N.J.; and Biloxi, Miss., with a fifth location coming to Lake Charles, La. in 2014. Landry’s entertainment and hospitality divisions encompass popular destinations including the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, Kemah Boardwalk, Aquarium Restaurants and other exciting attractions, coupled with deluxe accommodations throughout the Houston and Galveston area, including the luxurious San Luis Resort, Spa & Conference Center on Galveston Island.
Must have been some really good screeches, lol!
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Has the plea for her to release transcripts of this, I mean THESE, speeches just dried up?
Landry’s CEO steps up acquisition engine to build hospitality empire
The restaurant mogul has invested $150 million to help change the face of Galveston. Now critics warn that he wants to turn the island into Atlantic City.
Landry’s Enlarged Chain Portfolio Nets $1.1B in revenue for 2003
A strategy of aggressive acquisitions and expansion has catapulted Landry’s Inc. into the rarified world of billion-dollar foodservice companies. Landry’s which operates such concepts as Joe’s Crab Shack, Landry’s Seafood, Chart House, Saltgrass Steak House and Rainforest Cafe, reported net earning of $2.5 million, or 9 cents per diluted share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 21, compared with $4.6 million, or 16 cents a share, in fiscal 2002. — Nation’s Restaurant News, February 23, 2004
Tilman Fertitta is all in. After more than two years of negotiations to take Houston-based Landry’s Restaurants private and become the sole owner of the near-300-unit casual dining, hospitality, gaming and entertainment company, the deal finally got done in early October, 24 years after he was named company president and CEO. Fertitta says his passion is making deals and this was undoubtedly his biggest. — Seafood Business, January 2011
Tilman Fertitta, CEO of Landry’s Inc., likes to sit down to a clean table when he orders his Grey Goose with soda on the rocks with two limes. — Houston Business Journal, August 16, 2012
Tilman Fertitta, president and CEO of Landry’s Inc., appeared on “Bloomberg ‹GO›” on Oct. 16 to discuss his thoughts on the banking industry as a major borrower. — Houston Business Journal, October 19, 2015
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o.m.g.
again
Excellent compilation.
Do you have a link to Bill’s speeches?
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Bernie and Trump need to post this everywhere.
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