Hospitality

Two Utah hotels win AAA Five Diamond award -- Two Utah hotels, Stein Eriksen Lodge in Park City and The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, have earned the AAA Five Diamond award for quality and service, AAA Utah announced Tuesday.

This is the seventh year Stein Eriksen Lodge has received the award and the fifth year for The Grand America Hotel. Five Diamonds are awarded to establishments that successfully complete a rigorous annual evaluation by one of AAA's 65 full-time, professional evaluators.

Business Event

Omniture CEO to keynote business seminar -- The Rollins Center for eBusiness will feature keynote speaker Josh James, president and CEO of Omniture, at its semiannual eBusiness Day on Friday.

The event will include panel discussions where business leaders will discuss key issues in building the so-called Silicon Slopes -- an area along the Wasatch Front with more than 5,200 high-tech and life science companies.

Issues to be discussed are: how the state's image could limit its high-tech potential, whether college students are adequately prepared to join the workforce, and if there is enough capital available to fund powerful high-tech companies.

Utah technology companies will set up booths in the BYU Tanner Building atrium for students to network and learn more about the state's role in advancing the technology industry.

"Students will be able to rub shoulders with some of the hottest companies in Utah tech today including Omniture, Move Networks, LanDESK, DirectPointe, IM Flash Technologies," said Mark Adams, community development liaison for the Silicon Slopes initiative. Location: 151 Tanner Building, Brigham Young University campus. Time: 9 a.m.

Corporate Giving

Ogden specialty fertilizer producer donates $6,000 to local food banks for Thanksgiving -- Great Salt Lake Minerals Corp. of Ogden gave $6,000 to three food banks in Utah.

The producer of salt, potassium sulfate and magnesium chloride donated $4,000 to the Catholic Community Services Joyce Hansen Hall Food Bank in Ogden, and gave $1,000 each to the Cache County Community Food Bank in Logan and the Family Connection Center Food Bank in Layton.

"Many people are hurting in today's economy. We want to do our part to make sure no one goes hungry, especially at Thanksgiving," said Corey Milne, site manager of Great Salt Lake Minerals.