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  • Are business cultures clashing?

    10/31/2003 11:32:21 AM PST · by Willie Green · 1 replies · 80+ views
    The Austin Business Journal ^ | October 24, 2003 | Colin Pope and Mary Alice Kaspar
    For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. The deal was all but done. Until it suddenly went as cold as a day-old cup of coffee. After months of negotiations, Bethesda, Md.-based HMS Host Corp. struck an agreement to replace the struggling business center at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport with a Starbucks. The business center had generated about $5,000 a year for the City of Austin's coffers. The Starbucks deal was for $64,000 annually for eight years. Starbucks even agreed to stray from its corporate standards by designing the shop with a noticeable Austin ambiance. Current airport tenants had first...