The industry's closely followed "revpar" measure--that's revenue per available room--jumped 8.4% last year, the best improvement in two decades.
The organisation divides its awards into four categories: best airport by region, best airport by size, best small airport and best improvement.
February reflected the best one month improvement for these metrics in several decades.
For now, the best hope of fiscal improvement lies in the civil-service and pension reforms.
Tergat's world record time knocked 43 seconds off the previous best and was the biggest improvement in the world record in five years.
There's a reason why many doctors, nurses, and health care experts who know our system best consider this approach a vast improvement over the status quo.
Schools Minister David Laws said the overall improvement reflected allowing the "best schools to expand".
Using basic best practices and continuous, data-driven improvement pays massive dividends.
Even a recent TED blog on the 7 Benefits of Gaming still focused on self-improvement rather than meaning as the best way to justify gaming.
Best of all, it's a vast improvement on antiquated listservs that start to feel like spam.
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Based on that feedback, brainstorm ideas for improvement, create action plans to implement the best idea(s), and set a timeline for implementation.
Bynum may be the second-best center in the NBA, but Howard is still a huge improvement for the Lakers.
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Their instructional programs need to be based on the best research, and weak institutions should be publicly identified as needing improvement.
At best, the motor industry expects only a 15-20% further improvement can be squeezed from existing petrol engines and their transmissions.
Of all the railroads in our coverage universe, Union Pacific was the best performer in the third quarter due to strong pricing gains and an improvement in margins.
John Taylor was Becta's head of school improvement, working with head teachers to help them use and plan for the best use of computers in their schools.
"Previous generations of the Quintet have been deemed the best in their category and it is important that we take the necessary measures for continuous improvement, " said Paul Jacobs, CEO of Klipsch.
Through the magic of Kinect, the personal trainers within the experience can see how your body moves, assess your physical strengths and athleticism, identify areas for improvement, and create a personalized workout plan to help you achieve your personal best.
Deeper than this was Thatcher's sympathy with what is best in America: freedom, enterprise, opportunity, optimism and the urge for self-improvement.
"One of the best features in Dolby TrueHD with advanced 96k upsampling is the apodizing filter, which makes remarkable improvement in the articulation in high-frequency attacks while simultaneously cleaning up midrange mush, " said Brant Biles, President and Chief Engineer, Mi Casa Multimedia.
Norwich continued their improvement at the start of the second half, and Beresford had to be at his best to deny first Mark Rivers and then Iwan Roberts.
At the root of the improvement, experts say, is the professionalization of the sport, which has allowed the best athletes to pursue marathoning without holding down another job.
For whatever reason, the best companies in these countries have superior disclosure, better performance against same industry peers, and better performance improvement over time.
The new-economy theorist Richard Florida once praised the innovative practices of Best Buy, the electronics retailer, by noting that, after a sales associate made a small but effective improvement to a display rack, the corporation implemented the change nationwide.
We expect the market will remain turbulent for some time to come, but we have seen some evidence of improvement and believe we have the right strategy in place to retain our industry leadership by providing the best value for our customers.
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Now what about the state of public services, I would, I would roughly put it like this, I think in schools people do see real improvement, in primary schools there's no doubt about it, we've had the best primary school results by a long way this country's ever seen.
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We call on all four- and two-year institutions to join in this effort and implement the policies and strategies called for in the AAU Initiative: widespread adoption of the best teaching practices, attention to educational outcomes, and establishment of incentive systems that recognize and reward contributions to educational improvement.
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