South China Morning Post: Speed dating firm eyes mainland's lovelorn
It's already wooed and won thousands of lonely hearts in Hong Kong. Now speed dating is about to try to seduce the millions of single people on the mainland searching for love.The first mainland franchises for speed dating - a system where up to 50 single people are brought together in a club and have three minutes to meet each member of the opposite sex - are expected to be sold soon in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing. The deals are being brokered by WhirlWindDate, which has...

Speed dating game zooms through Flint area
It's a Tuesday night at Maxie's Food & Spirits in Mundy Township, and the speed dating game is in high gear. Kristine, a.k.a. the "Midday Mama" of B95 radio, strikes up a conversation with Steve Hill of Grand Blanc. "This is a great way to meet young professionals," she says. "How do you know I'm a professional? I work at McDonald's," he...

Speed dating venture comes to Bakersfield
Feb. 17 Two entrepreneurs see Bakersfield as a fertile market for speed dating. Co-founders Marcela Solorio and Daphne Plump's company, Marcephne Speed Dating, will organize and manage local speed-dating events.For the uninitiated, speed dating is a new mode of meeting people designed for busy singles. Think of it as a flirtatious version of musical chairs.Solorio and Plump are still in the early stages of setting up their business. Both have day jobs working in local...

Speed Dating: `SPEED-DATING' EVENTS SET
After a slow start, "speed dating" has piqued so much interest in the Tri-State that Rapid Rendezvous owner Amy Keith Garten has planned events throughout this month.Speed-dating pairs men and women for five-minute "mini dates," with participants having the opportunity to rate each date as a "hit," "miss" or "second chance." People who mark each other as...

Speed dating new love craze
WHAT'S fast, fun, very flirty, and happening at a restaurant near you? The answer is speed dating, the latest dating craze uniting single people. Organiser Sheree Walker, of Ultimate Speed Dating, said the concept was a safe way to meet like-minded singles without the stress of introduction agencies or dating.``It's really taken off in the city, and we're now holding it at Beaches in Mornington on Wednesday nights,'' she said....

Speed Dating
Speed dating attendees sit and chat with potential dates to see whether there is any chemistry. Potential couples talk, giggle, make mental notes on whether they’re interested in the person until a buzzer goes off indicating that it is time to chat with another person. It’s kind of like musical chairs, only better.

Is Speed Dating for You?
Speed dating, as the name suggests, is a fast, organized dating scheme, set up for the purposes of making new friends or finding that ideal romantic partner. Speed dating usually occurs as a party, where a selection of men and women, usually around 30, meet and chat for about 8 minutes before they are rotated to the next person.

The Hottest Tend in Dating: Speed Dating
Let’s start by explaining what is it exactly Speed Dating. You participate in a fast round of short (few minutes per date) but with as many as 25 partners per session. Usually in few minutes, sometimes only three minutes you get to see your potential date, get a short impression from his/her looks, voice, accent, dress, self confidence and self esteem, few background information, enough for you and for them to make a go, no go quick decision.

Speed Dating: Fast and cool: a concise overview of high-concept objects dating from the mid-1960s to the present reintroduces New York audiences to an Italian contemporary
With a 36-year career and more than 80 one-man and group exhibitions to his credit, Gianni Piacentino has been hidden in plain sight. His work resists ...

Speed Dating for Startup Dollars
If watching software executives sweat is your idea of a good time, the Massachusetts Software Council (MSC) has a conference for you. The industry group's annual Investment Conference for Private

Speed Dating Comes to PR
PR News 04-12-2004 Speed Dating Comes to PR Volume: 60 Number: 15 ISSN: 00333697 Publication Date: 04-12-2004 Page: 1 Type: Periodical Language: English ...