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Welcome Formula 1 fans: Let ATXConcierge.com show you a good time in Austin

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It's clear, based on the insane downtown traffic and the growing number of people with European accents ordering coffee at Austin Java, that many of the 300,000 visitors from around the world expected to spend Formula 1 weekend in the Capital City are already here.

Over the next four days Austin is expected to transform into a hot spot for the incredibly wealthy with luxurious parties, high fashion and fast cars. But let's remember one thing: Underneath the glitz and glam flying into a helipad near you is a city bursting with energy, culture, live music, art and so much more.

ATXConcierge.com, is a easy-to-use mobile site that will serve as a pilot project for future marketing ideas to boost Austin's cultural tourism.

The City's Cultural Arts Division hopes visitors get a taste for the real Austin while they're here. In fact, they created ATXConcierge.com to help people get to know Austin.

"ATX Concierge.com was developed around the Formula One race event to explore a new platform for showcasing Austin's unique offerings, specifically focused on arts and cultural events taking place across the city," said Megan Crigger, City of Austin Cultural Arts Program Manager.

ATXConcierge.com, powered by CultureMap, is an easy-to-use mobile site accessible on any mobile platform. The mobile site highlights gallery and museum exhibitions, theater and dance performances and will serve as a pilot project for future marketing ideas to boost Austin's cultural tourism. Perhaps the most useful feature is the city guide, which uses geo location to guide visitors to food, art, shopping, spas and other attractions located near them.

"In partnership with CultureMap, the site celebrates all that makes Austin unique, while providing yet another opportunity to expose Austin's creatives to the world," Crigger said.

The hope is that between the fast cars and clinking champagne glasses visitors will log on to atxconciege.com to find and visit all the places that make Austin the city we all call home.

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Amazon wants to hire 1,000 seasonal employees in Austin for holiday

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As the 2024 holiday shopping season approaches, Amazon is doing its annual round of holiday hiring, seeking to fill 250,000 full-time, part-time, and seasonal roles across the U.S., including 18,000 positions in Texas — including 1,000 openings in Austin.

The bulk of the open positions in Texas are in Dallas-Fort Worth, but they're also hiring in Houston and San Antonio.

Seasonal Amazon jobs offer competitive pay, flexible schedules, and, as a release so eloquently puts it, "the opportunity to be part of the bustling retail industry during its busiest time of year." LOL. Many of these seasonal roles also come with the potential to transition into regular, full-time employment after the holidays.

The release does not specify which positions are open but one can assume packing and delivering boxes are involved.

Interested applicants can go to amazon.com/localjobs or text NEWJOB to 31432 to sign up for job alerts. Open roles are posted throughout the holiday season.

Pay and Benefits
All seasonal employees earn at least $18 per hour, and have access to comprehensive benefits like health care coverage from their first day of employment.

Approximately one-third of seasonal employees stay on year after year.

Seasonal employees who stay at the company can see an average pay increase of 15 percent over their first three years.

Amazon perks include career advancement opportunities; access to earned pay at any time; health, vision, and dental insurance from the first day on the job; a 401(k) with company match; and up to 20 weeks of paid pregnancy/parental leave for birth parents (six weeks for eligible supporting parents).

They also get Amazon Prime employee discount, and Amazon’s Resources for Living program, a free benefit offering mental health and financial services and support for employees, their families, and their households.