8minuteDating.com Hosts 'Biggest Dating Event in History' on February 11.Entertainment Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2003 8minuteDating.com Cupid Cupid: see Eros. Cupid Ancient Roman god of love in all its varieties, identified with the Greek Eros. Cupid was the son of Mercury and Venus. Parties Provide Singles in 47 Cities Across the U.S. With a Unique Alternative For Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. 8minuteDating.com, the world leader in round robin dating, today announced it will hold the largest recorded dating event in history on Tuesday, February 11. The "8minuteDating.com Cupid Party" will be held in 47 cities at 59 venues across the U.S., providing singles with a fun party where they are likely to meet a date in time for Valentine's Day. The marquee event will be held at the Hard Rock Cafe Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of casual dining restaurants. It was founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, and their first Hard Rock Cafe opened near Hyde Park Corner in London, in a former Rolls Royce car dealerships showroom close to Hyde Park, where in 1979 they began to on 57th Street in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . This year, the week leading up to Valentine's Day will provide the best opportunities for singles to meet someone. "Our 8minuteDating.com Cupid Parties takes the pressure off of those without a significant other." said Tom Jaffee, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder of 8minuteDating.com. "We wanted to make Valentine's Day fun for more than just couples and school children. Our automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. website enables participants to receive their matches immediately after their event, so they can set up a date in time for Valentine's Day." Appealing to America's 82 million singles of diverse ages, ethnicities and sexual orientations sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. , 8minuteDating.com provides a fast, fun, safe and comfortable way to meet people for dating, friendship or business. 8minuteDating.com is the largest round robin dating company, and the first to combine the ease of the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the with the opportunity to meet a room full of like-minded people, face-to-face, before committing to a lengthy one-on-one date. How does it work? -- An equal number of single men and women gather at a restaurant or other venue. -- Each person has eight one-on-one dates that last eight minutes each. -- To keep the conversations comfortable for everyone, participants do not ask anyone for their last name, for their phone number or for a date. -- An intermission enables participants to meet everyone at the event, in addition to their pre-determined eight dates. -- After the event, participants log on to www.8minuteDating.com and enter the names of the people they want to meet again, whether it's for dating, friendship or business. -- Whenever two people enter each other's names in the same category, 8minuteDating.com automatically sends the contact information to both people so they can set up another date. Guaranteed Success More than 99 percent of 8minuteDating.com attendees report that they enjoyed their evening of 8minuteDating. Of that number, 81 percent had a "very good" or "excellent" time. An overwhelming 96 percent of attendees say they would attend another 8minuteDating.com event, and 95 percent recommend 8minuteDating.com to others. Most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , more than 90 percent of participants meet someone who they want to see again. In fact, the company guarantees that if a participant does not meet someone who they want to see again, their next event is free. 8minuteDating.com Cupid Party Information For information regarding the nearest 8minuteDating.com Cupid Party, please visit www.8minuteDating.com. About 8minuteDating.com 8minuteDating.com, part of Match Events Inc., is the world leader in round robin dating. 8minuteDating.com's mission is to create a fast, fun, safe and comfortable way for singles of all ages, religions, ethnicities, sexual orientations and other special interests to meet for dating, friendship or business. Match Events, Inc. was founded in 2001 by Tom Jaffee, a successful high tech entrepreneur entrepreneur (än'trəprənûr`) [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. . The company is headquartered in Boston, Mass., and can be reached online at www.8minuteDating.com. |
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