Cuando Priscilla Mora comenzó a organizar la fiesta de quince años para su hija Chantel hace casi una década atrás, se percató de lo complicado que se puede tornar el proceso.
Esto debido a la falta de disponibilidad de alguna guía o tienda especializada que le ayudase a planificar la ceremonia.
"Los únicos recursos que encontraba eran exhibiciones para novias y fue entonces cuando se me ocurrió hacer algo al respecto", comentó Mora, vía telefónica con este semanario.
A partir de ese entonces Mora comenzó a orientarse y a dedicar su tiempo a orientar a más jovencitas deseosas de celebrar su quinceañero.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (May 5, 2008) -- Priscilla Mora’s inbox is full again. She receives as many as 200 to 250 emails each week from anxious Hispanic parents planning their daughter’s Quinceañera. Known as the “Fairy Godmother of All Quinceañeras,” Priscilla Mora’s website, www.PriscillasAdvice.com, gets over 50,000 visitors each month.

A new Hispanic Event Planning Online Directory was launched this week to serve meeting and event planners with a major focus on small businesses and the Hispanic market.

Latino Speakers Bureau founder, Leonor McCall-Rodriguez, has created a new website designed for event planners with a directory of keynote speakers, meeting venues and a wider variety of resources in a one-stop-shop online directory geared to showcase not only Hispanic speakers, but a broader offering of women and minority-owned small businesses.

Bilingual business startup workshops by the San Joaquin County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in California provide guidance to new Hispanic entrepreneurs.

With the growing number of Latino-owned businesses nationwide, the chamber sought to increase local Latino entrepreneurs' chances for success with education.

When we think of heavy technology users, we tend to imagine young white males. Perhaps instead we should be thinking of Hispanics. A new study from Terra Networks USA, the Miami-based digital content producer aimed at Hispanics, finds that the online Hispanic population is highly engaged with new technology, often moreso than with traditional media.

A survey just released by the Inter-American Development Bank found that the percentage of immigrants who report sending remittances to their country of origin has dropped to half in early 2008 compared with 73% two years ago, even though migrants continue to flock to the U.S.

In addition, the Central Bank of Mexico reported that remittances from the U.S. dropped 2.9% for the first three months of the year compared with the first quarter of 2007.

The findings by the Inter-American Development Bank marked the first decline in the number of immigrants sending money home since the institution began tracking them eight years ago.

A recent report shows airlines leading the travel industry in spending. Through the first three quarters of 2007, the top 10 airlines invested just over $19 million in Spanish-language advertising, with the majority ($12.5 million) going to Spanish-language network television. The top investor over the same period was Southwest Airlines at $11.8 million, as tracked by Nielson Monitor-Plus.

VoiceAmericaTM Network announced last week that international business consultant and motivational speaker, Daniel Gutierrez has joined the roster of their renowned talk show hosts. Gutierrez’s radio show, “Right Here, Right Now!” debuted on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel on March 20, 2008.

The 13-week pilot will include interviews with community leaders, who can give listeners tools for them to set goals on a personal, professional or business level. Gutierrez will cover topics such as career development, leadership, powerful public speaking, how to get more business and the art of networking.

According to figures compiled by the Center for Women's Business Research, the number of businesses owned by Hispanic women in the United States increased by 64 percent and the income generated by those companies grew by more than 62 percent to $44.4 billion.

The National Latina Business Women Association, is an organization that helps to raise the business knowledge level of its members or of women who are planning to start their own business, the NLBWA offers two business training programs: Emerging Latina and Latin Financial.