Crowded parking decks and longer security lines await Thanksgiving week travelers at Memphis International Airport.

He’s responsible for handwritten notes and extras that pamper Hotel Napoleon guests: chocolates and champagne, or rose petals scattered on the beds of people celebrating anniversaries.

From digital payment transactions to streaming television shows, advances in technology over the past several decades have changed the way the world does business, consumes media and even gives to charity. ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, realizes that to keep up, it too must evolve.

With a hand up from FedEx’s pioneering black aviators, Albert Glenn reached his profession’s pinnacle flying wide-body air freighters around the world.

New Memphis president and CEO Nancy Coffee is transitioning into a new role after 15 years at the organization's helm.

CrossFit Hit & Run’s Midtown location will move early next year to Crosstown, directly across Autumn Avenue from Crosstown Concourse.

Tunica is no longer the only nearby destination for casino lovers. In Tuesday’s midterm elections, Arkansans voted to approve licenses for four casinos statewide, including Southland Park Gaming & Racing in West Memphis.

A Back End of Innovation conference keynote by Jon Kolko, partner, Modernist Studio. Kolko started out by discussing the myth of creativity and how it becomes mystified in the workplace. “Nothing is further than the truth,” he adds.

Atlanta-based late-night ­­­­­­dining staple Krystal will construct a new “prototype” location at 4395 Elvis Presley Blvd.

Richard Jupe, vice president, innovative product development, Altria. Jupe got to the point, fast. Altria’s strategy: reduce risk and expand choice. “We have a dual engine. We are changing our culture with this model,” he says.

During the spring, controversy sparked a joint meeting of the Memphis City Council and Shelby County Board of Commissioners.

Methodist Healthcare’s Blood and Marrow Transplant Center has been approved to administer a new type of cancer treatment unique to the Mid-South.

The Land Use Control Board on Thursday approved a planned development for a three-story, 24-unit apartment building at 1655-1665 Madison in Midtown.

Sears Holdings will shutter the doors of its Southland Mall store, the company announced Thursday, Nov. 8.

FedEx volunteers and the national nonprofit Operation Warm blanketed two Memphis-area schools with TLC this week, distributing more than 700 winter coats at Hawkins Mill and Hamilton elementary schools.

The Daily Memphian’s Commercial Real Estate seminar featured Andy Cates, CEO and president of Brokerage Services for Colliers International; Blake Pera, vice chairman for ARA Newmark Memphis Multi-Family Office; Kemp Conrad, principal for Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors; Shawn Massey, partner of the Shopping Center Group; and Chance Carlisle, COO for the Carlisle Corporation.

Memphis-based Fogelman Properties has joined with a Dallas company to buy a 268-unit apartment complex in Jacksonville, Florida.

RAY’S TAKE: Back in the 1990s a Pennsylvania man spent $4 at a flea market for a painting that he didn’t even like. He bought the painting because he liked the frame. When he tossed out the painting, he found an envelope with one of the first printings of the Declaration of Independence. Documents like the one he found have sold for up to $8.14 million.

Leading by example is something Rebecca Bowers, third grade teacher at Kingsbury Elementary, lives out not just daily but hour by hour. As she encourages her students to stay curious and ask questions, she, too, endeavors to remain a lifelong learner.

The Downtown Memphis Commission is collecting feedback that will help it shape the next decade of development and initiatives for the Bluff City’s core.

Local government and business leaders have joined together to propose new changes to the economic development process, which includes a new joint venture to oversee how the Greater Memphis Chamber and the EDGE board recruit new jobs.

The long-suffering Ashlar Hall – the 122-year-old castle-like and historic house – is finally being repaired and restored after years of decay and broken promises.

The Hyde Family Foundation will donate an additional $5.2 million to further Memphis riverfront redevelopment.

When Big River Crossing initially opened, many wondered if it would be a bridge to nowhere. Over the past two years, that question has been answered.

When families have children in the hospital, the last thing they want to worry about is finding a place to stay nearby.