Walt Disney : Disney's 'Veterans Institute' Workshop Presented by the USAA Takes Place Today in San Antonio
August 19, 2014 at 08:35 pm EDT
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Today is a special day for Disney as our second Veterans Institute presented by the USAA takes place in San Antonio, Texas. This event builds on the Company's ongoing commitment to support U.S. veterans, and it is also the first of several anticipated regional workshops we hope to bring to select cities around the nation in the future.
More than 200 companies have joined today's Veterans Institute workshop so they, too, can learn how to support America's heroes better by building their own successful veteran-hiring programs based on Disney's Heroes Work Here initiative. Several experts, government officials, veterans, nonprofit organizations and Disney executives-including Jeff James, vice president and general manager, Disney Institute, Rod Wingfield, director, Global Diversity and Inclusion, and Kevin Preston, director, Veterans Initiative-are also present to inspire and collaborate with workshop participants.
Disney has a long history of respect and appreciation for the U.S. armed services, and we're proud to invite other companies and organizations to join us in hiring former service members as they make the transition from active duty to civilian life.
The Walt Disney Company is a media and entertainment group. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by activity as follows:
- operation of theme parks and hotel resorts (33.9%): operation, as of 01/10/2022, of 10 theme parks (35 hotels) located in the United States (Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort and Aulani; 6 theme parks and 23 hotels), France (Disneyland Paris; 2 theme parks and 7 hotels), Japan (Tokyo Disney Resort; 2 theme parks and 5 hotels), Hong Kong (Hong Kong Disneyland; 1 theme park and 3 hotels) and China (Shanghai Disney Resort; 1 theme park and 2 hotels). The group is also involved in cruise sales (Disney Cruise Line), travel organization (Disney Vacation Club and Adventures By Disney), design and development of parks and other real estate properties, and sale of consumer products (children's books, toys, game software, films, etc.);
- operation of TV and radio channels (33.4%): domestic channels (Disney Channels, ESPN, ESPN Radio, Freeform, FX Channels and National Geographic Channels) and international channels (Disney, ESPN, Fox, National Geographic and Star). The group is also developing film post-production and website operation businesses;
- video streaming (23.1%);
- audiovisual content production and distribution (9.6%): TV programs, animated films, TV series, music, live entertainment, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Americas (81.5%), Europe (10.4%) and Asia/Pacific (8.1%).