Bahamas Resort shutdown poses big challenge
May 19, 2009 ·
Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham says the looming shutdown of a sprawling luxury resort poses a “tremendous challenge” to the tourism-dependent economy of Exuma, a central Bahamian district made up of scores of small islands. The Atlantic archipelago’s Cabinet Office announced last week that the Four Seasons Resort Great Exuma at Emerald Bay, which opened in [...]
Traveling to Hawaii on the cheap
March 16, 2009 ·
In an attempt to be frugal amid the economic downturn, Karl Stetson and his family in Seattle, Washington, planned to skip their annual trip to Hawaii. That is until Stetson began noticing airfare and hotel rates plunge this year. Last week, he caved, purchasing plane tickets for less than $450 a person, a sweet deal [...]
M Resort opens south of Vegas resort corridor
March 9, 2009 ·
The new M Resort, Spa and Casino has opened during what has been a tough stretch for casinos in Las Vegas, but chief executive Anthony Marnell III said timeless tenets — service and value — will push his company forward. But he acknowledged that filling the 390 rooms at the $1 billion resort after its [...]
Tamarack Resort closes; employees cut loose
March 5, 2009 ·
Three months after Marcos Salvador was hired to wash dishes at a swanky ski resort in the central Idaho mountains, he stood alongside Roseberry Road in the frigid cold and tried to hitch a ride to his last day of work. Salvador, a 24-year-old college student from Peru, was among an estimated 250 employees being [...]
Freebies down 5 percent at Atlantic City casinos
March 3, 2009 ·
The latest casualty of the economic meltdown: casino comps, the freebies handed out to gamblers to keep them happy and coming back for more at Atlantic City’s 11 casinos. Total comps fell by nearly 5 percent last year, to $1.55 billion. Analysts say the decline in freebies was an unavoidable consequence of the sputtering economy. [...]
Skiing with traditions in the Franco-Swiss Alps
January 26, 2009 ·
It’s hard to resist a feeling of superhuman grandeur when you stand perched over an ocean of fresh snow watching the sun creep over the “Dents du Midi” — the Teeth of the South — a wolf’s jaw of jagged peaks soaring 10,000 feet from the valley below. Such a vision of natural splendor is [...]
Alpine resorts nervous as recession reaching peaks
December 19, 2008 ·
The past few Alpine ski seasons have melted away under the specter of global warming, as balmy conditions raised fears about the future of Europe’s fabled winter resorts. This year, the Alps have been blessed with abundant snow, bright skies, and perfect powder, but there’s little cheer as resorts feel the pinch from a new [...]
