Global hospitality group Minor Hotels has signed a management agreement with the Boulevard Hotel Company for a new hotel in central Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, as part of its strategy to cross-develop its brands globally. The signing will introduce Minor Hotels’ NH Hotels & Resorts brand in Bangkok. It will be the second […]
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Families with autism find travel challenging, these Caribbean resorts make it easier
Beaches Resorts in the Caribbean are bringing new meaning to being all-inclusive. Like typical all-inclusive resorts, food and drinks, watersports and other activities are included in the cost, but Beaches Resorts – with two properties in Ocho Rios and Negril in Jamaica and one in Providence in Turks and Caicos – also caters to families […]
Wyndham Adds All-Inclusive Resorts in Franchise Brand Deal
Grand Decameron Complex Bucerías, A Trademark All Inclusive Wyndham Wyndham Hotels & Resorts expanded its all-inclusive resort portfolio Tuesday through a new alliance with Decameron All Inclusive Hotels & Resorts. This full franchise deal lets Wyndham add nine of Decameron’s all-inclusive resorts in Mexico, Panama, and Jamaica, involving 2,600 rooms. The companies didn’t disclose the […]
IIHM and Mayfair Hotels & Resorts sign memorandum of understanding
The International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) and Mayfair Hotels and Resorts have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at IIHM’s upcoming campus in Siliguri, West Bengal, India. The partnership aims to bolster education, training and industry collaboration to further elevate the quality of the country’s future hospitality professionals. The MoU’s objectives cover the creation […]
Winter Returns to Ski Resorts Across California
From Palisades Tahoe to Mammoth Mountain, Californian ski resorts enjoyed a resurgence of wintry weather this weekend, leading to more than a few powder turns. Over the weekend, Mammoth shared that ten to 12 inches of fresh snow had fallen. “This was one of the best May dumps in recent memory,” the resort wrote. “Who […]
Snow and wintry mix slams the state, leaving powder at ski resorts
Mar. 23—The fabled folk wisdom for March, “in like a lion, out like a lamb,” may not hold true this month. This weekend delivered a powerful wintry mix — with a heftier than average dose of precipitation, and considerable snowfall up north, according to reports from across the state. The Lakes Region received mostly snow, […]
Double-digit snowfall forcing Colorado flight cancellations, shutting down highway to ski resorts
DENVER (AP) — A major storm dumped heavy snow in Colorado on Thursday – forcing flight cancellations and shutting down a highway that connects Denver to Colorado ski resorts. “Our city hasn’t seen a storm like this in a few years,” Denver Mayor Mike Johnston posted Wednesday on X, formerly known as Twitter. The storm, […]
Sierra snowpack levels spell good news for Tahoe area ski resorts
(KRON) — It is a good weekend for skiers and snowboarders headed to the Sierra after last weekend’s blizzard that brought eight-plus feet of snow to the area. That snow was badly needed to help the state’s water resources. Miracle March is what snow enthusiasts were hoping for in places like Lake Tahoe, and they […]
Seaside resorts flourished in Rockport, Aransas Pass in 1890s
In the 1890s, a trip to the seaside was a grand occasion, and towns around the Coastal Bend built showcase hotels to attract the vacationers. Aransas Hotel in Rockport Col. John H. Traylor built the Aransas Hotel on the Rockport waterfront in 1889. Traylor was president of the Aransas Land Company, a group of Dallas […]
Tropical resorts popular with Americans no longer ‘off limits’ for cartel killers: ‘The rules have changed’
Four warring Mexican drug cartels indiscriminately kill to assert dominance over an 80-mile stretch of resorts along the Caribbean coast to tap into the country’s $30 billion tourism revenue, private investigator Jay Armes III told Fox News Digital. In the process, Americans — and visitors from around the world — have become collateral damage, seen […]
Resorts close to opening 100% of terrain after recent snowfall
The light snow in December is long in the rear-view mirror for ski resorts in Lake Tahoe. The recent storms moving through Northern California have led to more snowfall, leaving most ski resorts operating at nearly full capacity. Heavenly in South Lake Tahoe as of Thursday is reporting 68% of his trails open. Northstar on […]
New artificial snowmaking technology could offer a lifeline to struggling ski resorts
Nestled in the Pyrenees mountains, La Molina is Spain’s oldest ski resort. It boasts the biggest superpipe in the Pyrenees and its slopes have hosted high-profile events, from the Alpine Skiing World Cup to the Snowboard World Championships. But La Molina now faces an existential threat: A dearth of snow. As global temperatures rise, the […]