Mohegan Sun has unveiled a new name and brand for its Western, MA casino project. The new name that the property will operate under is Mohegan Sun Massachusetts. “Mohegan Sun Massachusetts represents what we expect our project will come to represent: the premier New England gaming brand – and one of the premier gaming …
Quail Lodge Resort & Golf Club in Carmel Valley, California has announced the appointment of Max Schroeder as Director of Sales and Marketing. Schroeder will play a key role in re-launching the 93-room resort, which will reopen on March 26, 2013, following a $28-million-dollar top-to-bottom rejuvenation. “Max’s extensive background working with prestigious hotel companies makes …
Mandarin Oriental Miami, Azul restaurant and The Spa at Mandarin Oriental Miami are all recipients of the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Award for 2013, making the hotel one of only six properties in the United States and the only hotel in Florida to earn the highly coveted triple Five Stars. The Spa has earned the Five-Star …
Destination weddings are special and different. They don’t happen all of the time. They are a lovely way to invite family and friends to a place that will hold special meaning in everyone’s hearts. Somewhere away from the mundane that will be remembered as the place where something extraordinary happened – your wedding. Sedona, Arizona …
Celebrate the 150th birthday of American railroad hero Jonathan Luther “Casey” Jones on March 14 at the Case Jones Home & Railroad Museum in Jackson, Tennssee. Jones, who lived in Jackson with his wife and three children, was a railroad engineer who became an internationally known icon due to his heroic last ride on April …
The 15th annual LA Times Travel Show brought together more than 22,000 celebrity speakers, travel professionals, industry leaders, members of the media and consumers at the L.A. Convention Center, February 22-24. Headliners Rick Steves (author and host of “Rick Steves’ Europe”), Arthur Frommer (publisher of more than 340 Frommer’s travel guides), Phil Keoghan (Emmy Award-winning host …
An interesting fact about Fort Worth, Texas is a majority of America’s paper money is printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing located within city limits. But according to a local private-investment mogul, “All of Fort Worth’s money is in two downtown office buildings on Commerce and Main Streets.” The oil billionaire Bass family …
The Honua Kai Resort & Spa, Maui’s newest luxury resort, has received the 2012 American Automobile Association (AAA) Four Diamond Award in just two years of operation. The achievement ranks Honua Kai Resort as a premier establishment esteemed by the professional inspectors, hospitality industry and over 53 million AAA members. Only 4.5 percent of the 31,000 …
It seems odd to drive six miles on a private, gravel-topped road surrounded by majestic mountains, cleared land, proportional rock piles and little else to reach the 15-room, Kessler Canyon ranch resort located in DeBeque, Colorado. Why wasn’t it built closer to nearby Interstate 70? The Grand Junction …