Ambitious plans to turn a former RAF radar station in Shetland into a holiday resort and whisky distillery are to be outlined at a conference.
More than 100 jobs were lost when the Ministry of Defence closed the Saxa Vord early warning station on the island of Unst in March.
The remote community hope the plans [...]

Practically unnoticed, the Old Rudetown Fen is sandwiched between Crystal Springs Golf Club and the Tannery Hill neighborhood of The Village at Crystal Springs.
A fen is a type of wetland fed by springs and seeps that bubble up through alkaline rich limestone.
Very few plants and animals can survive and thrive in the bitter brew, [...]

Ocean Edge Resort & Club on Cape Cod encourages would-be duffers to learn the fine art of golf with the assistance of their on-property PGA professionals. The “Learn the Links with a Pro” package features a half-hour private lesson with a PGA professional and unlimited use of the driving range to practice your irons and [...]

Skiers and snowboarders at Seven Springs Mountain Resort will soon have a new place to test their skills.
The resort is building a Superpipe, rails and other extreme sport-type features in a new terrain park near its Alpine Meadows slope, which can be seen from the resort’s main lodge, according to Seven Springs’ owners.
The Superpipe, shaped [...]

A BATTLE over a proposal to build a Yasawa Islands resort exclusively for homosexuals has split the local landowners, with claims that bribes of $10million have been offered.
On Thursday, a man claiming to represent the landowners said he had been fooled into leasing the land to a developer who now wanted to build the [...]

Workers at the 1,100-room Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center — the metro area’s second-largest hotel — voted to unionize this morning, according to the UNITE HERE union.
The $355 million hotel, located in downtown Denver across from the Colorado Convention Center, opened in December 2005. It employs roughly 700 workers.
Having the [...]

To the sound of bagpipes and drum, a 25-foot-long steel beam, painted white and decorated with a US flag and signatures of steelworkers from Local 7 and others, was raised at the topping-off of the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel in South Boston. Construction on the 471-room hotel at D and Congress streets began a year [...]

Marriott International, Inc. today celebrated the official re-opening of the JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa and the CasaMagna Marriott Cancun Resort after last year’s Hurricane Wilma.
Marriott President and Chief Operating Officer William J. Shaw, along with Felix Arturo Gonzales Canto, governor of the state of Quintana Roo, and other Marriott executives, associates and distinguished [...]

InterContinental Hotels Group has signed an agreement to manage its first luxury-tier InterContinental branded property in Vietnam’s capital, Ho Chi Minh City. Set to open in 2009, the InterContinental Asiana Saigon will be well-positioned to make a landmark contribution to the city’s rapid growth as a tourism hub.
Located in the heart of Ho Chi [...]

Amstar Group and Davidson Hotel Company today announced the acquisition of the Hyatt Regency Newport in Rhode Island from H.E. Newport Equities, LLC, an affiliate of Global Hyatt Corporation for an undisclosed amount. The 264-room hotel is uniquely located on Goat Island in the midst of beautiful Newport Harbor.
Davidson Hotel Company, one of the nation’s [...]

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire at completion new hotel development space comprised of approximately 15 floors of the to-be-built Aqua Building for $82.4 million.
The Company will purchase the space from Lakeshore East LLC, an affiliate of Magellan Development Group LLC. The Company will furnish and install [...]

In the first half of this year average quality hotel room rates in Moscow have topped $290 per night coming behind to London at $370 per night, and Paris at $345 per night; making Russia’s capital one of the most expensive destinations to stay in Europe and the world.
Over the same period, Moscow’s room rates [...]