Matthews Hospitality Group, LLC has announced plans for Point Breeze, an historic landmark in Nantucket Town being transformed into a private club and prestigious condominium enclave offering an unparalleled mix of services and amenities. Point Breeze will be developed in two phases. With final approvals for Phase One in place, this highly-anticipated restoration project is [...]

Under new ownership, the Hotel Jerome reopened Friday without longtime general manager Tony DiLucia at the helm.
Otherwise, the 92-room historic hotel appeared to be operating under a business-as-usual approach, underscored by a line of thirsty patrons occupying the stools at the J-Bar.
An employee at the Pitkin County Clerk & Recorder’s Office said the sale, which [...]

In 1997, when Joseph Healy bought a $500,000 condominium on West Cooper Avenue, he put girlfriend Carmen Brannen’s name on the deed. They’d just attended the Food & Wine Classic, and he was feeling romantic. He gave her a card: “Sweetheart, our first purchase together. How exciting.”
Healy said he meant it as a “confirmation of [...]

ASPEN - A representative for the Chicago-based development firm that is buying the Hotel Jerome said it will be weeks before any plans for the downtown Aspen landmark become public.
Elysian Worldwide LLC, headed by David Pisor, has the Hotel Jerome under contract to purchase from the Oklahoma Publishing Co. within 60 days.
If Elysian stays true [...]

Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced that two of its shareholders, The Blackstone Group and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, have agreed to sell 5,707,623 ordinary shares of Aspen and 2,219,665 ordinary shares of Aspen, respectively, in an underwritten public offering at a price to the public of $26.70 per share. Following the completion of the [...]

Girdwood kids learn to swim at the Alyeska Resort hotel pool. People recovering from injuries use the fitness center for physical therapy. Residents who live in cabins with no running water take showers there.
At least, that’s how it used to be.
New ownership has brought new policies to the resort that is the economic heart of [...]

Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced that its Board of Directors on February 8, 2007 declared a quarterly cash dividend on its ordinary shares of US$0.15 per ordinary share. The dividend is payable on March 3, 2007 to the holders of record as of the close of trading on February 21, 2007.
The Company’s Board of Directors [...]

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. on Friday said its board declared a quarterly cash dividend of 15 cents per share.
The Bermuda-based company will pay the dividend March 3 to shareholders of record Feb. 21.

Renowned Chicago-area Restaurateur and Chef Ted Cizma has been named Executive Chef of the award-winning, 900-acre Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, near Traverse City, Mich. In his new position, Executive Chef Cizma oversees all culinary staff and operations for the Resort’s food & beverage outlets including three restaurants, and all menu and food planning and [...]

Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited will release its fourth quarter and year-end 2006 financial results on Thursday, February 8, 2007, following the closing of the U.S. markets. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its financial results on Friday, February 9, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time).
The conference call will be webcast live in [...]

Cal-Bay International announces that it is negotiations for the sale of its Aspen Cove Resort properties, on Panguich Lake, Utah. The Aspen Cove properties consist of an operational lakefront lodge and a 33-acre hilltop parcel that has been mapped for 21 luxury vacation homes.
The offer for purchase is approximately $5M, and the transaction is [...]

Brian Rogers and other members of his church group basked in their perfect timing — a rare snowfall combined with a nonexistent midweek crowd that turned Winterplace Ski Resort into their personal playground.
The signs of a dismal season were sprinkled throughout this southern West Virginia resort. Plenty of parking, plenty of elbow room on the [...]