In January, February and March, Horizon Air is changing flight schedules on several routes in its network to better align them with its travelers’ current needs.
“We never stop listening to our customers. We’re always factoring in what we hear to ensure our flight schedules work well for them, whether they’re traveling solely within our own [...]

Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. announced the consolidation of several manufacturing facilities in coordinated actions designed to match current production to market demand and improve capacity utilization.
The Company has notified its associates of the closures at its manufactured housing plants in Woodland, Calif.; Auburndale, Fla.; Willacoochee, Ga.; Benton, Ky.; and Pembroke, N.C. All of these [...]

J. P. King Auction Company, the nation’s leading auction marketing firm specializing in high-value properties, is selling seven Soaring Eagle Lodge condominiums at absolute auction, to the highest bidder in Snowshoe, West Virginia on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 1 p.m.
“The area features more than 60 trails and is considered one of the East’s largest [...]

Portland, Ore.-based Guardian Management LLC (Guardian), in conjunction with the Oregon Public Health Division, surveyed residents at 17 of its federally-subsidized rental communities in the Portland-Metro area regarding its no smoking policy and found a majority of the respondents are satisfied with the ban while also experiencing a reduction in second-hand-smoke exposure. Guardian’s no smoking [...]

According to Zagat Survey, the economic downturn, accompanied by a decline in business travel, may have an upside for leisure travelers: hotels are responding by dropping rates, ramping up promotions and negotiating deals. Zagat’s 2009 U.S. Hotels, Resorts & Spas survey released today, also shows great progress in the industry, with numerous major renovations and [...]

Anticipating an increase in holiday road trips due to falling gas prices and fewer available flights, coupled with an increase in consumers purchasing smaller vehicles, Yakima, known for its innovative vehicle rack and top of car cargo solutions, today introduced “Why Fly? Pack the Rack,” a nationwide consumer initiative providing packing tips for holiday travel [...]

Monaco Coach Corporation, one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of recreational vehicles, today reported results for the third quarter ended September 27, 2008 and provided an update on its credit facilities.
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Monaco Coach Corporation reported it is in the final stages of concluding its new loan agreements to replace its existing credit facility. The Company believes [...]

The developers of a proposed 160-room hotel on the site of Tacoma’s old Columbia-Heidelberg Brewery say they’re redesigning the hotel after its preliminary design failed to impress historic preservationists on a city board.
Han Kim, principal at Seattle’s Hotel Concepts, said Monday that he’s hired Albany, Ore., architect Don Johnson to modify the initial design to [...]

The ski resort-ownership merry-go-round continues, with Park City-based Powdr Corp. selling one of its California resorts less than two months after acquiring an interest in two Vermont ski areas.
Powdr Corp. sold Alpine Meadows, one of the “Big Seven Resorts” represented by Ski Lake Tahoe, to JMA Ventures, a real estate investment [...]

The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals has remanded back Yamhill County’s decision to allow Portland developer David Kahn to build a luxurious 50-room hotel in the rolling wine country north of Dayton.
That means the county commissioners will have to revisit a case that sparked passions on both sides as the controversial hotel proposal wound [...]

The founder of Business Wire, an electronic distributor of news releases, donated $33 million to help Stanford University build a stem cell research center, the school announced Tuesday.
Lorry Lokey’s donation is the largest contribution from an individual to the Stanford medical school. Stanford hopes to complete construction by 2011.
“The important thing to me is that [...]

Coastal Hotel Group has been selected to manage The Inn at Otter Crest, a 280-unit condominium-hotel on the central coast of Oregon, reports Yogi Hutsen, Coastal’s President & CEO.
According to Hutsen, “The Inn at Otter Crest is a key addition to the Coastal portfolio, particularly because of its geographic proximity, both to our corporate [...]