Industry leaders: Region should focus on eco-tourism’s potential
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Nip, tuck and click: Etna’s regulatory know-how is key to success with clinics
With the latest in advanced medical technology and techniques, today’s aesthetic surgeons can make just about anyone beautiful. But who makes those clinics beautiful online? San Luis Obispo-based Etna Interactive has been providing digital medical marketing for a decade to everything from single-physician practices to regional clinic networks to medical device makers such as Read More →
SESLOC breaks ground on new campus headquarters in SLO
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Appeals court sides with Independent editor in ownership dispute
The court battle over the ownership of the Santa Barbara Independent is on the cusp of resolution.
Styling success: Santa Barbara salon owner starts kids hair-care line
A Santa Barbara salon owner and mom has combined those two passions to create Glop & Glam, a fast-growing kids hair care products line that is sold in more than 500 high-end retail stores around the country. Glop & Glam, started by Santa Barbara hairstylist Andrea Ridgell, recently hired its first director of sales, a Read More →
El Encanto owner reports $8.3M loss
Orient-Express Hotels, the Bermuda-based luxury travel firm that owns and operates the newly-reopened El Encanto hotel in Santa Barbara, reported an $8.3 million loss on revenue of $103.2 million for the first quarter. That’s a slight improvement over a $14.4 million loss during the same time period last year, and officials said in the May Read More →
Op/ed: Making affordable health insurance for California small businesses and workers a priority
But because of the Affordable Care Act, California’s small businesses and their employees are getting better choices.
