By Dana Olsen / Friday, December 16th, 2011 / Features, Tourism / Comments Off on Tourism tapping into apps: Visitors bureaus bet on ubiquity of smartphones
The tourism bureaus in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties have gone mobile with apps targeted at the region’s visitors.
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By Staff Report / Thursday, December 1st, 2011 / Latest news, Tourism / Comments Off on Magellan’s joins up with Colorado firm
Magellan’s Travel Supplies, a Santa Barbara company with a global footprint in the travel products business, is merging with Colorado Bag’n Baggage of Denver. The combined company will be headquartered in Denver and will be part of the retail and outdoor holding of the Gart Companies, one of Colorado’s largest family owned businesses. The two Read More →
By Dana Olsen / Friday, November 25th, 2011 / Columns, Tourism / Comments Off on Can’t rent the whole roof? Santa Barbara venues pioneer party-shares
The more the merrier! For the first time ever, two popular Santa Barbara County venues are hosting holiday party-shares for small businesses. It’s not the traditional way for companies to throw holiday parties, but Canary Hotel and Rincon Beach Club say nontraditional holiday parties may be the new “in” thing this holiday season. Laura McIver, Read More →
The international hotel firm behind El Encanto Hotel in Santa Barbara has received $45 million in construction financing for the project and plans to open the luxury hilltop villas by late 2012. When all is said and done, Orient-Express Hotels will have spent more than $90 million to buy and renovate a project it’s not Read More →
