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By Dana Olsen / Friday, October 7th, 2011 / Features, Real Estate / Comments Off on Growing Grover Beach: Plans for city’s first high-end hotel move forward
Plans for the first high-end resort in Grover Beach are set to be finalized by the end of this year.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, September 9th, 2011 / Features, Real Estate / Comments Off on Bacara’s new outlook: Resort’s buyers reveal their plans
The new owners of Bacara Resort & Spa say they want to put a fresh and friendlier face on the region’s largest luxury hotel.
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By Henry Dubroff / Thursday, July 28th, 2011 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on A few helpful hints for Bacara’s new owners
There are plenty of lessons to be learned from Bacara and its sale to Ohana Real Estate Investors.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, May 27th, 2011 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Santa Barbara hoteliers ask for more police aid
Fed up with reports that crime and homelessness are putting a damper on the Santa Barbara vacation experience, tourism industry leaders stormed City Hall earlier this month to ask for more cops on the city’s streets. Despite a projected $2.7 million shortfall in the city’s general fund next year, the Santa Barbara Police Department proposed Read More →
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By Tom Bronzini / Friday, May 20th, 2011 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on West Ventura County forms tourism district
Hoteliers in western Ventura County are the latest to band together to form a Tourism Business Improvement District.
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By Tom Bronzini / Friday, May 20th, 2011 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Better times at the inn: Thousand Oaks Marriotts signal hotel turnaround
Two Marriott hotels in Thousand Oaks that faced foreclosure on a $25 million construction loan have negotiated to extend the terms of the loan and the action has been dismissed, the head of the San Luis Obispo-based firm that owns the properties said.