International Business News - Resort http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Ski resort workers at three Colorado mountains are bracing for layoffs as a Canadian resort operator says the poor economy will force job cuts. Intrawest Corp. this week did not say exactly how many jobs will go at its three owned or operated Colorado resorts--Copper Mountain, Steamboat Ski & Resort and Winter Park. But the Vancouver-based resort operator says the drop in business at its resorts is unlike anything it has experienced in recent years. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/3-colorado-ski-resorts-bracing-for-layoffs.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:08:34 EST The Donald has trumped his Scottish opponents. Real estate tycoon Donald Trump won approval from the Scottish government Monday to build what he says will be "the world's greatest golf course" on a stretch of Scottish coast, over the objection of local officials and environmentalists. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/trump-wins-permission-for-scottish-golf-resort.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:23:55 EST A $300 million resort that includes an 18-hole golf course has won preliminary approval from the town planning commission in the town Winston, just south of Roseburg. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/multimillion-dollar-resort-approved-in-oregon.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:24:12 EDT A spokesman for MGM Mirage Inc. says the casino company has withdrawn from the Nevada Resort Association, the advocacy group for the state's largest industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081015/mgm-mirage-leaves-nevada-resort-association.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:23:53 EDT Mexico is getting another beach resort on its Pacific coast. President Felipe Calderon says the resort will boast 7 miles of beach, a marina, golf courses, hotels and condominiums. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/mexico-announces-creation-of-new-tourist-resort.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:45:32 EDT Mexico is getting another beach resort on its Pacific coast. President Felipe Calderon says the resort will boast 7 miles (12 kilometers) of beach, a marina, golf courses, hotels and condominiums. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/mexico-announces-creation-of-new-tourist-resort.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:23:50 EDT Bank of America threatened to remove two ski lifts after Tamarack Resort fell behind on lease payments, forcing the central Idaho development's majority owners to promise to cover future shortfalls, a spokesman said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/bank-threatened-to-pull-lifts-from-idaho-resort.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:34:25 EDT A lawsuit challenging a major Catskill Mountains resort in New York has been dismissed in trial court. Opponents of a private developer's plan to build a 629-unit resort next to the state-run Belleayre Mountain Ski Center claimed the development deal brokered by former-Gov. Eliot Spitzer is illegal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/lawsuit-against-proposed-new-york-resort-dismissed.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:32:20 EDT The financially strapped Double JJ Ranch, Waterpark and Golf Resort has suspended its daily operations in anticipation of the Michigan resort being sold at auction in early October. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/mich-resort-halts-daily-operations-ahead-of-sale.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:40:42 EDT Gaylord Entertainment Co. said Wednesday it will buy 100 acres outside Phoenix in order to build a resort, convention center and hotel designed to attract business meeting planners. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/gaylord-entertainment-plans-to-build-ariz-resort.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:16:32 EDT The American Resort Development Association spent $270,000 in the second quarter to lobby on mortgage reform and housing issues, according to a disclosure report filed July 21. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/resort-group-spent-270-000-lobbying-in-2q.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:30:35 EDT A 14-year-old girl has died in a shooting attack two blocks from the main coastal boulevard in Mexico's Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. Prosecutors say a 35-year-old man also died in the attack, in which gunmen traveling in a sport utility vehicle fired at a hardware store. The girl does not appear to have been the target. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/girl-14-dies-in-acapulco-shooting.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:38:50 EDT A 14-year-old girl has died in a shooting attack two blocks from the main coastal boulevard in Mexico's Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. Prosecutors say a 35-year-old man also died in the attack, in which gunmen traveling in a sport utility vehicle fired at a hardware store. The girl does not appear to have been the target. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/girl-14-dies-in-acapulco-shooting.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:49:30 EDT On paper, the development here in eastern Maine sounds like a dream for people looking to get away from it all. Located on 3,300 acres of remote wildlands on pristine Schoodic Peninsula, the proposed project is described as a green community where homeowners and visitors would enjoy views of the ocean and of mountains rising up from the sea five miles away on Mount Desert Island. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/102591-eco-resort.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080803/some-see-red-over-proposed-green-resort-in-maine.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080803/some-see-red-over-proposed-green-resort-in-maine.htm Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:10:34 EDT A judge in Grand Rapids has ordered a receiver appointed to run the Double JJ Resort, which remains open under Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/bankruptcy-court-seizes-mich-resorts-operations.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:00:02 EDT Developers of a year-round Montana resort proposed for private and federal land just south of Missoula say they have given the U.S. Forest Service a revised plan intended to address agency concerns about wildlife, soil and scenery. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/forest-service-gets-revised-mont-resort-proposal.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:07:37 EDT Horizon Air, a unit of Alaska Air Group Inc., said it will offer daily nonstop service between Los Angeles and Mammoth Lakes during the winter skiing season. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/horizon-to-offer-daily-flights-from-la-to-mammoth.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:00:56 EDT Toronto-based resort operator Talisker Corp. says it's the new owner of The Canyons ski area. Talisker Chairman Jack Bistricer announced the purchase of the 3,700-acre resort in a statement. He didn't say how much Talisker paid, but the company offered $100 million last July. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/utahs-canyons-ski-resort-sold-for-100-million.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:06:21 EDT The American Resort Development Association, which represents the time share and vacation resort industry, spent $270,000 in the first quarter lobbying on housing and mortgage issues. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/resort-group-spent-270-000-lobbying-in-1q.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:34:28 EDT Developers have tentative approval to start building a luxury resort with golf and skiing on the Idaho side of Bear Lake. The Black Bear Resort plans to start selling the first of thousands of custom building lots by summer 2009, giving the market for high-end developments time to recover. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/bear-lake-resort-in-idaho-gets-tentative-go-ahead.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:10:51 EDT