By Bloomberg News Marriott International, the largest publicly traded U.S. hotel chain, said first-quarter earnings rose 31 percent as demand increased from business travelers in such U.S. cities as New York. Net income climbed to $136 million, or 43 cents a share, from $104 million, or 30 cents, a year earlier, the Bethesda-based company said […]
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The National Ski Areas Association announced today that U.S. ski areas tallied an estimated 56.6 million skier and snowboarder visits during the 2012-13 season. The results represent an 11 percent increase over the previous season, and the largest year-over-year gain in 30 years. Despite a slow start to the winter season in parts of the […]
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By Jane L. Levere, New York Times Len Markidan, a 26-year-old marketing consultant based in San Francisco, is the type of business traveler who forced LodgeNet, the hotel guest-room entertainment provider, to file recently for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Markidan, who spends 40 percent of his time traveling on business and is an elite participant […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun Caesars Entertainment narrowed its losses during the first quarter but still saw revenue fall 2.9 percent, from $2.21 billion to $2.14 billion, and experienced a net loss of $216.7 million. The company, which operates 13 Nevada casinos, including two in Stateline, and eight in Las Vegas that are […]
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May is Foster Parent Appreciation Month. There are currently 42 licensed foster family homes in El Dorado County. Foster parents provide temporary, loving homes for children, ensuring that each child’s physical and emotional needs are met. The foster parent makes sure the child is clothed, fed, taken to school and to medical and counseling appointments, […]
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• Rascal Flatts has teamed up with CMT to help country fans honor their mothers this Mother’s Day with a Mother’s Day ecard and a contest with a grand prize trip to see the Flatts in concert in Lake Tahoe on July 19 at Harveys. Go online for contest details. • Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Placerville police are investigating a possible link between an alleged kidnapping in the city this morning and Saturday’s fatal stabbing of a an 8-year-old girl in Calaveras County. “We have no confirmed nexus to the Calaveras County case,” said Placerville police Capt. Mike Scott. But he said Placerville officers have […]
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South Lake Tahoe police Detective Nick Carlquist and Lt. David Stevenson will be at the senior center May 10 to talk about phone and Internet scams. The discussion will be during the 5:30pm potluck. For those attending, bring a plate and utensils, and either a salad, side dish, fruit or dessert for six to eight […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a few stories about construction planned for the Lake Tahoe Basin this summer. By Kathryn Reed While Nevada state highway officials are well aware of the condition of Kingsbury Grade, it’s going to be another year before that stretch of road in Lake Tahoe gets any more attention. Also […]
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Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, award-winning author of “Farewell to Manzanar”, will be in South Lake Tahoe to speak about how the story of her family’s life in an internment camp became a cautionary tale about civil rights violations. She is one of five authors selected for the Cal Humanities Searching for Democracy California Reads Program. A […]
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