by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
Events Propel Hotel Revenue
Hotel sales managers stay mum about upcoming conventions so they don?t lose their bookings to other hotels.
Tag: NWABJ
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
Lenders Title Faces Two Labor Lawsuits
Martin Gilzow, a computer technician for Lenders Title Co., filed a lawsuit saying he was fired for reporting sexual harassment to his superiors.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
Hotels Lavish Guests in Top Suites
Who has the most posh hotel suites in Northwest Arkansas?
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
Fort Smith Hotel Revenue Jumps 12 Percent
For the first five months of this year, hotel revenue in Fort Smith was $8 million, a 12 percent jump over $7.1 million in the same period of 2004. That compares to a 10.7 percent increase statewide and a 9.6 percent increase in Fayetteville.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
New Hotels Hit Market
In the last month, two new hotels have opened in Bentonville, adding 224 rooms to a 5,801-room market. If things go as planned, 1,142 more hotel rooms could open by the end of 2007.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
Mountaintop Resort Ain?t Blowin? Smoke
In 2002, Luther Black bought the Lodge on Whitney Mountain in Garfield for $465,000 and began restoring the local landmark. Now the facility is averaging 50 to 60 weddings and 30 corporate retreats per year.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
There?s Nothing Soft About Great Leaders (Goldberg On Leadership)
If you have been talking about level-five leadership, flywheel effects and hedgehog-like focus to put ?Good to Great? to work at your company, you might want to read ?Primal Leadership? and work on the emotional intelligence of your leadership team.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
BOS Makes Bank With Hawkins (Real Deals)
Pleasant Crossing Power Center LLC sells a 4.46-acre lot in June at Pleasant Crossing to GRH Kaysville LLC for $6.4 million.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
Holiday Inn Still No. 1, Carnall Hall Tops in RPR
The Holiday Inn Northwest Arkansas in Springdale managed to stay on top of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal?s annual hotels list with room revenue of $4.68 million.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
KHBS/KHOG Takes 6 p.m. in Nielsens
KHBS/KHOG, Channels 40/29, took the lead in the 6 p.m. news slot in May, according to Nielsen Media Research?s households ratings for the 11-county dominant market area that includes Northwest Arkansas, Fort Smith and two counties in Oklahoma.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
KSEC 95.7 FM Goes La Zeta
Listeners of KSEC 95.7 FM may have noticed a drastic change in format from rock standards to ?Mexican regional.?
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
Channels 40/29 Expands Morning News
KHBS/KHOG, Channels 40/29, plans to expand its morning news coverage by 30 minutes beginning Aug. 8.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
D-G Forgets About Stephens Media Group (Outtakes Opinion)
In a lengthy Page 1 obituary/profile of Jackson T. ?Jack? Stephens published on July 24, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette didn?t mention its competitor, the Stephens Media Group.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
Athletic World Advertising Plans Apparel Business
Sports schedule poster publisher Athletic World Advertising plans to leverage its 4,600 high school accounts in November with the launch of a new apparel business.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
Bank For Sale?
The banking community has been abuzz for weeks speculating that The Bank of Fayetteville N.A. is either up for sale or at least primed for an acquisition.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
Venturing Into the Rock
The National Association of Seed & Venture Funds has given up on Orlando and is now looking to bring its annual conference to Little Rock in 2006.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
Light Rail or Light Weights?
If Northwest Arkansas? leadership is going to drive support for a light-rail transit system, the time to strike is apparently now.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
New NARTI Digs?
Northwest Arkansas Radiation Treatment Institute is apparently working to develop a satellite facility on Rogers? Horsebarn Road.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
Last Goshen Gate
Goshen has banned gated communities after developer Gary Combs began construction of Waterford Estates, which has a large wall fronting Arkansas Highway 45.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
War Eagle Retrievers to Appear on OLN
Master sporting dog trainer War Eagle Retrievers Inc. is scheduled to appear Aug. 2 on the Outdoor Living Channel program ?Adventure Bound Outdoors.? The show will air at 10 p.m., then repeat on Aug. 5 at noon and Aug. 6 at 2 p.m.