by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Play Spreads Passion With Marketing Plan Savvy
Joe Gies, CEO of the foundation that runs The Great Passion Play, is helping implement a new marketing strategy designed to keep crowds coming.
Tag: tourism
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Tourism Shifts With Business: Benton County Booms With 70 Percent Wal-Mart Travelers
Over the past decade, according to the numbers at least, tourism has taken off in the northwest corner of Arkansas, while traditional tourist meccas like Eureka Springs and Hot Springs have shown little improvement.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Air Travel Takes Off in Stable Economy: XNA Thrives Because of Business Travelers
In Northwest Arkansas? insular economy, the travel business is flying high.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Beaver Fish Tournaments Attract Weekend Guests
Beaver Lake is a 28,000-acre tool the city of Rogers uses to lure leisure travelers.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Eureka Finds Bath Houses In-Spa-rational to Business
There are 2,500 licensed massage therapists in all of Arkansas. In Eureka Springs alone, a town of 2,278 people, there are 45. Plus, the list of day spas and resorts.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Lowell Treds Slowly Toward Splish-Splash Attraction
Plans for a $12 million water park on 17 acres in Lowell are on hold awaiting financing, but the city of Lowell hopes all will go well and the park gets under way soon.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Build It, They Will Come (Editorial)
Northwest Arkansas? storied entrepreneurs and developers seem to have thought of everything ? except for a major tourist attraction.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Marriott Construction To Begin in First Quarter
Construction of a four-story, 72,000-SF, 117-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park should begin sometime in the first quarter of 2004, said Curtis Wegner of Memphis, one of three developers of the project.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Watch These in 2004 (President?s Notes)
Education reform is the biggest thing, but not the only one, to pay attention to in 2004.
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
?Milken? Our No. 1 Ranking
Fayetteville?s No. 1 Milken Institute rating is really best explained as a ?Tale of Five Cities.?
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
Best and Worst of 2003: Bambi, Broyles and Bentonville
Here?s a look at the best and worst of what the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal staff encountered during 2003 including a look at the Top 10 business stories of the year in Benton and Washington counties.
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
Welcome to NWA! Connects Newcomers With Trustworthy Local Businesses
Welcome to NWA! and its co-owner Theresa Thompson are in the business of connecting Northwest Arkansas newcomers with trustworthy and efficient local businesses and services.
by - October 27, 2003 12:00 am
Garrison Rakes in $11.7 Million, But Might Be Underpaid by Comparison
While most people?s salaries are confidential, the compensation for top executives of publicly traded companies must be reported in the annual proxy statement for all shareholders to see.
by - September 15, 2003 12:00 am
40 Under 40: The Class of 2003
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal presents its 2003 40 Under 40 class of local business and political leaders.
by - September 1, 2003 12:00 am
Ducks, Quail ‘Deer’ To Execs
Northwest Arkansas executives do business in duck blinds as well as boardrooms.
by - September 1, 2003 12:00 am
Herring Paddles Toward Dream
Whitewater could be a year-round attraction in Northwest Arkansas if Bill Herring has his way.
by - September 1, 2003 12:00 am
Fishing Business Thrives on Beaver
Beaver Lake, a man-made, 28,000-acre lake completed in 1966 and offering 487 miles of shoreline, has seven commercial marinas and a number of professional fishing guides doing business on its waters.
by - September 1, 2003 12:00 am
Outfitters Fit the Niche
Northwest Arkansas is overflowing with hunting/fishing and hiking/camping stores, all of them trying to fit a particular niche. Plus, the list of golf courses and hunting and fishing retailers.
by - September 1, 2003 12:00 am
Lindsey Builds Retriever Training School
John David Lindsey has built a new obedience and retriever training school in Fayetteville.
by - September 1, 2003 12:00 am
5,400-acre Ranch for Sale for $4 Million
This is out of our coverage area, but the price seemed so incredibly cheap for an Arkansas hunting preserve that we had to include this for our ?Executive Sportsmen? issue.