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Travel and Tourism Sector

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Free Chocolate Chip Cookies at Westlake Park This Wednesday!

    ​Be sure to get a free snack or post-lunch/ dinner dessert this week. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its chocolate-chip cookies, the DoubleTree by Hilton Cookie CAREavan hits Westlake Park on Wednesday, August 3. Reps will hand out 10,000 (!) free cookies from noon to 6 p.m. Follow Vor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Exit Interview: Marsha Massey, Outgoing Tourism Director for Washington State

    ​This marks the final week for the state's tourism office, which has fallen victim to budget cuts going into effect July 1. As of that date, Washington will be the only state in the nation without a publicly-funded office to promote tourism. How does that sit with the state's outgoing tourism ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Shel Kaphan, Amazon's First Employee, Sounds Off On the Company that Made Him Rich, But Let Him Down

    ​Shel Kaphan was the first employee that Jeff Bezos hired back in 1994 when Amazon.com was just a few geeks operating out of a converted garage in Bellevue. Migrating from Santa Cruz, Calif., Kaphan had gone to work laying the groundwork for what would eventually become a multibillion-dollar r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    Seattle Maritime Festival

    ​Shel Kaphan was the first employee that Jeff Bezos hired back in 1994 when Amazon.com was just a few geeks operating out of a converted garage in Bellevue. Migrating from Santa Cruz, Calif., Kaphan had gone to work laying the groundwork for what would eventually become a multibillion-dollar r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Stockbroker Susan Powell Still Missing, Husband Considered "Person of Interest"

    Susan Powell has been missing for 10 days. Police are now calling her husband Josh a "person of interest."​UPDATE: Susan's friends say she went out of her way to tell them she'd never commit suicide, foretelling a day when she might disappear. Details after the jump. Pete Kotz at our sister-s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Good News and Bad: More Tourists

    That ripple of cruise lines pulling their sailings out of Vancouver and moving them to Seattle seems to have turned into a wave. A few weeks ago, Carnival Cruise Lines announced it was relocating nine of its Alaska sailings to Seattle next season. That's an estimated $18 million loss in B.C. tourism ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    JUNO to "Reconcept"

    JUNO Restaurant, in the Arctic Club Hotel, only opened in July (to mixed reviews) but it's already changing format.The recently remodeled four-diamond boutique hotel, says JUNO's press rep, is looking to take the luxury factor down a few notches by partnering with a national hotel franchise. And wit ... More >>

  • Film

    December 24, 2008

    Bedtime Stories: Adam Sandler Bores Us

    JUNO Restaurant, in the Arctic Club Hotel, only opened in July (to mixed reviews) but it's already changing format.The recently remodeled four-diamond boutique hotel, says JUNO's press rep, is looking to take the luxury factor down a few notches by partnering with a national hotel franchise. And wit ... More >>

  • News

    June 25, 2008

    Fairmont Olympic’s Five-Star Manager

    Dennis Clark was recently named General Manager of the Year by the Association of Hotels You’re Too Poor to Stay At, or something like that.

  • Calendar

    February 13, 2008

    Hotel Vintage Park Wine Tasting with Candace Frasher

    Cheap tastings at a wine wonderland

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2008

    The Daily Wire: Somewhere in Time

    Cheap tastings at a wine wonderland

  • Calendar

    January 23, 2008

    The Hotel Sorrento's Centennial

    100 years of class at a plush hotel

  • News

    June 27, 2007

    Hotel in Alaska Building Could Be Pathway to Citizenship for Investors

    Rich foreigners would gain green cards by investing in an industry reliant on undocumented workers.

  • News

    May 24, 2006

    A Waterfront Brawl

    E-mails suggest Port of Seattle CEO Mic Dinsmore tried to influence last year's Port Commission election, and two of the five members think he should go.

  • News

    March 29, 2006

    The Ex-Mayor's Booby Prize

    The Lusty Lady's not for sale, so he and some developer friends bought the sky above.

  • News

    May 21, 2003

    Strait Flush

    The floating 'crap' game that is the cruise-ship industry.

  • News

    November 27, 2002

    Cruising Is Bruising

    As the Port seeks more cruise ships, critics decry inconsistent environmental regs.

  • News

    May 16, 2001

    News Clips— Cruise dumps

    As the Port seeks more cruise ships, critics decry inconsistent environmental regs.

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    Public-spirited skyscrapers

    SAGE Coalition seeks to link social justice and land use.

  • Arts

    November 22, 2000

    Selling danger

    Upscale adventure has its hazards—or does that just add to the allure?

  • News

    July 12, 2000

    Cheap housing or the symphony?

    Upscale adventure has its hazards—or does that just add to the allure?

  • News

    March 17, 1999

    Terminal Cruise?

    Taxpayers face another long walk—off the Port's short-falling Pier 66.

  • News

    November 25, 1998

    Four-star financing

    Ron Sims wants to help build a Westin hotel at Sea-Tac. Is it a suite deal for developers or a boon for the south county's poor?

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