Area Travel News
Ocean Song Cottages Joins Goldener Resorts Network
(News Item #0274, 07/03/12) OceanSongCottages.com — Goldener Resorts announces that Ocean Song Cottages have joined its network so that the updated but traditional beach cottages can be offered to a wide group of visitors. read more
New Washington State Vacation Rental Website
(News Item #0271, 06/01/12) WAVRMA.org — There is a new vacation rental website in Washington state that lists homes only from quality managers who are members of the Washington State Vacation Rental Managers Association. read more
WAVRMA widens doors for new members & directors
(News Item #0263, 04/27/12) WAVRMA.org — Washington State Vacation Rental Manager Association returns to its roots of free wwheeling open-forum trade association open to membeship by managers, suppliers and vacation rental suppoters. read more
Vortex Acquires Beachy Day and a New Partner
(News Item #0261, 02/01/12) BeachyDay.com — The Beachy Day Vacation Rental company has changed hands. It is now owned by a partnership of Lu Ann Kolten and the Vortex Organization of Seattle. read more
VRIA Director - 10 Things Vacation-Rental Sites Won't Say
(News Item #0257, 12/14/11) Smart Money Magazine — Since 2008, when Americans spent $24 billion on vacation rentals, the industry has undergone a veritable sea change, thanks to a new breed of travel-booking websites read more
Icicle Riverhaus is Leavenworth Newest & Oldest Accommodations
(News Item #0240, 07/01/11) LeavenworthSunspots.com — There are cabins near the river or by the river. But Riverhaus is precisely perched on the banks of the famous Icicle River in the Bavarian village of Leavenworth. read more
Elk Meadow Chalet joins Crystal Mountain Sunspots
(News Item #0236, 06/23/11) CrystalMountainSunspots.com — Named after the magnificent Roosevelt Elk that frequently graze the area, Elk Meadow Chalet is the newest Vacation Rental home in the area. It has 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and sleeping for up to 12 guests. read more
Skiers rediscover White Pass
(News Item #0233, 01/31/11) Seattle Times Newspaper — The expansion of White Pass Ski Area, tied up by legal challenges for three decades, offers some important lessons in the balancing between public access and preservation of Northwest wilderness. read more
Jonathan McIntyre re-joins Sunspot Resorts
(News Item #0230, 01/24/11) SunspotResorts.com — The years he spent in the Architectural industry gave Jonathan McIntyre a new perspective on the lodging industry. He has rejoined Sunspot Resorts to apply what he learned to hospitality. read more read more
Hyak's New Lifts Open for Winter 2010
(News Item #0215, 07/01/10) SummitAtSnoqualmie.com — Summit at Snoqualmie is building two new ski lifts this summer in the Hyak (summit east) portion of the ski area. These replace a lift destroyed in a landslide in 2009. read more
Family vacation time on Washington's Cranberry Coast
(News Item #0214, 06/17/10) Seattle Times Newspaper — On a good day, Westport is a 2 1/2 hour drive from Seattle and represents the quiet route to the Coast for much of Puget Sound. read more
Breaking Ground on Gondola Project
(News Item #0207, 04/27/10) CrystalMountainResort.com — On 4/26/2010 a new Gondola Project began at the Crystal Mountain Ski Resort, which is a huge step in allowing Crystal Mountain to be operational year round. read more
Sunspots' President - How to hunt a Midwest vacation rental
(News Item #0206, 04/18/10) ChicagoTribune.com — While vacation rentals are no new thing, but now the industry is growing due to the Internet and other factors according to VRIA President. read more
VRIA Director - How to hunt a Midwest vacation rental
(News Item #0205, 04/18/10) ChicagoTribune.com — While vacation rentals are no new thing, but now the industry is growing due to the Internet and other factors according to VRIA President. read more
VRIA Umbria Chapter Recuits Throughout Italy
(News Item #0199, 04/15/10) VRIA.org — VRIA Italian Chapter Directory recruits leaders for other provinces. read more
VRIA Opens First Chapter in Italy
(News Item #0200, 03/15/10) VRIA.org — The Vacation Rental Industry Association (VRIA) has announced the formation of its first Chapter in Italy, in the province of Umbria. Headed up by Giuseppe Nuzzaci. read more
VRIA Announces Vacation Rental Angels Program
(News Item #0193, 12/25/09) VRIA.org — Christmas Day, the Vacation Rental Industry Association announced the creation of the Vacation Rental Angel Program to recognize members who regularly donate vacation home use to charitable causes. read more
Home Rentals at Olympics Make Charity A Winner
(News Item #0196, 12/22/09) Seattle Times Newspaper — HomeForTheGames.com offers 170 rental homes for the Vancouver BC Olympics with proceeds going to Charity. read more
Washington State's Most Remote Luxury Retreat
(News Item #0190, 12/15/09) SunspotResorts.com — It sites five miles above 4,000 foot Blewett Pass but is kind of luxuriouis private vacation rental home you only see in prestigious magazines. 5 Bedrooms, 3 baths and packed with activities and fun. read more
Eight Rungs of the Giving Ladder
(News Item #0188, 11/26/09) VRIA.org — Durring the Middle Ages a Jewish Rabbi created the Eight Rungs of Giving Ladder. It judges the motives, methods and sincerity of the giver. How do you rate? read more
