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The Travel Bug

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Brian

I’ve recently been introduced to Barbara Zaragoza and her excellent ‘travelogue,’ California Notebook. Barbara’s site, as its name denotes, is about California and all of its culturally rich and geographically stunning diversity. While our website doesn’t devote a lot of coverage to travel (ok, none actually), it is in the spirit of her site that the relevance lies.

Summer Resort Business Set to Increase at Ski Areas

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Brian

Vail resorts is the first major ski areas to announce its plans for upgraded summer activities that are now allowable thanks to a new law that was signed into effect by Congress this past fall. Most ski areas around the country are on Federal lands that are leased by the resort operators. Until this law was enacted the ski areas were limited to winter activities such as skiing and snowboarding. Until now summer activities on the Federal lands have been limited, mainly to mountain biking; other activities were required to be held...

Resort Business Buying Dilemmas

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Brian

John Halstvedt’s excellent article, Resort and Recreation Business Buying Fundamentals, presents a dilemma for many people who are interested in buying a business in a resort area. He provides a list of the aspects of any business that should be analyzed and considered prior to purchase.