Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and project developer Black Diamond Resorts - Vail LLC are pleased to announce that 30-year Four Seasons veteran Hans Willimann has taken the helm as the property’s general manager. Willimann will oversee the opening of the Resort in late 2009 when Four Seasons Resort Vail debuts as the first Four Seasons in Colorado and the third mountain property for the company.

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Joe Josephs, NYC Resident, Selected Grand Prize Winner By Distinguished Panel of Judges

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The Olympia Group has unveiled preliminary plans for Oxford Highlands Resort- Spa-Casino. Executive architect, Peter Wilday, of Reno, Nevada, explained that the four-season facility was designed to capture the feel of a traditional New England village center, with a variety of architectural features such as turrets, roof treatments and storefronts characteristic of buildings in Maine.

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The ‘green’ incarnation of travel, called ecotourism, mandates that travelers minimize their cultural, economic, and environmental impacts as much as possible to promote sustainability. But while there are thousands of hotels worldwide that promote themselves as ‘green’, many of them are only partially fulfilling these requirements - they might not be wasting energy, but are paying locals at near-slave wages, or funneling money out of the local economy.

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Attend the World Waterpark Association’s Waterpark Resort Development & Expansion Workshop - The waterpark resort is the fastest-growing segment of the waterpark industry - come learn why at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas!

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Hilton Hotels Corporation today announces expansion plans to quadruple its presence in the Caribbean and Latin America by adding 150 new hotels to the portfolio over the next five years.

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