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Hotel Californian Awarded Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Award
Occupying three prime blocks of Santa Barbara real estate just a stone’s throw from the beach, the refreshed Hotel Californian has been more than two decades in the making. Styled in part on the original Hotel Californian built in 1925, the new iteration is composed of three separate buildings, resulting in a charming village-like feel. Featuring a…
The Spa at MacArthur Awarded Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Award
Radiating a welcoming farmhouse feel, MacArthur Place is a relaxed resort in the heart of Sonoma. Everything exudes understated elegance, including the small but luxurious The Spa at MacArthur Place. Located next to the chic pool that resembles a Slim Aarons photograph, the spa specializes in treatments inspired by the surrounding landscape. Taking a note from the…
MacArthur Place Hotel & Spa Awarded Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Award
A former family estate and vineyard, Sonoma‘s MacArthur Place Hotel & Spa has been reinvented, but without sacrificing its Victorian charm. At this 150-year-old hideaway, luxury is in the details. Nearly every aspect of the updated historic property is custom, and each amenity meticulously curated to nurture elegant comfort, well-being and freedom from stress. The remodel…
Farmhouse Inn Ranked #1 on US News and World Reports Best Sonoma Resorts
Set in Forestville, California among the Sonoma vineyards and surrounded by gardens, the Farmhouse Inn is a quaint retreat. The inn’s 25 rooms and suites feature varied amenities, but most include feather beds, flat-screen TVs, free Wi-Fi access and bathrooms with jetted tubs and steam showers. The property is also home to a spa with treatments that…
MacArthur Place Hotel & Spa Ranked #3 on US News and World Reports Best Sonoma Hotels
Located in downtown Sonoma, MacArthur Place wins praise from guests for its intimate atmosphere and pleasant decor. Travelers find this hotel’s 64 rooms to be comfortable, clean and homey with their cozy furnishings, LED televisions and minifridges. Meanwhile, the on-site spa offers a long list of massages, skin treatments and specialty services that will lull stressed-out visitors into a…
Hotel Californian Ranked #4 on US News and World Reports Best Santa Barbara Hotels
Adjacent to the Santa Barbara, California, waterfront in the city’s Funk Zone area, this Preferred LVX outpost delivers Spanish colonial-style architecture and modern Moorish decor. Guests will find large flat-screen TVs, Nespresso coffee makers, custom Hotel Californian bath products, stocked cocktail carts and Martyn Lawrence Bullard furnishings, light fixtures and wall coverings inside all of the stylish accommodations. What’s more,…
Hotel Les Mars Ranked #10 on US News and World Reports Best Sonoma Hotels
Guests say the guestrooms in this Relais & Chateaux property are nothing short of spectacular, with marble bathrooms, gas fireplaces, and hand-carved canopy beds. Common rooms evoke a French style, best seen in the walnut-paneled library and the 17th- and 18th-century antiques in the lobby. Guests also love the wine and cheese reception, which makes for a…
World-Renowned Hotelier and Customer Experience Expert Shane Green Named Chief Executive Officer of Foley Entertainment Group
Foley Entertainment Group Chairman Bill Foley announced today, January 28, that the organization has hired world-renowned hotelier and customer experience expert Shane Green as Chief Executive Officer of Foley Entertainment Group. In this role, Green will oversee business operations for Foley Entertainment Group’s entire portfolio of entities, domestically and internationally. Green will direct the overall…
VGK Enhance Customer Service with Custom AI Chatbot Powered by Theta Edgecloud
The Vegas Golden Knights announced today, December 6, the launch of an interactive AI-driven chatbot as a customer service tool on vegasgoldenknights.com powered by Theta EdgeCloud. The chatbot, named **Sir Lancelbot**, was created using technology provided by Theta Labs, a Proud Partner of the Vegas Golden Knights. The platform will utilize AI to answer fan inquiries at any time,…
Vegas Golden Knights to Have Seven Players Participating in 4 Nations Face-Off
The National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) and National Hockey League (NHL) announced today, December 4, full rosters for each of the four teams participating in the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off. The 4 Nations Face-Off will be a round-robin tournament featuring teams comprised of NHL players from Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States. The…
Vegas Golden Knights Win Two Clio Sports Awards for Game Presentation
VGK capture gold for show open video and overall game experience. The Vegas Golden Knights have won top honors in two categories in the Clio Sports Awards, Clio announced Wednesday. The Golden Knights earned gold in “Overall/End-to-End” and “Hype/Show Open Video” in the Gameday/In-Game Experience medium that featured teams and leagues across all professional sports….
Bournemouth Seal Historic Win Over Manchester City
Bournemouth stunned Manchester City as goals from Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson gave them their first victory over the Premier League champions. The result ended City’s 32-game unbeaten run in the competition – a record stretching back to 6 December, 2023. It is also a second defeat in four days for Pep Guardiola’s side following their…
Whitefish Mountain Resort earns a top 20 recognition from Ski Magazine
Snowbasin, Utah, earned the top spot in the West and Mad River Glen, Vt., repeated as the best in the East in the 2025 SKI Reader Survey Awards. There were a few big movers in the rankings, both up and down, as well as a continued affinity for independent resorts. Rankings are based on responses…
Cosmopolitan Magazine Cites High Ground Vodka as a Great Option for Top Ginger Ale Cocktails
Ginger ale is the It Girl of sodas, and you can’t convince me otherwise. It’s slightly spicy, super bubbly, and 100-percent delicious. It’s also very underrated as a mixer for drinks, because it’s so flavorful—just crack a can, pair it with the perfect liquor (honestly, it goes with damn-near everything), and BAM! You’ve got a…
Black Walnut Inn & Vineyard ranked #4 Best Hotel in the Pacific Northwest
Top 10 Hotels in the Pacific Northwest: Readers’ Choice Awards 2024. Condé Nast Traveler readers rate their top hotels in the Pacific Northwest.
Hotel Californian ranked #4 Best Hotel in Southern California
Top 20 Hotels in Southern California: Readers’ Choice Awards 2024. Condé Nast Traveler readers rate their top hotels in Southern California.
Wharekauhau Country Estate ranked #3 Best Resort in the Australia/South Pacific Region
Top 20 Resorts in Australia and the South Pacific: Readers’ Choice Awards 2024. Condé Nast traveler readers rate their top resorts in Australia and the South Pacific.
Farmhouse Inn ranked #3 Best Hotel in Northern California
Top 20 Hotels in Northern California: Readers’ Choice Awards 2024. Condé Nast Traveler readers rate the top hotels in Northern California, which is home to iconic nature—and hotels worthy of the views.
MacArthur Place ranked #10 Best Hotel in Northern California
Top 20 Hotels in Northern California: Readers’ Choice Awards 2024. Condé Nast Traveler readers rate the top hotels in Northern California, which is home to iconic nature—and hotels worthy of the views.
The Folded Flag Foundation’s 2024 New York Gala Raises $1.1 Million for Gold Star Families
The Folded Flag Foundation hosted its annual Salute to Service Gala on Wednesday, September 11, at The Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City, raising over $1.1 million to provide educational scholarships to the families of America’s fallen service members. This year’s event held special significance, as it marked the foundation’s 10th anniversary. Over the past decade, The Folded Flag Foundation has…
Golden Knights Redefining Fan Engagement in Latin America
The hockey puck finds its way to the corner of the ice during a Vegas Golden Knights game. For Jesus Lopez, the franchise’s Spanish language play-by-play broadcaster, there’s only one way to detail this common occurrence in the sport. “When the puck is in the corner and everybody’s trying to get it out, I say…
VGK and FFWS team up to open Vegas Born Bar & Grill at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)
The Vegas Born Bar & Grill is now open near gate D51 at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. Global restaurateur HMSHost, part of Avolta AG (SIX: AVOL) and a world leader in creating dining for travel venues, announced today the opening of Vegas Born, a full-service restaurant and bar at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) that…
Charles Goodnight Bourbon named THE BEST STRAIGHT BOURBON OF THE YEAR at the 2024 London Spirits Competition.
The results are in from the 2024 London Spirits Competition and there are some serious surprises in the mix. As one of Europe’s most prestigious tasting events, the annual judging brings together 40 esteemed palates from throughout all walks of the booze industry. What they ordain as the best of the best—across a total of 29 different…
The Grange Dundee Hills Wine Inn Opens in Oregon’s Willamette Valley
You’ve got grapevines as far as the eye can see, either lusciously green in summer or soon to be deep crimson and gold in fall harvest colors. Then there’s all that rich red soil around you. And that’s just from your window at the new Grange Dundee Hills inn which opened mid-summer in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Who…
Rock Creek Cattle Company Golf Course named one of the “top 15 hottest courses in America”
It’s a fun game to track the risers and fallers in each new America’s 100 Greatest and Second 100 Greatest Courses ranking. How courses move up and down from one cycle to the next provides a glimpse of what’s happening at clubs and on the scorecards of panelists. In the 2023-2024 rankings, for instance, Old Town…
FFWS Launches New Zealand Gin and Appointment of Master Distiller in Minden, Nevada, as Expansion into the Spirits Business Continues
Foley Family Wines (FFW), the Sonoma Valley-based family-owned wine company, has announced two new milestones as the company continues to expand its presence in the spirits market. FFW is launching Lighthouse Gin (SRP: $49.99) in the US, an 80-proof, citrus-forward, New Zealand gin produced by Rachel Hall, the country’s first female Head Distiller, and has…
VGK Foundation Kim Frank named Humanitarian of the Year at 17th annual Vegas Inc. Angel Awards
Vegas Golden Knights Foundation President Kim Frank was honored as Humanitarian of the Year at last night’s Vegas Inc. Angel Awards. The 17th annual event, held at the Industrial Event Space in Las Vegas, celebrated Southern Nevada’s most significant philanthropic leaders. “We truly appreciate this recognition of the work the VGK Foundation,” said Frank. “The commitment to…
Foley Family Wines Announces Name and Corporate Identity Evolution as it Continues Expansion into the Distilled Spirits Business
Family-owned Foley Family Wines announced today that the company has changed its name and corporate identity to reflect its ongoing expansion into the distilled spirits business while it continues to grow the luxury and estate wine business that began nearly three decades ago. The new name is Foley Family Wines & Spirits (FFWS). Bill and…
Vegas Golden Knights Win NHL’s ‘The Stanley’ for Game Presentation for Third Time
The Vegas Golden Knights have won The Stanley for the league’s best Game Presentation, the NHL announced Tuesday evening at the NHL Club Business Meetings in Boston. The Stanleys are the NHL’s club business awards recognizing great achievements, creativity and results by teams across the NHL. Vegas has won The Stanley for Game Presentation three…
Vegas Golden Knights win Emmy Award for Banner-Raising Ceremony
The Vegas Golden Knights won the Emmy Award for Special Events Program from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Pacific Southwest Chapter, the chapter announced Saturday at the 50th Annual Pacific Southwest Area Emmy Awards Gala in Rancho Mirage, CA. The Golden Knights were honored for their coverage of the team’s 2023 Stanley…