Walla Walla has the Marcus Whitman Hotel.Spokane has the Davenport.Portland boasts the Benson.Seattle has the Fairmont.The owner of The Lodge at Columbia Point in Richland hopes to add his boutique hotel to the list for the Tri-Cities.“The Tri-Cities has needed an identity boutique hotel,” said owner Tom Drumheller.The $8.5 million...
Casino attracts thousands of Tri-Citians annuallyThe 7,000 people who hop aboard the free shuttle buses in the Tri-Cities to travel to Legends Casino in Toppenish each year won’t have to rush back home that same day.They now have the option of staying overnight with the opening of a six-story, 200-room...
The owners of Prosser’s Horse Heaven Saloon are breaking into the overnight business, fulfilling a longstanding vision to provide an all-inclusive experience for guests.“We wanted to diversify beyond the brewery and tasting room,” said Gary Vegar, who owns Horse Heaven Saloon, as well as Horse Heaven Brewery, with his wife...
The School of Hospitality Business Management at Washington State University celebrates its 85th anniversary with the induction of several people — including a Tri-City hotel owner — into its inaugural hall of fame. Tom Drumheller,Escape LodgingTom Drumheller, chief executive officer of Escape Lodging, which is building The Lodge at Columbia...
By Sean BassingerThe region’s hotels and motels continue to expand as more Tri-City visitors check in for overnight stays.The increase in the number of guest rooms has been constant in the past four years, rising 25 percent, from 3,358 rooms in 2014 to an anticipated 4,191 rooms by the end...
Developing good customer service skills is critical to businesses’ success and why four Prosser nonprofits are offering a one-day workshop to help hone them. Tom Douglas, Chef and restauranteur“The audience will walk away with a variety of different things focused on customer service and tricks of trade to promote return...
Last spring, WSU Tri-Cities announced a new degree program after the university’s faculty senate approved expanding the Hospitality Business Management Degree to the Richland campus.[blockquote quote="One of the main reasons for bringing the program here is because of the growing wine industry." source="Dr. Robert Harrington, professor of hospitality at WSU"...
Nine-year-old Ameliea Olheiser carefully cut sample slices of her Breakfast Tostada for the judges. She was representing Cascade Elementary School in the Kennewick School District’s 2016 Sodexo Future Chefs Challenge in February at Tri-Tech Skills Center in Kennewick.Olheiser beat out 14 other young chefs representing their Kennewick elementary schools in...
The Kennewick Public Facilities District received the nod from the Kennewick City Council in February to pursue voter approval of a .2 percent sales tax to fund a $35 million theater and expansion at the Three Rivers Convention Center.Corey Pearson, executive director of the Three Rivers Campus, has been seeking...
Plans for Columbia Gardens, an urban wine and artisan village to be built on the north side of Columbia Drive near the Cable Bridge in Kennewick will need to be amended. Bids for the project came in about $1 million higher than expected and were rejected by Port of Kennewick...
