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Hospitality | Tourism 2025: FLEET, CLIFFORD B. ‘CLIFF’
Sep 1, 2025

Hospitality | Tourism 2025: FLEET, CLIFFORD B. ‘CLIFF’

Fleet became the ninth president of the world’s largest living history museum in 2020. Prior to that, he was CEO and president of 22nd Century Group and, before that, president and CEO of Richmond-based tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris USA. He’s also an adjunct professor at William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business. The […]

Hospitality | Tourism 2025: NASSETTA, CHRISTOPHER J.
Sep 1, 2025

Hospitality | Tourism 2025: NASSETTA, CHRISTOPHER J.

Nassetta is the longtime president and CEO of one of the world’s largest hospitality companies. Hilton has a portfolio of 8,600 properties and 24 brands in 139 countries and territories. Nassetta joined Hilton in 2007 after investment firm Blackstone acquired the company in a $26 billion deal. Hilton went public again in 2013, and by […]

Hospitality | Tourism 2025: KAMENSKY, JANE
Sep 1, 2025

Hospitality | Tourism 2025: KAMENSKY, JANE

Kamensky started work as the head of the foundation that owns and operates Monticello, in 2024. Home of Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president and author of the Declaration of Independence, Monticello draws more than 300,000 visitors annually. Before coming to Albemarle County, the Yale alumna was a history professor at Harvard University and director […]

Virginia lawmakers delay human trafficking training for short-term rentals
Feb 20, 2025

Virginia lawmakers delay human trafficking training for short-term rentals

Lawmakers did not advance measures to implement human trafficking awareness training for short-term rental properties, with one patron saying they need to get the language right first.  Del. Dan Helmer, D-Fairfax, sponsored House Bill 1654, and Sen. Angelia Williams, D-Norfolk, introduced Senate Bill 985. The bills would require property owners and their employees to complete awareness training[...]

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Feb 11, 2025

Playa Hotels & Resorts to be acquired in $2.6B deal with Hyatt

Resorts owner, operator and developer Playa Hotels & Resorts has entered into an agreement to be acquired by an indirect subsidiary of Hyatt Hotels for approximately $2.6 billion, including approximately $900 million in debt, the hospitality companies announced Monday. Playa Hotels & Resorts is a Dutch public limited liability company headquartered in Amsterdam with an […]

Norfolk focuses on cruise and entertainment tourism
Jan 30, 2025

Norfolk focuses on cruise and entertainment tourism

The “city surrounded by water” — Norfolk — is going through “an evolution, putting in necessary investments to stay on top of the times” as a tourism destination, says Sean Washington, the city’s director of economic development. The city is expanding its cruise center to accommodate an influx of passengers year-round, has broken ground on […]

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Nov 6, 2024

Omni Homestead GM receives lifetime achievement award

The American Hotel & Lodging Association presented Mark Spadoni, managing director of The Omni Homestead Resort in Bath County, with the association’s General Manager Lifetime Achievement Award on Oct. 28. The association honored Spadoni in San Antonio at its second annual The Hospitality Show conference, cosponsored by Questex’s Hotel Management brand. “I am deeply honored [&hel[...]

Opening doors
Oct 31, 2024

Opening doors

The Hard Rock entertainment, gaming, and hospitality brand is solidifying its place in Bristol on Nov. 14 with the formal opening of its Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol, a $515 million resort and casino. The company has had a presence in the city for the last two years via a temporary casino facility, but […]

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Oct 25, 2024

Fed’s Fifth District economy grows modestly

Economic activity in the Federal Reserve’s Fifth District (a multistate region including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland) grew modestly from early September, according to the latest edition of the Fed’s Beige Book, released Wednesday. Published eight times per year, the Beige Book is based on anecdotal information about economic conditions gathered [...]

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