Westport News
Vacation House Destinations Selects Vortex Managers
(News Item #0324, Published: 11/25/15, VortexManagers.com) – The only destination club specializing in Northwest Vacation Rental homes has selected Vortex Reservations to expand its properties and services. Read more
Oyhut Bay Selects Goldener for Vacation Rentals
(News Item #0325, Published: 11/20/15, GoldenerInns.com) – The developers of Oyhut Bay, a seaside village, have appointed Goldener Inns to operate the vacation rental program for its 250 homes being built in Ocean Shores, Washington State. Read more
OceanShores.com Joins Plumbob Publishing
(News Item #0314, Published: 04/15/15, Plumbob.com) – OceanShores.com has been sold by Jim Brittain to an affiliate of Plumbob Publishing, operators of tourism websites and conventional publications. Read more
Ocean Shores Reservations sold to By the Sea
(News Item #0301, Published: 11/01/14, ByTheSeaByTheSea.com) – Ocean Shores Reservation Bureau purchased by By the Sea Vacation Rentals, a Vortex Group affiliate. Read more
Marriott to urge guests to tip their housekeepers as part of new campaign
(News Item #0333, Published: 09/15/14, WashingtonPost.com) – Marriott International wants to give its housekeepers a raise — and it is hoping customers will chip in. Read more
Varoom Vacation Rental Cooperative for Rent By Owners
(News Item #0295, Published: 02/01/14, Varoom.biz) – A novel new approach helps fill vacation Homes fill unoccupied dates by coordinating inquiries between managers and Rent by Owners with no risk or up front cost.. Read more
Crystal Chalets At Crystal Mountain Hires New Managers
(News Item #0291, Published: 12/22/13, CrystalChalets.com) – After considering self manager, Home Owner Association chooses Goldener, a lodging management firm that specializes in operating remote properties at high hospitality standards. Read more
Jackie Martin Moves to the Mountains
(News Item #0290, Published: 12/04/13, CrystalChalets.com) – Crystal Chalets picks new rental management firm and experienced onsite manager, Jackie martin. Goldener Resorts specializes in unique, unusual and remote lodging properties like Crystal Chalets. Read more
May 2013 Speakers Covered The Bases
(News Item #0283, Published: 05/07/13, WAVRMA.org) – Speakers for the May 2012 get together of the Washington State Vacation Rental Managers Association (www.WAVRMA.org) covered topics from State Tourism to startling internet innovations. Read more
Your 2013 travel resolution? Don’t be a jerk
(News Item #0278, Published: 01/03/13, Seattle Times Newspaper) – Wheter you're flygin, driving or sailing, there's something about travel that brings out the jer in all of us. Read more
Delicious Surpise on Gray's Harbors Highway 105
(News Item #0304, Published: 09/25/12, Seattle PI Newspaper) – I was totally unprepared for the treasure I found driving down Highway 105 from Westport to Raymond on the "30 Miles of Junque Weekend." Including food. Read more
New Gallery Flows into Westport Marina Area
(News Item #0273, Published: 06/29/12, CurrentSeaGallery.com) – It may be a fishing village but there are as many artists in Westport as there are boat captains and deck hands. New gallery puts the art right next to the boat docks. Read more
New Washington State Vacation Rental Website
(News Item #0271, Published: 06/01/12, WAVRMA.org) – There is a new vacation rental website in Washington state that lists homes only from quality managers who are members of the Washington State Vacation Rental Managers Association. Read more
WAVRMA widens doors for new members & directors
(News Item #0263, Published: 04/27/12, WAVRMA.org) – Washington State Vacation Rental Manager Association returns to its roots of free wwheeling open-forum trade association open to membeship by managers, suppliers and vacation rental suppoters. Read more
VRIA Director - 10 Things Vacation-Rental Sites Won't Say
(News Item #0257, Published: 12/14/11, Smart Money Magazine) – Since 2008, when Americans spent $24 billion on vacation rentals, the industry has undergone a veritable sea change, thanks to a new breed of travel-booking websites Read more
Jonathan McIntyre re-joins Sunspot Resorts
(News Item #0230, Published: 01/24/11, SunspotResorts.com) – The years he spent in the Architectural industry gave Jonathan McIntyre a new perspective on the lodging industry. He has rejoined Sunspot Resorts to apply what he learned to hospitality. Read more
Family vacation time on Washington's Cranberry Coast
(News Item #0214, Published: 06/17/10, Seattle Times Newspaper) – On a good day, Westport is a 2 1/2 hour drive from Seattle and represents the quiet route to the Coast for much of Puget Sound. Read more
Sunspots' President - How to hunt a Midwest vacation rental
(News Item #0206, Published: 04/18/10, ChicagoTribune.com) – While vacation rentals are no new thing, but now the industry is growing due to the Internet and other factors according to VRIA President. Read more
VRIA Director - How to hunt a Midwest vacation rental
(News Item #0205, Published: 04/18/10, ChicagoTribune.com) – While vacation rentals are no new thing, but now the industry is growing due to the Internet and other factors according to VRIA President. Read more
VRIA Umbria Chapter Recuits Throughout Italy
(News Item #0199, Published: 04/15/10, VRIA.org) – VRIA Italian Chapter Directory recruits leaders for other provinces. Read more