Mississippi Business Journal » inn http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 City brings in tourism consultant, gears up for 300th anniversary http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/19/city-brings-in-tourism-consultant-gears-up-for-300th-anniversary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-brings-in-tourism-consultant-gears-up-for-300th-anniversary http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/19/city-brings-in-tourism-consultant-gears-up-for-300th-anniversary/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:25:50 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73566 NATCHEZ — Tourism consultants will evaluate Natchez in coming months as the city gears up for 300th anniversary celebrations in 2016. Leaders hope the anniversary will boost the city’s tourism industry over a yearlong period, in part by creating new festivals or extending existing ones, reports The Natchez Democrat. Consultant Berkeley Young will examine the [...]

The post City brings in tourism consultant, gears up for 300th anniversary appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/19/city-brings-in-tourism-consultant-gears-up-for-300th-anniversary/feed/ 0 Downtown Inn to be demolished; new boutique hotel planned http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/09/downtown-inn-to-be-demolished-new-boutique-hotel-planned/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=downtown-inn-to-be-demolished-new-boutique-hotel-planned http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/09/downtown-inn-to-be-demolished-new-boutique-hotel-planned/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:25:13 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=60908 OXFORD — The owners of the Downtown Inn in Oxford say it will be demolished after football season and replaced with new hotel. The Oxford Eagle reports the Courthouse Square Preservation Commission voted to allow the Chamblee Co., which owns the hotel, to demolish the exiting building and replace it with a four-story boutique hotel. [...]

The post Downtown Inn to be demolished; new boutique hotel planned appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/09/downtown-inn-to-be-demolished-new-boutique-hotel-planned/feed/ 0 Ex-Connecticut inn owner accused of bilking investors for resort project http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/12/ex-connecticut-inn-owner-accused-of-bilking-investors-for-resort-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ex-connecticut-inn-owner-accused-of-bilking-investors-for-resort-project http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/12/ex-connecticut-inn-owner-accused-of-bilking-investors-for-resort-project/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 01:09:31 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=58483 LAKESHORE — A former owner of New London, Conn.’s, historic Lighthouse Inn is facing a trial in federal court on charges she helped defraud $1.7 million from investors in a resort project in Mississippi. Maureen Clark of Stonington and her former business partner, Cristopher Plummer of Lyme, were accused of using much of that money [...]

The post Ex-Connecticut inn owner accused of bilking investors for resort project appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/12/ex-connecticut-inn-owner-accused-of-bilking-investors-for-resort-project/feed/ 0