The Clarion Resort on the Lake hotel on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs will close in January for a $20 million renovation that will turn it into a DoubleTree by Hilton hotel.
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Clarion Resort Hotel Set for $20M Renovation, DoubleTree Rebranding
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SPONSORED: Have A Healthy Holiday Without Foregoing Favorites
Paying attention to portions, medication interactions, can make for a more happy and satisfying season.
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Henry Award Finalists Named for Tourism Honors
From zombies to Lum & Abner, an eclectic lineup of finalists is up for honors at the 2019 Henry Awards for tourism promotion, to be presented at the 45th Annual Arkansas Conference on Tourism in February in Hot Springs.
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Is Your Company Prepared for Minimum Wage Hike? (Jane Kim Commentary)
Arkansans voted in November to increase the state's minimum hourly wage rate by $2.50 over the next three years. Here's what employers can do to prepare.
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Chef Todd Gold Still Hungry With Appetite for Instruction
Todd Gold started as a dishwasher at Bruno’s Little Italy in 1988. By 18, he was kitchen manager. After graduating from La Maison Meridian, the Memphis Culinary Academy, in 1993, he was a sous chef and executive chef for hotels, country clubs and restaurants in the Little Rock area.
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Northwest Hills Hosts $7 Million Transaction (Real Deals)
A suburban Chicago company purchased the 35-year-old, 128-unit apartment project from an affiliate of Maxus Properties of North Kansas City, Missouri.
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Arkansas Business Year in Review: Notable Deaths in 2018
The notable Arkansans, former and current, who died in 2018 ranged from business owners to newspaper publishers to educators to philanthropists.
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Forming the Coaching Habit in 2019 (Barry Goldberg On Leadership)
Somewhere between telling your direct reports what to do and taking the action item yourself is the territory of the leader as coach.
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Dave’s Place Marks 25 Years In Heart of Little Rock
Restaurateur David Williams has seen a lot of change in downtown Little Rock since he opened Dave’s Place on Dec. 20, 1993. And yet in the notoriously difficult restaurant business, Dave’s Place has reached its 25th anniversary.
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Shreveport Hotelier’s $5.7M Springdale Deal (NWA Real Deals)
A Shreveport hotel group made its second foray into the northwest Arkansas market, paying $5.75 million for the Marriott Residence Inn on South 48th Street in Springdale.
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Christmas 2018 by the Numbers
Holiday figures for the shopping season show slight bumps over last year.
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Doctors, Lawyers and Lauren James Big Online Draws in 2018
A March 19 follow-up to a Whispers column item about the firing of CARTI’S highest-paid oncologist was the most-read story of the year on ArkansasBusiness.com. The Whisper item itself, which was published just hours earlier, was a close second.
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Best Quotes of 2018: 'What NYC and the Delta Have in Common'
They said it, we only quoted them. Here are some of the best things said in 201.
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Arkansas Business Year in Review: Best & Worst of 2018
High times and low moments were both enjoyed by Arkansas readers in 2018.
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Top 10 Arkansas Business Stories That Defined 2018
These are the top 10 news stories that defined 2018 in Arkansas’ business world.
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Dickens: Still Relevant (Editorial)
May this time of the rolling year be a comfort to you, and may we all remember the business poor Marley forgot: charity, mercy, forbearance and benevolence
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A Strong Economy Means Big Sales This Holiday
Retail sales rose 5.1 percent between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24 from a year ago, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse,
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Jim Keet Cooks Up New Plans for Cock of the Walk
The Cock of the Walk property in North Little Rock will get new life as an event center, says veteran restaurateur Jim Keet.
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The Year in Executive Q&A: 2018
We asked 51 Arkansas business leaders to weigh in on challenge and success throughout 2018.
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New Farm Bill Gives Farmers, Ranchers Certainty (Matt King Commentary)
The passage of the 2018 Farm Bill was welcome news to Arkansas' farmers and ranchers, who face myriad challenges in trade, regulatory and monetary policy — issues beyond their control, but that threaten their profitability and, ultimately, their livelihoods.
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