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• Oakland gets a taste for gourmet
10.16.2009 Outlet: San Francisco Chronicle When Jeremy Umland was considering opening a second location of his popular San Francisco restaurant, Ozumo, he considered Napa and Walnut Creek. Instead, he decided to follow the money. "Investors and developers, all with a lot more cash to risk • 'Duck' Into Citizen Hotels Grange Restaurant For Some 'Fowl Play' 10.14.2009 Outlet: HotelChatter Where: 926 J St. [map], Sacramento, CA, United States, 95814 October 15, 2009 at 9:19 AM | by EricRosen | 0 Comments When it opened last December, we told you all about the geeky glory of the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento. Now we want to tell • Hotels get creative to cope with hard times 10.12.2009 Outlet: Miami Herald - Online, The Faced with the toughest financial crunch in decades, hotels are moving beyond typical discounts and offering unusual promotions to lure clients and create buzz. The 27-room Crane's BeachHouse in Delray Beach, for example, offers a ''The Bed-in for • I'M ASITTING IN MY OWN PRIVATE CABANA HERE AT THE HOTEL MAYA SWAGO. 10.12.2009 Outlet: KTLA Morning News - KTLA-TV HI, ALLIE. Reporter: GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS. I'M ASITTING IN MY OWN PRIVATE CABANA HERE AT THE HOTEL MAYA SWAGO. WE'RE GOING TO WIND UP DINE LARESTAURANT WEEK. COMING UP WE'LL SHOW YOU ALL THE APPETIZERS, ENTTRAYS, ALL COMING UP LIVE FROM LONG BEA • In San Francisco, hotel rooms for less than $100 10.09.2009 Outlet: Austin American-Statesman - Online TRAVEL By Helen Anders SAN FRANCISCO The Good Hotel is a good hotel. Its rooms are small and spare but contemporary-cool, and they have everything you need: a bathroom, a safe, TV, free wireless, an iPod dock and clever art. Some rooms are even ai • San Francisco Japantown hotel delivers anime immersion 10.02.2009 Outlet: Los Angeles Times - Online Check into mainstream manga: A Bay Area Best Western rethemed by a boutique hotel chain buzzes with vibrant comic sensibility. Click to Enlarge Three unique restaurants in San Francisco Hotel Guide Restaurant Guide Attraction Guide • HOTELS 10.01.2009 Outlet: Los Angeles Times Infobox Infographic Hoping to keep its 119 rooms filled, Hotel Erwin on Venice Beach is offering an unusual promotion for its countercultural clientele: an Ink and Stay package that includes $100 toward a tattoo and a bottle of tequila to numb • Treating Your Employees Like Honored Guests = Outstanding Customer Service = Business Success 09.30.2009 Outlet: Fast Company - Online FC Expert Blog This blog is written by a member of our expert blogging community and expresses that expert's views alone. Chip Conley, founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre, the largest group of boutique hotels in California, believes in treating hi • Gourmet Stimulus Plan 09.30.2009 Outlet: North Bay Bohemian More than two dozen restaurants are offering $25 prix fixe menus as part of the inaugural Santa Cruz Restaurant Week, Oct. 1-8. Full menus are posted at www.santacruzrestaurantweek.com. Our advice: make reservations. Aptos Sanderling's Oc |
Joie de Vivre Hospitality establishes 'Big Sur Fire Relief Fund'
SAN FRANCISCO (July 24, 2008) - Joie de Vivre Hospitality, California's leading independent boutique hotelier with a growing diverse restaurant collection, recently announced a special program to help a Big Sur community ravaged by the Basin Complex Fire, which has burned more than 120,000 acres and destroyed 27 homes and 32 other buildings.
Joie de Vivre Hospitality, which manages the landmark Big Sur resort, Ventana Inn & Spa, has established the "Big Sur Fire Relief Fund" and will be giving a donation from each specially made reservation at its collection of boutique hotels and affiliated properties throughout the state.
Beginning July 18 at all Joie de Vive hotels and JdV affiliate properties throughout California, guests will have the opportunity to book rooms with a $5 "Big Sur Fire Relief Fund" donation attached to their reservation. All proceeds will go to the Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade, which provides structure and wild land fire protection for the residents and businesses in its service area covering 60 miles of coastline, along Highway One (from Hurricane Point on the north end to the Monterey/San Luis Obispo County line on the south). Formed in 1974, the Fire Brigade consists of community members who volunteer their time to provide fire and emergency services to all of Big Sur with a spirit of teamwork, respect and integrity.
"This philanthropic effort will allow our guests to be a part of the Big Sur recovery effort and help protect against further structural damage throughout the fire season," said Chip Conley, founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality.
Firefighters saved Ventana Inn & Spa from any damage during the Basin Complex Fire though it closed in on the property at one point two weeks ago. As of the date of this release, the fire is 61 percent contained and officials believe it will be fully controlled by the end of July. Assuming it is free from further fire danger, Ventana is scheduled to re-open Aug. 22.
Guests can book "Big Sur Fire Relief Fund" reservations at Joie de Vivre properties at www.jdvhotels.com. Reservations must be booked by Oct. 1 with travel completed by Dec. 31.
For more information about Ventana Inn & Spa, call 831.667.2331 or visit www.ventanainn.com.
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About Joie de Vivre Hospitality
California's largest boutique hotelier, Joie de Vivre Hospitality (www.jdvhotels.com) is a creative collection of California lifestyle businesses including hotels, restaurants and spas. Celebrating 20 years of creating dreams, Joie de Vivre Hospitality is expanding its California presence with distinct properties in Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Sunnyvale, Huntington Beach and beyond.
