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Jonathan McIntyre Named VP and Creative Director
(News Item #0050, 03/01/07) SunspotResorts.com — Just a year ago Jonathan McIntyre joined Sunspot Resorts as photographer. Today he has been named Vice President of Operations. "We had no idea he had such great creative skills and manager abilities...
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Chilling out at Lake Chelan
(News Item #0074, 01/17/07) Seattle Times Newspaper — E-mail message sent to friends in Seattle who were riding out another wind and rain storm: "Made it to Chelan. No wind. No rain. Sunny. Going skiing."
All bets are off this year when it comes to w...
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Finding a Home Away from Home
(News Item #0129, 11/27/06) BudgetTravel.com — Brian Sharples, the cofounder and CEO of HomeAway, came by the other day to talk about the company's plans to become the go-to source for vacation rentals. HomeAway recently secured $160 million in f...
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The Vacation Home Store
(News Item #0012, 07/01/06) Costco Connection Magazine — William May, a Costco member in Seattle and now President of Sunspot Resorts, knows a little about furnishing a vacation home. In 1999, he and his family purchased a house on a popular lake in centra...
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Author Campaigns for Relief from "Vacation Deficit Disorder"
(News Item #0114, 04/14/04) ChicagoTribune.com — Virginia Brown has not taken a full-bore vacation in more than six years. The 29-year-old consultant works in a deadline-driven environment ar her full-time job, only to run off to college classes t...
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America Needs a Vacation
(News Item #0095, 08/24/03) Seattle Times Newspaper — "How do Americans do it?" asked the stunned Australian I met on a remote Fijian shore. He had zinc oxide and a twisted-up look of absolute bafflement on his face. I'd seen that expression before, on ...
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