By Dana Olsen / Friday, March 29th, 2013 / Features, Tourism / Comments Off on Pacific Hospitality’s plan: New Bacara owners detail strategy
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The new owners of Bacara Resort & Spa in Goleta plan to spend millions of dollars to upgrade the 78-acre coastal resort. On Feb. 25, Irvine-based Pacific Hospitality Group confirmed it had purchased the 360-room Bacara Resort from Ohana Real Estate Investors and Rockpoint Group for an undisclosed amount. The deal marks a successful turnaround Read More →
By Staff Report / Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 / Real Estate, Tourism / Comments Off on Breaking news: Bacara on cusp of sale to Irvine group
By Henry Dubroff and Marlize van Romburgh on February 20, 2012 Bacara Resort & Spa, the luxury resort in Goleta that was snapped up by Ohana Resorts for a bargain price in July 2011, is close to having a new owner. Sources familiar with the transaction said Pacific Hospitality Group of Irvine is in the Read More →
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By pacbiztimes / Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 / Latest news, Tourism / Comments Off on Caruso, county resume talks over Miramar wages
Los Angeles developer Rick Caruso said Jan. 23 that he has resumed talks with Santa Barbara County officials to implement a hotel incentive program to kickstart work on the Miramar Hotel. First District Supervisor Salud Carbajal and Montecito Association President Richard Nordlund joined Caruso at the recently demolished Miramar site in Montecito to discuss the Read More →
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, December 21st, 2012 / Columns, Tourism / Comments Off on Santa Barbara’s El Encanto leads new wave of luxury hotels
The South Coast quietly ushered in a new era of luxury hotel construction on Dec. 18 when Orient-Express took the wraps off the rebuilt and remodeled El Encanto, a once-faded gem located on Santa Barbara’s Riviera. With a few dozen media types, movers and shakers, and Mayor Helene Schneider looking on, Orient-Express Regional Managing Director Read More →