Tourism

Officials Promote Niche Tourism

2 According to The Billings Gazette, some state officials are convinced that there are riches in the niches for many overlooked Wyoming tourist spots if promoters can attract “rut nuts” and “culture vultures.” Cultural tourism is niche tourism, but they will come if they have something that is promoted for them to come and see,” […]

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Space Hotel to Open in 2012?

A Spanish firm says it’s on track to take paying guests at the first ever hotel in outer space in 2012. A three-night stay at the Galactic Suite Space Resort will cost you about $4.4 million, but that includes an eight-week training course on a tropical island. At least 40 people have already made reservations.

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Zion Adventure Company

The Spectrum: For Zion Adventure Company co-founder Jonathan Zambella, downsizing led to his dream job. In 1995, he was working as a banker in Pennsylvania but lost his job due to downsizing, giving him the “opportunity to be unemployed.” Zambella, an avid rock climber, knew he didn’t want to stay in the financial sector. “I

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Segway Tourism

Geoff Karlavage had just landed in Las Vegas in August 2007 when his Blackberry buzzed with an message saying that the mortgage lender he worked for was shutting down. There’s no place like Las Vegas to drown your sorrows, but before long Karlavage was back in Florida looking for a job. But at every job

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