Of all the hoteliers who have given their names to, or had them taken by, the international hotel industry – men such as Conrad Hilton, Hyatt Robert von Dehn, John Willard (JW) Marriott and William Waldorf Astor – none is as synonymous with luxury and fine living as César Ritz.
The first great hotelier, Ritz and his chef de cuisine, Auguste Escoffier, were already well known across Europe when they were invited to run the revolutionary new Savoy Hotel, in London, in 1889. Read More...
Nashville is considered a 10-year-town, so rising country star Jameson Rodgers is hitting his stride right on time. The Mississippi native celebrates his anniversary in Music City this week, exactly 10 years since he moved to the country music capital in August 2010. He'll also be simultaneously celebrating the rise of his Top 15 radio single "Some Girls."
Rodgers — a songwriter-turned-songwriter/artist — has had plenty of bumps in his musical journey, but it was his breaks, including cuts with country powerhouses Florida Georgia Line and a life-changing Instagram message from Luke Combs (more on that later) that catapulted him from Nashville circles to the country music mainstream. Read More...
A successful small-market radio stations is under new ownership, a news release says.
WRMJ radio – which started broadcasting 44 years ago – has been sold to WRMJ LLC. The sale was completed on Tuesday. John Hoscheidt helped put the station on the air in June of 1979, then he and a group of local businessmen purchased the station four years later. Hoscheidt and his wife, JoAnn, have been the sole owners since 1993. Read More...
